The Great Depression and New Deal

What caused the stock market crash of 1929?

• prices rose and investors purchased more stock

• farmers could not produce enough food for the USA

• World War I caused the economy to fall

• People quickly sold their stocks before prices fell further

What was FDR’s plan for getting the United States out of the Great Depression?

• The New Deal

• The Relief, Recovery, Reform Act

• The Alphabet Soup Agencies

• FDR's Deal

What caused the Dust Bowl?

• The people did not farm the land enough

• Not enough people lived in that area

• A drought along with too much farming

• Too much rain caused flooding

When people went to the banks to take out their savings...

• The banks loaned them more money

• The banks had loaned the money so they couldn't give it back

• Banks had borrowed money from businesses to pay the people

• The government paid people to cover the money banks had lost

Which president was blamed for causing the Great Depression?

• President Roosevelt

• President Hoover

• President Bush

• President Coolidge

Which of the following was a result of the Civilian Conservation Corps?

• Money placed in the banks would be insured up to $2,500.00

• Artists produced art for public buildings

• Labor unions were guaranteed the right to organize

• Young men were paid to build parks and plant trees

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

• The stock market crash

• Many people borrowed money from banks and couldn’t pay it back.

• The overproduction in factories and farms led to people losing money.

• Farmers were making great money and selling all of their crops.

What were groups of homes built out of cardboard, tin, or scrap wood called?

• Hoovervilles

• Roosevelt Villages

• Shack Towns

• Coolidgevilles

The purpose of Social Security was to...

• Set the lowest amount of money that workers could be paid

• Provide monthly income for the elderly, disabled, and unemployed

• Built dams on the Tennessee River

• Give jobs to young men

Why did farmers leave the Dust Bowl states during the 1930s?

• To try farming in the North

• To join the bonus Army in Washington D.C.

• Because they were unable to farm the land anymore

• Because the New Deal gave everyone a job in the factories