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How did the 1929 stock market crash affect the United States economy in the 1930s?
a) Unemployment reached its highest level in United States history.
b) Stock prices were higher than investors could afford.
c) Congress voted to reject New Deal policies.
d) Agriculture replaced manufacturing as the primary industry
President 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?
a) It gave all people the right to vote.
b) It let people travel around the country freely.
c) It created programs to put people back to work.
d) It let all new immigrants become American citizens.
President 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?
a) to strengthen the economy
b) to end racial discrimination
c) to avoid going to war
d) to improve public education
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?
a) the high price of oil
b) the end of the gold rush
c) the ending of World War II
d) the crash of the stock exchange
The 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?
a) Many farmers decided to grow crops that did not use as much water.
b) The government helped farmers by buying their land and equipment.
c) Many farmers and their families lost their farms and moved west.
d) The government built large dams in the West for irrigation
In 1929, the stock market crash was the beginning of the Great Depression. Which of the following BEST describes the Great Depression?
a) The depression was severe, but only in the United States.
b) Governments acted quickly and the depression only lasted two years.
c) The depression caused revolutions all across the world.
d) Many countries around the world experienced the economic depression.
Use the list below to answer this question. · the dust bowl · falling prices · banks failing · the New Deal All of these are associated with the
a) Civil War.
b) Great Migration.
c) Spanish- American War
d) Great Depression
When the stock market crashed in 1929, Herbert Hoover was president of the United States. The president who followed President Hoover began the New Deal, a program to help people during the Great Depression. This president was
a) Warren Harding.
b) Calvin Coolidge.
c) Franklin Roosevelt.
d) Harry Truman.
Which of these is the BEST description of Hoovervilles?
a) the first planned suburbs which were developed in the period after World War I
b) shantytowns in which homeless families lived during the Great Depression
c) housing projects associated with poverty and were constructed in urban areas
d) nickname for the department of Housing and Urban Development during the New Deal
Which New Deal agency instituted a program to grow new forests and prevent another Dust Bowl?
a) Civil Works Administration (CWA)
b) Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
c) Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
d) National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)
Which New Deal program was responsible for helping rural areas during the Great Depression by providing jobs to people for road and building construction?
a) The Wagner Act
b) The Social Security Act
c) Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
d) Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Duke Ellington is best known for his accomplishments in what area?
a) sports
b) music
c) politics
d) literature
What was most notable about Jesse Owens' participation in the 1936 Olympics in Germany?
a) He entered the Olympics without any formal coaching.
b) He was one of ten black Americans on the track team.
c) He broke every world record held in Olympic track races at that time.
d) He was one of the youngest racers to ever participate in the Olympics.
Which work of Margaret Mitchell's sold over one million copies in six months, won her the Pulitzer Prize, and remains one of the best-selling books of all time?
a) Of Mice and Men
b) Their Eyes Were Watching God
c) The Grapes of Wrath
d) Gone With Wind
What were soup kitchens?
a) A special restaurant that only served soup.
b) The part of the kitchen where the soup is cooked.
c) Where the wealthy people joined together to enjoy a meal.
d) A place people could go during the Great Depression to get soup and a piece of bread.
What president did people blame for the Great Depression?
a) Franklin Roosevelt
b) Herbert Hoover
c) Teddy Roosevelt
d) Abraham Lincoln
What was the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)?
a) Supplied electricity
b) Helped elderly, disabled, and poor.
c) Built bridges, roads, and buildings
d) Created jobs for people all over the country
Which of these was an outcome of the Great Depression?
a) Truman's Square Deal
b) the great flood of 1932
c) FDR's New Deal
d) increased production by automakers
In 1929, the Great Depression began in the United States, caused mainly by the stock market crash. What was a major cause of the stock market crash?
a) People were scared by the US involvement in World War I.
b) The New York stock exchange was attacked by terrorists.
c) Stock owners began to panic when stock prices fell.
d) People preferred to invest in European stocks.
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