The Great Depression/ New Deal

This event took place on October 29, 1929 and was the worst day of the stock market crash. What is it known as?

• Black Tuesday

• Red Monday

• Black Friday

• Yellow Wednesday

Which U.S. president was elected in 1928?

• Franklin Roosevlet

• Herbert Hoover

• Ronald Reagan

• Grover Cleveland

What was the name of the disease that Franklin Roosevelt had which made it hard for him to walk?

• Cancer

• Gout

• Polio

• Spanish Flu

What was the goal of the New Deal?

• Make FDR rich

• Eliminate foreign enemies of the U.S.

• Provide financial relief to the U.S. during the Great Depression

• Create a new system of government

Roosevelt explained and gained support for New Deal policies by the use of:

• Lowered taxes

• Fireside chats

• Bank holidays

• Charity giveaways

Many homeless people during this time built primitive shacks to live in. When many of these were close together, they were called:

• Hobo Neighborhoods

• Hoovervilles

• Roosevelt-towns

• Depression blocks

When the government spends more money than it has it is known as what?

• Debt funding

• going bankrupt

• digging a hole

• deficit spending

The stock market crash led to many of these, when people would all rush to a bank at the same time and withdraw their savings:

• Bank runs

• Bank holidays

• Bank parties

• Bank storms

Hoover believed that the federal government did not need to be financially responsible for the people because they should be able to take care of themselves. What is the name for this belief?

• Tough love

• Rugged Individualism

• Laissez fire

• governmental negligence

In 1933, number of WWI veterans marched to Washington, D.C. to lobby for early payment of bonus checks promised to them by the government. What was the name for this group?

• Check navy

• Bonus army

• Mob of marines

• Hoover's army