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- 1. Multiple Choice
Unemployment is the number of people without.....
money
children
jobs
food
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which event occurred on Black Tuesday?
many factories closed
many banks closed
many people lost their homes
the stock market crashed
- 3. Multiple Choice
What was the "New Deal" of the 1930s?
a government program that gave free land to homesteaders
a government program that helped women get the vote
a government program that spread civil rights throughout the country
a government program designed to help people during the depression
- 4. Multiple ChoicePresident Franklin Roosevelt won the election of 1932. The country was in the Great Depression, and Roosevelt introduced the New Deal. Which was the MOST important goal of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs?to strengthen the economyto avoid going to warto improve public educationto end racial discrimination
- 5. Multiple ChoicePresident Franklin Roosevelt asked Congress to pass a series of acts called the New Deal. Which is one way the New Deal helped people during the Great Depression?It gave all people the right to vote.It created programs to put people back to work.It let all new immigrants become American citizens.It let people travel around the country freely.
- 6. Multiple Choice
The Great Depression was an economic slowdown in the 1920s and 1930s. Which of the following was one cause of the Great Depression in the United States?
the end of the gold rush
the crash of the stock market
the ending of World War II
the high price of oil
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe Great Depression that began in 1929 hit farmers especially hard. Farmers had not been doing well in the 1920s and several years of severe drought turned the land into a "dust bowl." What was an immediate result of this?Many farmers decided to grow crops that did not use as much water.The government built large dams in the West for irrigation.Many farmers and their families lost their farms and moved west.The government helped farmers by buying their land and equipment.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the main reason for the emergence of “Hoovervilles” like the one shown in the photograph?Many Americans had lost jobs during the Great Depression.Thousands of homes had been destroyed by the effects of the Dust Bowl.Housing projects could not keep up with the demand for homes needed by the poor.Preparations for World War I had created a shortage of building materials.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceDuring the 1930s, poor land management and severe drought conditions across parts of the Midwest resulted in theformation of the United States Department of Agriculturecreation of wheat surplusesgrowth of the Populist movementdevelopment of Dust Bowl conditions on the Great Plains
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) were both New Deal programs developed to address the problem ofexcessive stock market speculationhigh unemploymentincreased use of creditlimited income of senior citizens
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe TVA is significant because it hired people todeliver food to the poverty-stricken Dust Bowl residentsbuild dams and generators that provided electricitywork on farms to help stabilize agriculturepublish important facts about businesses
- 12. Multiple ChoiceKnown for a famous novel "Gone With The Wind". This authors's novel was the second most popular book to the Bible.Bessie SmithJosephine BakerMargaret MitchellHarriet Beecher Stowe
- 13. Multiple ChoiceA drought in the Great Plains that affected farmers greatly.DroughtDust BowlAngel's GraveTexas Cattle Storm
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThese places helped to feed people in Hooverville.KicthensSheltersMicro KitchensSoup Kitchens
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which New Deal program provide jobs for over 8.5 million and worked to develop public buildings and roads?
Civilian Conservation Corps
Works Progress Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Works Progress Authority
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which New Deal program was responsible for supporting farmers and supplying electricity to rural areas?
Civilian Conservation Corps
Works Progress Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Works Progress Authority
- 17. Multiple Choice
Newspaper reporter and author from Atlanta who wrote the famous novel Gone With the Wind
Scarlett O'Hara
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Eleanor Roosevelt
Margaret Mitchell
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was a main feature of the New Deal?
preparing for war
regulating trade
providing jobs
desegregation
- 19. Multiple Choice
This person was blamed for not helping struggling Americans during the beginning of the Depression.
Franklin D Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which event eventually ended the Great Depression?
The New Deal
Creation of the TVA
World War 2
The publication of Gone With the Wind
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