New Deal

One cause of the Great Depression was...

• overproduction (companies making more stuff than they could sell)

• a shortage of goods and products

• inflation (money became worth less)

Another cause of the Great Depression was...

• people bought a lot of things on credit and they couldn't afford to pay back what they borrowed

• it was too hard to get loans and credit

Herbert Hoover's "solution" to the Great Depression was...

• The New Deal

• Rugged Individualism

• progressive reforms

Rugged Individualism meant that...

• people should solve their own problems without any help from the government

• government should take more responsibility for making the economy fair and stable

A major problem FDR had to address in the first days of his presidency was...

• the stock market crash of 1929

• World War I

• World War II

• bank runs

FDR reassured anxious Americans in his first _, which was broadcast over the radio.

• fireside chat

• state of the union speech

• Gettysburg Address

Which New Deal program insured people's bank deposits?

• CCC

• WPA

• FDIC

Which New Deal program paid 3 million young men to do physical labor, such as planting trees and building dams?

• WPA

• CCC

• FDIC

Which New Deal program gives money to old people after they retire?

• CCC

• FDIC

• Social Security

Which of these started during the New Deal?

• minimum wage

• free school lunch

• a ban on child labor

• all of the above