The Great Depression and Culture of 1930s

What was the basic idea of the New Deal?

• The federal government has a major responsibility for ensuring economic prosperity. 

• The federal government does not have a responsibility for ensuring economic prosperity.

Who was president of the United States at the time of the Stock Market Crash of 1929?

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Barack Obama

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin Roosevelt

The promise of a “New Deal for the American people” was made by which U.S. president?

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Barack Obama

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin Roosevelt

What is being described? Shantytowns in which homeless people lived during the Great Depression.

• The Stock Market Crash

• Hoovervilles

• The Dust Bowl

• The New Deal

True or False?

In the presidential election of 1932, Franklin Roosevelt defeated President Herbert Hoover. There were a number of reasons for his victory, but the most important factor was that most Americans blamed Hoover and the Republicans for the Great Depression.

• True

• False

Which New Deal agency instituted a program to grow new forests and prevent another Dust Bowl?

• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

• Works Progress Administration (WPA)

• Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

The Dust Bowl affected which area the most?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

*Civilian Conservation Corps

*Works Progress Administration

*Tennessee Valley Authority

All of these are associated with what period of U.S. history?

• The New Deal

• The Stock Market Crash

• The Roaring Twenties

• The Jazz Age

Which New Deal program was responsible for helping rural areas during the Great Depression by providing jobs to people for road and building construction?

• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

• Works Progress Administration (WPA)

• Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Which New Deal program's purpose was to provide electrical power to poor and rural regions of the U.S.?

• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

• Works Progress Administration (WPA)

• Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)