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WorksheetsGreat Depression Review
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The __________________ was the longest period of unemployment and low economic activity in the 1900's.
a)
New Deal
b)
Great Depression
c)
Dust Bowl
d)
Civil War
2.
A time when business activity is very slow and people are out of work is known as a _____________.
a)
crash
b)
depression
c)
party
d)
low time
3.
After the Stock Market Crash, many people lost their life savings because _______________.
a)
banks closed
b)
banks gave away their money
c)
they couldn't remember where they put it
d)
someone stole it
4.
The president elected after Herbert Hoover who promised to give America a "New Deal" was _________________.
a)
Franklin Roosevelt
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Grover Cleveland
5.
Which of the following is the most valid statement regarding the long-term economic effects of the Great Depression?
a)
The government placed fewer restrictions on large corporations
b)
The role of the federal government was expanded
c)
The government reduced its dependence on foreign trade
d)
The American people had greater confidence in the nation’s economic leadership
6.
What was the name of FDR's plans and programs designed to meet the needs and problems of the Great Depression?
a)
New Deal
b)
Great Deal
c)
Social Security
d)
the New Liberalism
7.
This program hired young men ages 18-26 who were unemployed and paid them to work mostly on outdoor projects such as national parks and planting trees (helped to prevent erosion which was prevalent because of over farming).
a)
CCC
b)
TVA
c)
WPA
8.
This program provided jobs for millions of Americans, who were given the task of building roads, bridges, parks, airports and a plethora of other public facilities.
a)
CCC
b)
WPA
c)
TVA
9.
What was the "New Deal" of the 1930s?
a)
a government program that gave free land to homesteaders
b)
a government program that spread civil rights throughout the country
c)
a government program designed to help people during the depression
d)
a government program that helped women get the vote
10.
Which of these New Deal programs helped bring electricity to rural areas in SC?
a)
Civilian Conservation Corps
b)
Works Progress Administration
c)
Rural Electrification Act
d)
Social Security Act
11.
Which of these generates electricity from the energy of flowing river water.
a)
Windmill
b)
Hydroelectric Dam
c)
Neither
12.
Which SC engineering project was started through the Rural Electrification Act?
a)
Hoover Dam
b)
Santee Cooper Dam
c)
Hydroelectric Canal
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