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WorksheetsGreat Depression & New Deal
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which president offered American's a New Deal?
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Who was president when the Stock Market crashed?
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
What was the main goal of the New Deal Programs?
The Supreme Court is responsible for the Executive Branch .
The National Government is responsible for economic growth.
The State Government is responsible for the Federal Government.
Private businesses are responsible for energy growth and development.
Which of the following is the best description of Hoovervilles?
Shantytowns where homeless families lived during the Great Depression
Apartment buildings where multiple families lived together
Homes set up by President Hoover that helped homeless citizens
A nickname for a New Deal Program that set up housing
Franklin Roosevelt won the 1932 election in a landslide. What was the main reason for this?
Roosevelt was a WWI hero and people were anxious about the thoughts of WWII.
Hoover was stealing money from poor Americans and giving it to the wealthy and Roosevelt pledged to stop him.
Hoover was blamed for the Great Depression and not doing anything to help America recover.
Roosevelt suffered from the disease Polio and people felt sorry for him.
Which New Deal Program planted trees and worked to help prevent another Dust Bowl?
Civilian Conservation Corp
Tennessee Valley Authority
Works Progress Administration
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Which area of America was affected by the Dust Bowl?
West Coast
Northeast
Midwest
Southeast
The Civilian Conservation Corp
The Works Progress Administration
The Tennessee Valley Authority
All of these are associated with what?
Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal Program
Herbert Hoover's New Deal Program
Private company names
Private charities established during the Great Depression
The Civilian Conservation Corp
The Works Progress Administration
The Tennessee Valley Authority
These programs are associated with what time period?
The Reagan Era
9/11
The New Deal
World War II
Which New Deal program was responsible for providing jobs to people for road and building construction?
Works Progress Administration
Civilian Conservation Corp
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wagner Act
What was the purpose of the Tennessee Valley Authority during the Great Depression?
To build roads, dams, bridges, and other infrastructure
To provide young, single men with jobs taking care of National Forests
To provide electricity to one of the poorest regions in the United States
To provide financial security and insurance to banks
Who was Duke Ellington?
An olympic gold medalist
An author
A "Big Band" Jazz musician
A country music singer
Who was an olympic athlete and track star during the Great Depression era?
Babe Ruth
Hank Aaron
Jesse Owens
Louis Armstrong
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
Margaret Mitchell was an author.
Jesse Owens was an Olympic athlete.
Duke Ellington was a politician.
Louis Armstrong was a Jazz musician.
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
Margaret Mitchell was a famous actress.
Duke Ellington was a Big Band Jazz leader.
Babe Ruth was a famous baseball player.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was president.
The Great Plains region, also the location of the Dust Bowl, was best known for its production of ______________.
Cars
Oil
Wheat
Ships
Many New Deal Programs were designed to help people recovery from the Great Depression. The following are steps showing how it helped:
- New Deal Programs provide jobs.
- People buy more and help store owners.
- Store owners buy more goods from farms and factories
- ______________________________________________________
What goes in the final blank?
Store owners reduce workers' pay and people stop affording goods
People are able to find more jobs in factories and on farms to produce more goods
People are now able to put their money in the banks to save for the future
People are able to buy food more easily
Margaret Mitchell wrote which book?
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Gone with the Wind
Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Grapes of Wrath
What was Black Tuesday?
The day Herbert Hoover came into office.
The day the Stock Market Crashed.
The day Franklin Roosevelt started his New Deal.
The day WWII began.
What were the main causes of the Dust Bowl? Choose MORE THAN ONE answer.
Americans over producing goods in factories
Lack of rain for an extended time
Farmers over plowing the soil and removing strong roots
Erosion of the coast line
Presidents believing charities should aid poor Americans
