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WorksheetsThe 1930s
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
which are 5 causes of the great depresssion
Unemployment, credit, agriculture, industry, and stock market
Speakeasy, dust bowl, Hoover, boredom, and WWII
No one had money
Factories
true or false farmers had to break milk bottles because overproduction
True
False
What were 2 conditions of farmers
Had to sell land, and dust bowl
government didn’t want farmers
Machines took over jobs, people wanted to work in factories
whaT were Hoover’s actions during early depression
He made the government pay more money to help out
He made his wife handle everything
Influenced churches to donate money
He made more jobs
What was the bonus army?
A group of protestors
WWI veterans coming to collected the money they were promised
Veterans marching for equal rights
Mothers and children coming to D.C to beg for money
Why did the Bonus army come to the D.C
To beg for food
To asks for jobs
They came to go to work
They came to collected the money they were promised
When was the Bonus army’s money due by?
1934
1944
1945
1940
What happened while the Bonus army was at D.C
Hoover sent is troops to forcefully evict the veterans
Hoover gave them the money
FDR stepped in and joined them
Nothing happened
Who the general leading the eviction of the Bonus Army
Francis townsand
dugless
FDR
Hoover
What were Roosevelts 100 days spent on
Bank holidays, fire chats, and making jobs
Social reform
nothing
Building the wall
True or false; fire chats were a way for FDR to communicate with the public
True
False
What was a bank holiday
A holiday to celebrate banks for there hard work
A day when banks would close so the government could check to make sure there checks were good
What was the new deal
Series of programs to help get people back in work
Social security act
Focus on work war 2
Works on the businesses of America
What was the 2 new deal
The same as the first one
Worked on keeping society healthy
Worked on social reforms
Helped farmers get back to there old ways
What did the 2 new deal lead to
WPA
RRR
CCC
Social security act
which one these was a common criticism of the new deal
It was great no one hated it
People thought the new deal was a form of socialism
People thought it was a form of communism
Veterans
True or false: Francis townsand was a criticism-er of the new deal
True
False
Who were people who did not like the new deal
Wealthy and private business
Just wealthy people
All people
how did Eleanor Contribute
She would go out and talk to people for Roosevelt
She didnt do anything
She criticized his work
She would drop everything including making orders
what did they consider Eleanor Roosevelt to be
Roosevelt’s eyes and ears
Nothing
A stay at home wife
True or false Roosevelt had polio
True
False
What made the dust bowl so bad
Farmers couldn’t farm, people were dying
People couldn’t breath
There was no fresh soil
Nothing
What was the WPA
A program working with the art and entertainment
Women sports league
A job force
Tv show
Who did FDR go up against in 1936
hoover
Alf Landon
Francis
Douglass
What did people think about Alf Landon
He was republican
He was socialist
He was crazy
Never talked to anyone
What was Black Tuesday
It was the day when stock went down, and marked the beginning of the depression
To marked the beginning of depression
it was a day when colored people were discrimination against
A random Tuesday.
What was the idea of the social security act
To get old people out of work so young people could have more jobs
So old people could work longer and gain more money
