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WorksheetsGreat Depression and New Deal quiz
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 19mins
Installment buying
a portion of a corporation giving the holder a share of ownership in a business
Buying products using credit
Borrowing money in order to buy stocks
financial failure caused by a company's, or a persons', inability to pay its debts
Stock
a portion of a corporation giving the holder a share of ownership in a business
Buying products using credit
Borrowing money in order to buy stocks
financial failure caused by a company's, or a persons', inability to pay its debts
Stock Market Crash
a portion of a corporation giving the holder a share of ownership in a business
Situation in which the supply of manufactured goods exceeds the demand
October 29, 1929; Stock values plummeted as many tried to sell their stock quickly
financial failure caused by a company's, or a persons', inability to pay its debts
Hooverville
name given to shack cities that arose as many began to experience homelessness during the Depression
agency that built dams along the Tennessee River to generate economic growth
Roosevelt's plan to improve the economy during the Depression
financial failure caused by a company's, or a persons', inability to pay its debts
New Deal
Protects individual bank deposits in the event of a financial disaster
agency that built dams along the Tennessee River to generate economic growth
Roosevelt's plan to improve the economy during the Depression
Retirement payments to older Americans or those determined to be disabled
Dust Bowl
Strike in which workers stay in the factory but stop production to achieve a common goal
Guaranteed the right of workers to organize into unions and prohibited unfair labor practice
Term for the destruction of farmland in the Midwest
the right of a union to negotiate wages and benefits for all its members
A (a) is the part of the company that people buy when they invest in the stock market.
The massive drought that happened at the same time as the Great Depression was called
The Dust Bowl
The Gold Rush
Exodusters
Reconstruction
Communities, like the one in this picture, where homeless Americans set up shacks to live in were called
Hoovervilles
Roosevelt Islands
Tenements
Levittowns
FDR helped gain peoples trust by reassuring them that he had a plan to help fix the Great Depression. What did he call this program?
The New Deal
The Fair Deal
The Square Deal
The Bad Deal
Most relief programs during the New Deal helped people get _______.
Jobs
Houses
shoes
food
The worst period of economic decline in the United States history, beginning in 1929
The New Deal
The Great Depression
World War II
The Fourteen Points
What is the day the stock market crashed called that marks the beginning of the Great Depression, October 29, 1929?
Black Thursday
Black Francis
Black Tuesday
Black n Blue
What prohibited people from rushing the banks and withdrawing all their money?
The First Hundred Days
Bank Holiday
Black Tuesday
Fireside Chats
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
People bought stocks on credit or borrowed money
Banks had to close because they did not have enough money
Many businesses had a surplus of goods that couldn't be sold
The New Deal tried to start too many new programs
What caused the stock market crash of 1929?
prices increased and investors purchased more stock
People panicked and quickly sold their stocks
farmers could not produce enough food for the USA
World War I caused the economy to fall
Which of the following was a RESULT of the Civilian Conservation Corps?
Money placed in the banks would be insured up to $2,500.00
Artists produced art for public buildings
Labor unions were guaranteed the right to organize
Young men were paid to build parks and plant trees
Which present day program was created during the Great Depression to provide elderly and disabled citizens income help?
Securities and Exchange Commission
Social Security Administration
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Housing Administration
What tool - passed during the Hoover Administration to raise the tax on imported goods - was designed to protect American manufacturers actually ended up creating a worldwide depression?
In 1933, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) created_
jobs (art, literacy, drama, projects, etc.) for artists, musicians, etc.
a "safety net" of insurance for unemployed workers
bank deposit insurance for consumers so they would no longer lose money in bank crashes
government jobs (building dams, etc.) By building dams, TVA brought electricity to the Tennessee Valley
