WorksheetsThe Great Depression and the New Deal!!!
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following was one cause Great Depression?
a)
WWI
b)
The invention of the radio
c)
Stock Market Crash
d)
Hoovervilles
2.
Shantytowns were often called “Hoovervilles”. Why?
a)
many people blamed President Hoover for the Great Depression
b)
many people loved President Hoover so they named their neighborhoods for him
c)
people were proud to be an American
d)
people lived in a city called Hoover
3.
What event forced many farmers to leave the Great Plains and move to California and the North?
a)
The re-election of President Roosevelt
b)
The Dust Bowl
c)
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
d)
The formation of the TVA
4.
Which of the following is the full title of what we may refer to as the CCC?
a)
Corporation Conserved Citizens
b)
Civilian Conservation Corps
c)
Civilian Conservations Center
d)
Center Counter Civilians
5.
What is the purpose of the Social Security program?
a)
to provide money to those who can’t work due to unemployment or the elderly.
b)
to regulate trading on Wall St.
c)
to restore confidence in the banking system and prevent runs on the banks.
d)
to provide men with jobs building parks and planting trees
6.
What were president Roosevelt’s three goals for the programs of New Deal?
a)
review, resend, reject
b)
encourage, enlighten, elevate
c)
relief, recovery, reform
d)
review, relief, relax
7.
What New Deal programs are still being used today?
a)
CCC, FDIC, SSA
b)
FDIC, SEC, CCC
c)
SSA, SEC, FDIC
d)
CCC, SEC, ACC
8.
Who had been the president when the Great Depression began in 1929?
a)
Herbert Hudson
b)
Herbert Hoover
c)
Herbert Henry
d)
Herbert Roosevelt
9.
When banks failed during the Great Depression and many Americans lost their money,
a)
(a) the government gave all homeless people free houses.
b)
only people who had invested in the stock market could pay for food
c)
(a) people in France and Britain sent donations of food and money
d)
(a) people bought fewer goods and factory workers lost their jobs
10.
The New Deal agency that helped bring an end to bank panics was called
a)
TVA
b)
SEC
c)
FDIC
d)
SSA
11.
Why was the New Deal established?
a)
lt started a new company for Harlem Renaissance artists.
b)
To try to bring the Great Depression to an end'
c)
To make employees understand what happened during this period of history.
d)
To impeach POTUS Hoover
12.
Shantytowns were also known as Hoovervilles.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
1. Since many of these farmers came from Oklahoma , they were called the derogatory name of _______
a)
Arki
b)
Okie
c)
Country
d)
Hoboe
14.
Which New Deal program provided monthly payments to the elderly, disabled and unemployed?
a)
SEC
b)
FDIC
c)
SSA
d)
SSP
15.
There stuck the worst storms that ever filled the sky; You could see it coming, the cloud look deathlike black, And though our mighty nation, it left a dreadful track.... This storm took place at sundown and lasted through the night,....
This describes what event?
This describes what event?
a)
Stock Market Crash
b)
Dust Bowl
c)
FDR's election
d)
Harlem Renaissance
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