Great Depression FDR

The president in 1929 was...

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Herbert Hoover

The man who promised a “New Deal” for America was

• FDR

• Eisenhower

• Hoover

• Truman

What were Hoovervilles? 

• Settlements created by the government that provided shelter for Americans who lost their homes.

• The nickname given to suburban towns during the Great Depression, named after President Hoover who was greatly admired for his work supporting financial distressed Americans.

• The nickname for tent villages filled with people who had lost their homes or jobs during the Great Depression.

• The suburbs built around Northeast cities in the 1930s, funded by President Hoover’s Department of Homeland Security.

Why was President Hoover hated so much?

• He was known for his racist ideas

• He forced Japanese Americans into Internment Camps

• He did very little to help end the Great Depression

• He decided to drop the atomic bomb

What does buying a stock on margin mean?

• purchasing the stock outside the regular stock exchange

• buying the stock for someone else

• paying less than the market price of the stock

• borrowing money to help pay for the stock

Which of the following was not an effect of the Great Depression?

• Many children had a poor diet.

• Many families became homeless.

• Many men became unemployed.

• Many people started farming.

Which of the following was the goal of the New Deal?

• help alleviate the problems of the depression

• keep American neutral in World War I

• decrease prices of farm goods

• increase crop production

Which of the following was most directly responsible for creating new jobs and putting people to work?

• Social Security Act

• Fair Labor Standards Act

• National Labor Relations Act

• Works Progress Administration

FDR’s plan to end the Great Depression helped in all ways EXCEPT:

• Created Jobs

• Fixed the banking System

• Forced people to buy bonds

• Put systems in place to prevent another economic collapse.

Which of the following was a cause of bank failures in the early 1930s?   

• People who feared that the banks would close rushed to withdraw their money.

• A major drop in foreign investments in U.S. banks following the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act.

• The international currency crisis.

• The failure of the American agricultural industry to plan ahead.