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WorksheetsGreat Depression/New Deal
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 33mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This type of New Deal program was long term, meant to help industry and agriculture, & housing
a)
relief
b)
reform
c)
recovery
2.
The New Deal worked on accomplishing 3 goals: bring relief to unemployed, improve the economy, and what else?
a)
bring relief to unemployed
b)
ensure a depression would never happen again
c)
make sure citizens don't need to work to live
d)
redistribute wealth from the wealthy
3.
This type of New Deal program gave immediate, temporary help to unemployed Americans
a)
relief
b)
reform
c)
recovery
4.
This president is associated with the belief that the economy would correct itself. He did not support direct relief.
a)
F.D.Roosevelt
b)
Hoover
c)
William McKinley
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
5.
This was the name for the set of programs put in place by FDR to help the depression era economy.
a)
fireside chat
b)
bank holiday
c)
New Deal
d)
packing the court
6.
A type of New Deal program that made permanent changes to the economy to fix some of the problems that led to the Great Depression and ensure the Depression wouldn't happen again
a)
relief
b)
reform
c)
recovery
7.
Why were the people of the United States angry at President Hoover during the Great Depression?
a)
he seemed uncaring, opposing most types of government direct relief
b)
he did not take enough action to help enough during the depression
c)
both of these
d)
none of these
8.
Where did Hoover expect the aid to the poor would come from?
a)
churches & private charities
b)
state government
c)
federal government
d)
foreign countries
9.
This New Deal reform program insured checking and savings accounts.
a)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
b)
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLA)
c)
Federal Deposits Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
d)
Social Security Act (SSA)
10.
Which New Deal program employed young men to work on various projects to improve the country?
a)
Social Security Act
b)
Fair labor Standards Act
c)
Rural Electrification Act
d)
Civilian Conservation Corps
11.
Which New Deal program set aside savings through taxes for unemployment, the disabled or older people who are retired?
a)
Federal Deposits Insurance Corporation
b)
Social Security Act
c)
Agricultural Adjustment Act
d)
Civilian Conservation Corps
12.
What was the first order of business by FDR when he got into office?
a)
End the depression
b)
closed the stock market for a week
c)
4 day bank holiday
d)
close Hoovervilles
13.
• Became President after Herbert Hoover
• Pushed for many new programs called “The New Deal”
• President during World War II
The list above refers to which person?
a)
Duke Ellington
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
14.
Shanty towns (make-shift) towns were named after this person due to the people’s dissatisfaction of the amount of help they were given after the Stock Market Crash?
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Herbert Hoover
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
William McKinley
15.
How was the Dust Bowl caused by both humans and nature?
a)
Many families moving from Dust Bowl areas settled in the San Joachin Valley and became migrant farmers.
b)
Nearly 350 dust storms carried away the topsoil, and land and homes were covered with dust.
c)
The Dust Bowl caused families to move west in search of jobs and new homes.
d)
Farming methods and cattle had harmed the land, and then a severe drought hit the region in the mid-1930s.
16.
What is one way the New Deal was supposed to help the economy out of the Great Depression?
a)
by eliminating trading on the stock market
b)
by encouraging war with Germany and Japan
c)
by creating jobs through various new programs
d)
by giving people money through new bank laws
17.
The New Deal was divided into 3 categories: relief for immediate help, reform to fix problems, and _________________________ to help the people and nation “get back on their feet”.
a)
reinvent
b)
radicalize
c)
recovery
d)
reissue
18.
In what way did Jesse Owens help to raise morale in the United States during the Great Depression?
a)
he sang songs and played happy music on the radio
b)
he went from town to town racing people for money
c)
he helped Roosevelt make key decisions about the economy
d)
he won multiple gold medals for the U.S. at the 1936 Olympics
19.
Margaret Mitchell was a Georgian who ___________________
a)
wrote a book that Abraham Lincoln said had helped to start the Civil War.
b)
wrote Gone With the Wind, a popular novel set in the Civil War period.
c)
was part of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal policies and was responsible for putting Georgians to work.
d)
Oversaw the Social Security program in Georgia in the 1930’s.
20.
Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington were both
a)
Poets of the Harlem Renaissance
b)
Inventors/Entrepreneurs
c)
African-American Athletes
d)
Jazz Musicians
21.
The Dust Bowl was a problem with farmland that happened during the Great Depression. The Dust Bowl happened for two MAIN reasons. These two reasons were:
a)
Farmers over planted their fields and there was a drought
b)
New Deal programs ruined farms and there was a drought
c)
Farmers over planted fields and President Hoover ended the New Deal
d)
Farmers sent too much food to soup kitchens and did not save enough for themselves
22.
Who was president at the beginning of the Great Depression and said it was not the government’s job to get the economy out of the depression?
a)
William McKinley
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Herbert Hoover
d)
Franklin Roosevelt
23.
Who was the president that helped create the New Deal program to create jobs in the U.S.?
a)
William McKinley
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Herbert Hoover
d)
Franklin Roosevelt
24.
The Works Progress Administration was the largest program of the New Deal. It employed 8.5 million people. WPA programs included the creation of:
a)
Public buildings, roads, parks, and the arts
b)
Electrical power plants in the Tennessee Valley
c)
Kitchens to feed the hungry
d)
Elevators, tall office buildings and shantytowns
25.
Who was the famous Jazz musician that created a new kind of music called “Swing” and played the piano?
a)
Louis Armstrong
b)
Jesse Owens
c)
Georgia Washington Carver
d)
Duke Ellington
26.
Who wrote the famous novel that was about life during the Civil War and showed people that you could overcome a tragedy? The book was called Gone With the Wind.
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
Eleanor Roosevelt
c)
Margarete Mitchell
d)
Mary Todd
27.
The Civilian Conservation Corps was responsible for the following:
a)
Bridges, parks, and dams
b)
Airports, telephone poles, and planting trees
c)
National Parks, electricity, and paid artists to paint murals
d)
National Parks, planting trees, and telephone poles
28.
This African American track athlete won 4 gold medals in the Berlin Olympics and mad Adolf Hitler mad?
a)
Jesse Owens
b)
Louis Armstrong
c)
George Washington Carver
d)
Duke Ellington
29.
The Tennessee Valley Authority included doing things like:
a)
Irrigation, paying artists to paint murals, and National Parks
b)
Climbing telephone poles, nature trails, and flood control
c)
Building dams, irrigation, and controlling flooding
d)
Building roads, bridges, and electricity
30.
What year did the Stock Market Crash?
a)
1928
b)
1929
c)
1930
d)
1931
31.
Where did most people move to during the Dust Bowl to escape the storm and to start over?
a)
Out West ( California )
b)
Up North ( New York )
c)
Down South ( Georgia )
d)
East ( South Carolina )
32.
What was the charity called that gave free food to those in need during the Great Depression?
a)
Church
b)
Jazz club
c)
Soup kitchen
d)
Schools
33.
What were THREE causes of the Great Depression?
a)
WWI disrupted the international economy
b)
A severe drought caused farmers to fail
c)
New Deal caused the nation to go into debt.
d)
The stock market crashed
e)
Banks failed and caused many people to lose money.
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