NEW
Font size
WorksheetsNew Deal
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
One cause of the Great Depression was...
overproduction (companies making more stuff than they could sell)
a shortage of goods and products
inflation (money became worth less)
Another cause of the Great Depression was...
people bought a lot of things on credit and they couldn't afford to pay back what they borrowed
it was too hard to get loans and credit
Herbert Hoover's "solution" to the Great Depression was...
The New Deal
Rugged Individualism
progressive reforms
Rugged Individualism meant that...
people should solve their own problems without any help from the government
government should take more responsibility for making the economy fair and stable
A major problem FDR had to address in the first days of his presidency was...
the stock market crash of 1929
World War I
World War II
bank runs
FDR reassured anxious Americans in his first _, which was broadcast over the radio.
fireside chat
state of the union speech
Gettysburg Address
Which New Deal program insured people's bank deposits?
CCC
WPA
FDIC
Which New Deal program paid 3 million young men to do physical labor, such as planting trees and building dams?
WPA
CCC
FDIC
Which New Deal program gives money to old people after they retire?
CCC
FDIC
Social Security
Which of these started during the New Deal?
minimum wage
free school lunch
a ban on child labor
all of the above
