Great Depression & New Deal

Who was Herbert Hoover?

• President when the Great Depression ended. He was given credit for saving America from financial ruin.

• President when the Great Depression began. He was blamed for not doing enough to help Americans.

• President who helped build the Panama Canal.

• The creator of the vacuum cleaner.

This was the name for the set of programs put in place by FDR to help the depression era economy.

• fireside chat
• bank holiday
• New Deal
• packing the court

Which New Deal program set aside savings through taxes for unemployment, the disabled or retirement? 

• Federal Deposits Insurance Corporation
• Social Security Act 
• Agricultural Adjustment Act
• Civilian Conservation Corps

What were THREE causes of the Great Depression?

• WWI disrupted the international economy

• A severe drought caused farmers to fail

• New Deal caused the nation to go into debt.

• The stock market crashed

• Banks failed and caused many people to lose money.

Public opinion about President Hoover's was tarnished by the Bonus Protest and the

• lingering depression

• public works funding

• emergency loans to states

• building the Hoover Dam

As a result of the stock market crash, banks were forced to

• attract more depositors

• approve more loans

• increase interest rates

• close their doors

This photograph, Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange, has become the most iconic photograph of the Great Depression.

• True

• False

Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?

• President when the Great Depression ended. He was given credit for saving America from financial ruin.

• President when the Great Depression began. He was blamed for not doing enough to help Americans.

• President who helped build the Panama Canal.

• The creator of the vacuum cleaner.

Why did the Great Plains become known as the Dust Bowl?

• There was a drought that caused dust storms

• There was a flood that cause dust floods

• There was a tornado that caused dust storms

• There was an earthquake that cause dust storms

What did Tuesday, October 29, 1929 become known as?

• Black Monday

• Black Tuesday

• Blue Tuesday

• Blue Monday