Great Depression

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

The photograph best illustrates which impact of the Great Depression upon Americans

• Large numbers of people were, hungry and unemployed

• Workers were able to afford luxury items

• banks were seizing property for failure to pay

• Workers' income rose to high levels

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

One cause of the Depression was that people would pay for new purchases with __________________

• full cash

• installment plans

• foreign money

• Venmo

Effects of the Stock Market Crash include:

• high unemployment

• homelessness

• loss of life savings

• all of these

Why was Herbert Hoover criticized for his handling of the Depression?

• He believed the government should help the economy

• He believed the government shouldn't offer direct help

• He believed in punishing the banks

• He believed in spending to help unemployment

What was the main purpose of the Civilian Conservation Corp and the Works Projects Administration?

• To punish banks for causing the crisis

• To reform the Stock Market

• To create jobs to provide relief for citizens

• To tax the wealthy

What were FDRs "Fireside Chats?"

• Radio addresses

• Meetings with advisers

• Dinner with his wife

• Parties for his friends