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Great Depression and New Deal Vocabuarly

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a 12 year economic and social disaster that began in the U.S. and eventually spread around the world

a)

The Gilded Age

b)

The Great Depresssion

c)

The New Deal

d)

The Progressive Era

2.

October 29, 1929, the day the stock market crashed is known as

a)

Black Friday

b)

Black Monday

c)

Black Tuesday

d)

Black Wednesday

3.

The idea of taking risks in business transactions

a)

Over-speculation

b)

Over Production

c)

Consumer Goods

d)

Stock Market

4.

Churches and other charities gave away food to the unemployed

a)

Bread Lines

b)

Soup Kitchens

c)

President Hoover

d)

Big Business

5.

Towns of homeless people during the Great Depression, named after Herbert Hoover who was president when the Depression began

a)

Poor Town

b)

Slums

c)

Ghettos

d)

Hoovervilles

6.

The Act that forced Mexican Americans to move back to Mexico during the Great Depression

a)

The Mexican-Repatriation Act

b)

The Dawes Act

c)

Executive Order 9066

d)

The Exclusion Act

7.

Drought that hits the Mid-West and causes massive crop failures and devastating dust storms

a)

Great Depression

b)

Mid-West Disaster

c)

Dust Bowl

d)

The Big Drought

8.

The president elected during the Great Depression who served almost 4 terms in office

a)

Teddy Roosevelt

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

William Taft

9.

FDR's program to end the Great Depression

a)

The New Deal

b)

The Square Deal

c)

The Miracle

d)

The Five Year Plan

10.

Weekly radio addresses given by FDR to reassure the country during the Great Depression

a)

Group Messaging

b)

FDR Talks

c)

Fire-Side Chats

d)

We Got This

11.

Plan to allow the President the ability to add a new appointment to the supreme court for each Justice that was over 70 1/2 years old

a)

Court Packing Scheme

b)

Justice Overload

c)

Supreme Power

d)

Court Control

12.

This amendment limited the terms U.S. Presidents can serve to only two

a)

21 Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

18th Amendment

d)

22 Amendment