Great Depression

The purpose of the New Deal program was to...

• improve working conditions in factories
• stop the sale of alcohol in states
• end discrimination against African Americans
• help the nation recover from the Depression

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

• Over speculation on stocks using borrowed money
• High tariffs discouraged international trade
• Unpaid debts from fighting World War I
• Too much debt from buying goods on installment plans

Social Security• Federal Work Programs• Farm Assistance• Increased rights for labor• Environmental Improvement Programs

What is the best title for the list?

• League of Nations
• New Deal
• Reconstruction
• Segregation

How did the Great Depression affect workers?

• One-half of workers were unemployed
• Workers’ incomes rose to high levels
• One-fourth of workers were without jobs
• Workers were able to afford luxury items

What role did the Federal Reserve play in causing the Great Depression?

• It loaned money to closed banks and businesses
• It over speculated in the Stock Market
• It prevented the banking system from collapsing
• It failed to prevent the banking system collapse

Large numbers of banks and businesses failed• Large numbers of people were homeless and hungry• Farmers’ incomes fell to low levels
What was the cause of these?

• Reconstruction
• Great Depression
• Great Migration
• Segregation

The New York Times
October 1929
The topic of this newspaper article is the...

• Stock Market Crash
• Stock Market Boom
• Great Migration north and west
• Roaring Twenties

Who was President of the US when the stock market crashed and Depression began?

• Theodore Roosevelt
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Herbert Hoover
• William McKinley

People who could no longer afford their homes were forced to live in cardboard shacks that they built in public parks. What were these shacks called?

• Shantyshacks
• Town Homes
• Tenement Housing
• Hoovervilles

What was President Herbert Hoover's response to the Great Depression?

• He believed "rugged individualism" would solve the economy

• He created mass welfare

• He increased infrastructure to create jobs

• He violated his policy of laissez-faire