Great Depression

What was the greatest impact of the Dust Bowl in Texas?

• people died due to dust inhalation

• farms were lost to the banks due to crops being destroyed

• homes were destroyed during dust storms

What caused the Great Depression and when did it occur?

• stocks lost their value & investors lost their money in October 1929

• stocks lost their value & investors gained money in October 1929

• stocks were sold and investors lost money in October 1928

• stocks were sold and investors lost money in October 1933

Which program protects consumers money in the bank?

• WPA

• AAA

• FDIC

• TVA

What was the Great Depression?

• A period of economic success and an improving economy

• The worst economic catastrophe in U.S. history

• A period of time that witnessed American involvement in violent foreign wars

• A hotly contested presidential election

The massive drought that happened at the same time as the Great Depression was called

• The Dust Bowl

• The Gold Rush

• Exodusters

• Reconstruction

FDR helped gain peoples trust by reassuring them that he had a plan to help fix the Great Depression. What did he call this program?

• The New Deal

• The Fair Deal

• The Square Deal

• The Bad Deal

Unemployment reached its peak at what percentage?

• 10

• 25

• 50

• 75

The man who promised a “New Deal” for America was

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Ike Eisenhower

• Herbert Hoover

• Harry Truman

What is it called when an economy suffers from high unemployment and low production?

• a crash

• a depression

• a surge

• a black blizzard

What did FDR try to do?

• Get people to move to smaller homes

• Pack the Supreme Court

• Move people into the Dust Bowl area

• Create overseas jobs