Social Studies Great Depression Review Test

How did President Franklin Roosevelt tell the American people about his New Deal?

• Twitter

• On the radio - fireside chats

• Only in newspaper

• TV

A drought in the 1930s that turned the Great Plains very dry.

• Prairie

• Evict

• Dust Bowl

• Drought

Where could people go to get a free hot meal?

• McDonalds

• Banks

• Soup Kitchens

• Hoovervilles

Everyone rushed to sell stocks at one time causing the what of 1929?

• Civil War

• Stock Market Crash

• Revolutionary War

• Trail of Tears

A national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs

• Progressive

• New Deal

• Nativism

• Isolationism

Which president was blamed for making the Great Depression even worse?

• President Roosevelt

• President Bush

• President Hoover

• President Coolidge

Homeless people built shacks towns out of any materials they could find. These were known as...

• Hoovervilles

• Hoover flags

• Hoover Tenements

• Hoover Towns

Which present day program was created during the Great Depression to provide elderly and disabled citizens income help?

• Social Security Administration

• Federal Housing Administration

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

• Securities and Exchange Commission

Unemployment reached its peak at what percentage?

• 50

• 10

• 25

• 75

In what ways did the New Deal help Americans?

• It improved education for all citizens

• It helped people pay taxes

• It protected people from discrimination

• It provided jobs, food, and shelter for those in need