The __________________ was the longest period of unemployment and low economic activity in the 1900's.
New Deal
Great Depression
Dust Bowl
Civil War
2. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
A time when business activity is very slow and people are out of work is known as a _____________.
crash
depression
party
low time
3. Multiple Choice
5 minutes
1 pt
After the Stock Market Crash, many people lost their life savings because _______________.
banks closed
banks gave away their money
they couldn't remember where they put it
someone stole it
4. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The president elected after Herbert Hoover who promised to give America a "New Deal" was _________________.
Franklin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Grover Cleveland
5. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Which of the following is the most valid statement regarding the long-term economic effects of the Great Depression?
The government placed fewer restrictions on large corporations
The role of the federal government was expanded
The government reduced its dependence on foreign trade
The American people had greater confidence in the nation’s economic leadership
6. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What was the name of FDR's plans and programs designed to meet the needs and problems of the Great Depression?
New Deal
Great Deal
Social Security
the New Liberalism
7. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
This program hired young men ages 18-26 who were unemployed and paid them to work mostly on outdoor projects such as national parks and planting trees (helped to prevent erosion which was prevalent because of over farming).
CCC
TVA
WPA
8. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
This program provided jobs for millions of Americans, who were given the task of building roads, bridges, parks, airports and a plethora of other public facilities.
CCC
WPA
TVA
9. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What was the "New Deal" of the 1930s?
a government program that gave free land to homesteaders
a government program that spread civil rights throughout the country
a government program designed to help people during the depression
a government program that helped women get the vote
10. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which of these New Deal programs helped bring electricity to rural areas in SC?
Civilian Conservation Corps
Works Progress Administration
Rural Electrification Act
Social Security Act
11. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which of these generates electricity from the energy of flowing river water.
Windmill
Hydroelectric Dam
Neither
12. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which SC engineering project was started through the Rural Electrification Act?