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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe __________________ was the longest period of unemployment and low economic activity in the 1900's.New DealGreat DepressionDust BowlCivil War
- 2. Multiple ChoiceA time when business activity is very slow and people are out of work is known as a _____________.crashdepressionpartylow time
- 3. Multiple ChoiceAfter the Stock Market Crash, many people lost their life savings because _______________.banks closedbanks gave away their moneythey couldn't remember where they put itsomeone stole it
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe president elected after Herbert Hoover who promised to give America a "New Deal" was _________________.Franklin RooseveltTheodore RooseveltAbraham LincolnGrover Cleveland
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich 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 corporationsThe role of the federal government was expandedThe government reduced its dependence on foreign tradeThe American people had greater confidence in the nation’s economic leadership
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the name of FDR's plans and programs designed to meet the needs and problems of the Great Depression?New DealGreat DealSocial Securitythe New Liberalism
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThis 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).CCCTVAWPA
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThis 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.CCCWPATVA
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the "New Deal" of the 1930s?a government program that gave free land to homesteadersa government program that spread civil rights throughout the countrya government program designed to help people during the depressiona government program that helped women get the vote
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these New Deal programs helped bring electricity to rural areas in SC?Civilian Conservation CorpsWorks Progress AdministrationRural Electrification ActSocial Security Act
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these generates electricity from the energy of flowing river water.WindmillHydroelectric DamNeither
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich SC engineering project was started through the Rural Electrification Act?Hoover DamSantee Cooper DamHydroelectric Canal
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