Great Depression New Deal Quiz

This New Deal program provided funding for the development of the Tennessee River Valley; taught farmers better techniques

• Social Security

• Public Works Authority

• Agricultural Assistance Act

• Tennessee Valley Authority

This New Deal program insured bank deposits up to $5000.

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• Agricultural Assistance Act

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

• Civillian Conservation Corps

This New deal program put millions of young men to work outdoors planting trees, building trails, and constructing cabins in national parks.

• The Works Progress Administration

• The Tennessee Valley Authority

• The Social Security Act

• The Civilian conservation Corps

This New Deal program hired millions of unemployed people to build highways, roads, parks, bridges, and railroads to help modernize the country.

• The Civilian Conservation Corps

• The Works Progress Administration

• The Social Security Act

• The Tennessee Valley Authority

This New Deal Act was passed to help elderly and unemployed people. It is funded by taxes taken out of workers' incomes.

• The Tennessee Valley Authority

• The Social Security Act

• The Works Progress Administration

• The Civilian Conservation Corps

Images like this one would have been the result of which New Deal Program?

• The Works Progress Administration

• The Civilian Conservation Corps

• The Tennessee Valley Authority

• The Social Security Act

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression

• High unemployment

• Buying on credit

• The Dust Bowl

• The Stock Market Crash

Which of the following was NOT a result of the Great Depression

• Higher suicide rates

• An increase in homelessness

• The stock market crash

• 25% unemployment

Why were bank runs so harmful?

• The banks would collapse and people would lose their savings

• Americans lost confidence in the banks and attempted to make large withdrawls

• Depression Era criminals like John Dillinger became folk heroes for robbing banks.

• All of these are correct.

These areas sprang up around the nation as homelessness increased due to the Great Depression. What are they?

Select all that are correct.

• Shantytowns

• Hoovervilles

• Tent Cities

• Suburbs