SS5H3- The Great Depression and the New Deal

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The New Deal:

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created new jobs.

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What is the correct chronological order of these events?
1. The stock market crashed.
2. Franklin Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover
3. The economy of the United States went through a boom.

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3, 1, 2

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Who was the African American athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics?

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Jesse Owens

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In cities from New York to California, many people who had lost their homes did which of these?

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built Hoovervilles

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Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted American citizens to feel that the economy would soon improve. He developed programs such as the CCC, TVA, and WPA. These programs became known as

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the New Deal.

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What does this list describe the effects of?
- People who have lost their homes leave the Great Plains for California.
- Crops are ruined, and farmers cannot pay back their debts.
- Migrant workers cannot find work because the farms have been destroyed.

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the Dust Bowl.

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What happened to bank customers in the 1930s?

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Many of them lost their savings when banks closed.

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Which book, written by Margaret Mitchell, told of life during the Civil War?

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Gone with the Wind

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Who started the "New Deal" to help America recover from the Great Depression?

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Franklin Roosevelt

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What happened in the early 1930s after the stock market crashed? Options: Prohibition, World War I, the Great Depression, the Harlem Renaissance

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the Great Depression