The Great Depression and New Deal Quiz

What caused the stock market to crash in 1929?

• Overproduction of goods

• Decrease in agricultural production

• Government spending

• Massive drought in the Midwest

What was the nickname given to the makeshift housing made up of tents and shacks during the Great Depression?

• FDR Shanties

• Hoovervilles

• New Deal Villages

• Roosevelt Towns

Which program was designed to help farmers decrease production in order to raise the price of crops?

• Works Progress Administration

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Agricultural Adjustment Administration

What did the Civilian Conservation Corps do?

• Helped bring electricity to rural parts of the U.S.

• Employed young men to improve parks and forests

• Provided money to the elderly and disabled

• Built and improved public structures in The United States

Which program helped bring electricity to the rural parts of the U.S.?

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Agricultural Adjustment Administration

• Rural Electrification Act

• Social Security Board

Who was the President during the Great Depression?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Herbert Hoover

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

What was the worst dust storm recorded during the Great Depression referred to as?

• Black Tuesday

• Dust Bowl Disaster

• Great Depression Storm

• April Apocalypse

What did the Works Progress Administration do?

• Provided money to the elderly and disabled

• Payed people to help build and improve public structures

• Employed young men to improve parks and forests

• Helped bring electricity to rural parts of the U.S.

What did the Tennessee Valley Authority originally do?

• Employed young men to improve parks and forests

• Built and improved public structures in The United States

• Provided money to the elderly and disabled

• Helped prevent flooding by building dams along rivers

What did the Social Security Board do?

• Helped bring electricity to rural parts of the U.S.

• Employed young men to improve parks and forests

• Provided money to the elderly and disabled

• Payed people to help build and improve public structures