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Chapters 22 and 23 Great Depression and FDR's New Deal

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What year did the Great Stock Crash occur? 
a)
1919
b)
1925
c)
1929
d)
1932
2.
Who was the U.S. President during the Stock Market Crash of 1929? 
a)
Herbert Hoover
b)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
c)
Warren G. Harding
d)
Woodrow Wilson
3.
With the policy like Rugged Individualism, would Herbert Hoover have attempted to try every way possible to get Americans back to work?
a)
Yes
b)
No
4.
How many banks failed during the Great Depression? 
a)
1,000
b)
4,000
c)
8,000
d)
9,000
5.
Hoovervilles were...
a)
Homeless Neighborhoods in public parks
b)
Wealthy communities in suburbs
c)
Church homeless shelters
d)
Soup kitchens for the homeless
6.
What were the World War I vets called that marched on Washington, D.C. in 1932?
a)
The Bonus Army
b)
The American Legion
c)
The G.I. Billers
d)
The Military Marchers
7.
What was the event formerly called when dust storms carried topsoil from the Midwest to the Atlantic coast?
a)
The Dust Bowl
b)
The Tornado
c)
The Drought
d)
The Black Cloud
8.
Which of the following states was one of those where the dust storms originated?
a)
Arizona
b)
Oklahoma
c)
Montana
d)
Iowa
9.
Due to the Dust Bowl, what percent of Midwesterners either left the Midwest to try to make a life somewhere else or lost their farms?
a)
25%
b)
33%
c)
50%
d)
60%
10.
How high did unemployment reach during the Great Depression?
a)
10%
b)
15%
c)
20%
d)
25%
11.
Who won the U.S. Presidency in 1932 and set about fixing the economic problems of the nation?
a)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
b)
Teddy Roosevelt
c)
Herbert Hoover
d)
Woodrow Wilson
12.
What was the name of FDR's plan for ending unemployment and fixing our nation during the Great Depression?
a)
The New Deal
b)
The Roosevelt Corollary
c)
Big Stick Diplomacy
d)
The Better Deal
13.
What was the first issue that FDR chose to fix when he took the Presidency?
a)
The Banks
b)
Unemployment
c)
Retirement Pensions
d)
Our Infrastructure
14.
What is the abbreviation for the program that helped bring back trust in the banks by insuring the money people had in the banks?
a)
CCC
b)
FDIC
c)
WPA
d)
CWA
15.
How much money was an account insured up to at the beginning of the FDIC in 1933?
a)
$1,000
b)
$2,500
c)
$5,000
d)
$10,000
16.
How much money is an account insured up to today with FDIC?
a)
$5,000
b)
$100,000
c)
$250,000
d)
$500,000
17.
What were the radio addresses called whereby FDR would speak to the American people?
a)
Fireside Chats
b)
Presidential Addresses
c)
Roosevelt's Remarks
d)
State of the Union
18.

What was the purpose of organizations like the Works Progress Administration?

a)

To restore the confidence of Americans within the Stock Market.

b)

To restore the confidence of Americans in banks.

c)

To help retirees that lost their savings in the Stock Crash or were unemployed.

d)

To give construction jobs to America’s unemployed and create projects that will help the entire country

19.

The Civilian Conservation Corps was created to…

a)

restore the confidence of Americans within the Stock Market.

b)

restore the confidence of Americans in banks.

c)

give people jobs by improving national park lands.

d)

help retirees that lost their savings in the Stock Market or were unemployed.

20.

The Social Security Administration was created in order to...

a)

restore the confidence of Americans within the Stock Market.

b)

restore the confidence of Americans in banks.

c)

help retirees that lost their savings in the Stock Crash or were unemployed.

d)

give construction jobs to America’s unemployed and create projects that will help the entire country

21.
True or False: FDR’s New Deal Program’s brought America back to 3% unemployment rate that we held before the Great Depression.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
How much did our National Debt increase due to FDR’s spending within the New Deal? 
a)
It did not increase
b)
1 1/2 Times
c)
2 Times
d)
3 Times
23.
What president borrowed ideas from Franklin Delano Roosevelt when he created the Bank Bailout Package and Stimulus Package in 2009? 
a)
George W. Bush
b)
Barack Obama
c)
George H.W. Bush
d)
Bill Clinton

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