Great Depression

Define Black Tuesday

• Group of government programs created to try and end the Great Depression.
• October 29, 1929 when the stock market crashed. It was the official start of the Great Depression
• Minimal improvement in economy. FDR urged congress to pass additional programs.

What caused millions to lose their family wealth during The Depression?

• Bank closures
• Foreclosures on their farms and homes
• Stockmarket
• All of the above

Ownership in shares of a company or corporation

• CEO
• Insurance
• Stocks

Which of the following European country faced the greatest economic challenges after WW I? 

• Austria
• Great Britian
• France
• Germany

President during the 1930s who was considered a failure because he couldn't fix the Great Depression.

• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Herbert Hoover
• Margaret Mitchell
• Jessie Owens

The president who promised the people a "New Deal" during the Great Depression.

• Jesse Owens
• Herbert Hoover
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• George Washington

Many people lost their jobs during the Great Depression.  The national government responded with President Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal," which

• provided programs to help people make money to provide for their needs. 
• helped reduce the national debt, providing more capital for businesses
• forced people to join the military forces to make money for their needs. 
• forced people to use charities to help them provide for their needs. 

Which event marked the beginning of the Great Depression?

• The End of Prohibition
• The New Deal
• The Stock Market Crash
• The Election of Herbert Hoover

Germany's currency

• Dollar

• Euro

• Mark

• Peso

Germany's inflation was caused by

• People spending a lot of money

• Stock market crash

• Banks closing

• printing more money