Chapter 11: The Great Depression and the New Deal

What is the main idea of the cartoon?

• President Roosevelt used a system of trial and error to mend the economy

• President Roosevelt implemented a strict economic policy to control inflation

• President Roosevelt focused on reducing taxes to stimulate growth

• President Roosevelt relied on foreign aid to boost the economy

The "dust bowls" described by John Steinbeck in The Grapes of Wrath had the greatest impact on-

• farmers on the Great Plains

• industrial workers in the cities

• ranchers in the Southwest

• migrant laborers in California

This 1935 Act was a form of insurance to cover unemployment benefits, old-age pension and programs for the blind.

• Social Security Act

• Medicare Act

• Welfare Reform Act

• Affordable Care Act

• Became President after Herbert Hoover 
• Pushed for many new programs called “The New Deal” 
• President during World War II  
 The list above refers to which person?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Harry S. Truman

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Woodrow Wilson

What was the purpose of Dorothea Lange's photographs funded by the New Deal program?

• To promote the New Deal policies

• To document the Great Depression

• To showcase American culture

• To support the war effort

This group of over 20,000 veterans of World War I marched on Washington D.C. to get the $1000 which had been promised to them, but were denied by Hoover Administration.

• Bonus Army

• Veterans of Foreign Wars

• American Legion

• Doughboys

Which region of the United States suffered most directly from the Dust Bowl?

• Southwest

• Pacific Northwest

• Rocky Mountains

• Great Plains

What federal agency is the >AAA<?

• Agricultural Adjustment Act

• American Automobile Association

• Advanced Aerospace Agency

• American Association of Architects

Nickname given to families that piled their belongings in an old truck and headed west, leaving the Dust Bowl behind (leaving Oklahoma to California).

• Dust Bowlers

• Okies

• Trailblazers

• Pioneers

What event finally brought the Depression to an end?

• The New Deal

• World War II

• The Dust Bowl

• The Stock Market Crash