Worksheets2.5 Great Depression
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Resource availability during the Great Depression mainly refers to access to which items?
Entertainment and travel options
Jobs, money, food supplies
Voting booths and ballots
Military bases and weapons
The New Deal is best described as a set of programs created to do what?
Reduce tariffs on imports
Privatize public utilities
Provide relief, recovery, reform
Expand overseas colonies
If a family lost its job and savings, which New Deal action would most directly help?
Lowering tariffs on luxury goods
Creating art museums nationwide
Establishing work relief programs
Building overseas naval bases
According to the unemployment chart, which year shows the highest unemployment rate during the Great Depression, and which candidate became president that same year?
1932 and Franklin D. Roosevelt
1933 and Herbert Hoover
1933 and Franklin D. Roosevelt
1932 and Herbert Hoover
During the first 100 days, what approach best describes Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal plan?
Active government to provide relief, recovery, reform
Limited government leaving problems to private charity
Tax cuts only to stimulate business confidence
Focus on foreign policy over domestic economy
Which goal best describes Reform programs during the New Deal?
Permanent laws to prevent future collapses
Temporary jobs for quick relief only
Seasonal projects for public parks
Short-term loans to small businesses
Which statement best describes the Second New Deal?
A plan to reduce government size and taxes
Initial relief efforts in early 1933 only
New programs launched after FDR’s reelection
Policies that ended deficit spending in 1935
During the 1930s, poor land management and severe drought conditions across parts of the Midwest resulted in the
formation of the United States Department of Agriculture
creation of wheat surpluses
growth of the Populist movement
development of Dust Bowl conditions on the Great Plains
What was a major cause of the Great Depression in 1929?
A sudden increase in manufacturing output
The collapse of the stock market
A decrease in agricultural production
An increase in global trade
What happened on "Black Tuesday", October 29, 1929?
Stock Market Crash
Hitler invades Poland
Riots break out across America due to poverty
Banks begin failing and taking money from Americans
