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Great Depression and New Deal

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What happened on "Black Tuesday," October 29th, 1929?

a)

The U.S. Housing Market crashed

b)

The U.S. Stock Market Crashed

c)

The U.S. Banking System collapsed

d)

The U.S. entered WWII

2.

What was the Great Depression?

a)

A period of economic success and an improving economy

b)

The worst economic catastrophe in U.S. history

c)

A period of time that witnessed American involvement in violent foreign wars

d)

A hotly contested presidential election

3.

Which TWO answers best describe President Herbert Hoover's presidency during the Great Depression?

a)

A very hands-on government

b)

Mostly hands-off government

c)

Largely unable to better economic conditions

d)

Created many New Deal programs

4.

Which TWO answers best describe Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency during the Great Depression?

a)

Very active hands-on gov't with business

b)

Mostly hands-off gov't with business

c)

Created many New Deal Programs

d)

Created a tariff that hurt American economy

5.

What was the name of the FDR's plan to get America out of the Depression?

a)

The Great Society

b)

The New Deal

c)

The Square Deal

d)

Wilson's 14 points

6.

What was Roosevelt's New Deal?

a)

A series of government-funded bail outs

b)

A series of federally funded public works programs

c)

A hands-off approach to business and the economy

d)

A series of voluntary business recovery acts

7.
New Deal program tasked with providing electricity to the people through dams and other means.
a)

Works Progress Administration

b)

Tennessee Valley Authority

c)

Tennessee Valley Electrical Organization

d)

Civilian Conservation Corps

8.
It provided a pension for retired workers and their spouses and the unemployed. 
a)
Social Security Administration 
b)
Wagner Act 
c)
Public Works Administration 
d)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 
9.
Created government jobs (natural resource conservation) for young men in 1933.
a)
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
b)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
c)
Works Progress/Projects Administration (WPA)
d)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
10.

The lasting impact of Roosevelt's New Deal is that it

a)

allows the Federal Government to control businesses.

b)

strengthened the rights of women and African Americans.

c)

increased unemployment in the U.S.

d)

changed the role of the U.S. government by increasing it's size and power