WorksheetsGreat Depression
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Government providing cash or other services to those in desperate need?
Speculation
Hoovervilles
Direct Relief
Deficit Spending
When the government spends more money than it makes or has?
Speculation
Hoovervilles
Direct Relief
Deficit Spending
Making a risky investment in stocks, hoping for a quick profit.
Speculation
Economic Depression
Direct Relief
Deficit Spending
A series of programs from FDR to combat the Great Depression?
New Deal
Economic Depression
Black Tuesday
Dust Bowl
The day when stocks completely collapsed and lost their value, many people left broke
New Deal
Economic Depression
Black Tuesday
Dust Bowl
A sustained, long term period of decreased economic activity?
New Deal
Economic Depression
Black Tuesday
Dust Bowl
This changed the date when a president begins their terms?
21st Amendment
20th Amendment
Hoovervilles
Dust Bowl
A man made environmental disaster known for drought and high winds.
21st Amendment
20th Amendment
Hoovervilles
Dust Bowl
Shantytowns filled with the homeless and unemployed.
21st Amendment
20th Amendment
Hoovervilles
Dust Bowl
This repealed the prohibition (Bans the sale of alcohol)
21st Amendment
20th Amendment
Hoovervilles
Dust Bowl
Which of these presidents was known for his unwillingness to provide Direct relief to Americans struggling?
FDR
Coolidge
Hoover
Harding
Which of these presidents was known for his ability and desire to provide Direct relief to Americans struggling?
FDR
Coolidge
Hoover
Harding
Which president wanted to create many jobs and boost infrastructure by building a dam of the Colorado River?
FDR
Hoover
Which president created new regulations and safeguards for investing and future banking?
FDR
Hoover
Which president pursued the Hawley-Smoot Tariff to raise the United State's revenue?
FDR
Hoover
Which president was known for creating the social security program we have today?
FDR
Hoover
Which president was known for creating a Home Loan Act which made home buying easier for struggling American families?
FDR
Hoover
Both
Which of the Following would be considered a Cause of the Great Depression?
Social and Racial Tensions
Consumer Debt
High Unemployment Rates
High amount of population in Shantytowns
Which of the Following would be considered an effect of the Great Depression?
Failing Banks
Consumer Debt
High Unemployment Rates
Overexpansion by Businesses
This individual changed the 1st lady role into the modern one we see today.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Bess Truman
Jackie Kennedy
Edith Roosevelt
