Great Depression, New Deal, & WWII

During the Great Depression, there was a severe drought in the Great Plains. Strong prairie winds picked up the topsoil and spread dust everywhere. Many farm families packed everything up and moved west. What was this event called?

• Dust Bowl
• Salad Bowl
• Great Plains Panic

What program did Franklin Roosevelt create in order to help Americans during the Great depression?

• Roosevelts boys
• New Deal
• FDR's relief

Insured bank deposits of up to 5,000. This helped to bring confidence back into the banks.

• FDIC

• SEC

• AAA

• TVA

Who was President during The Great Depression?

• Franklin Roosevelt
• Bill Clinton
• Woodrow Wilson

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

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

What effect did the Dust Bowl storms have on the Great Depression?

• Many farmers were forced to leave the Great Plains.
• Unemployment decreased gradually.
• Many homes long the Mississippi River were flooded.
• Hoover was re-elected as president.

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

• Shantyshacks

• Tenement Housing

• Town Homes

• Hoovervilles

Built a series of dams in the TN River Valley to control flooding and generate power

• Agriculture Adjustment Act

• Lexington Electric

• Hoover Dam

• Tennessee Valley Authority

Jobs for 2 million young men. Replanted forests and built trials

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Citizen Control Corporation

• National Recover Administration

• Federal Emergency Relief Act

What was a major result of FDR’s New Deal programs?

• The national deficit declined for most U.S. citizens
• The suffrage rights for women changed
• The power of the federal government was expanded
• The federal government lowered taxes for most Americans