Great Depression and New Deal
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- Q1
What was the goal of the New Deal program?
to create alphabet soup agencies to end theDust Bow
to start Social Security
to create jobs to end mass unemployment
30s - Q2
What was the CCC?
to build dams to prevent flooding and provide electricity to a poverty-stricken region throughout seven states
to preserve natural resources through soil conservation, tree planting, and flood control projects that expanded and developed the national parks
30s - Q3
What was TVA?
to build airports, highways, public buildings, and public parks, and fund the creation of artistic decorations of public buildings
to build dams to prevent flooding and provide electricity to a poverty-stricken region throughout seven states
30s - Q4
How did “Hoovervilles” get their name during theGreat Depression?
The Democratic Party nicknamed the scrap wood and metal shelters that poor people made “Hoovervilles” to shame President Hoover.
The Democratic Party nicknamed emergency housing built during the Great Depression “Hoovervilles” to thank President Hoover
30s - Q5
How did passing the Social Security Act help people?
taxes paid by workers and employers wereused to help elderly people
taxes paid by workers were used to help employers hire more people
30s - Q6
This program was used to build airports, highways, public buildings, and public parks, and fund the creation of artistic decorations of public building
CCC
WPA
TVA
30s - Q7
Which president believed in “rugged individualism”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
30s - Q8
Which president believed the government needed to do more to help than it was doing?
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
30s - Q9
The banking crisis occurred in part because government did not limit how much money people __________ to buy stocks.
saved
borrowed
30s - Q10
These were volunteer efforts to feed the poor and could serve up to 3,000 meals per day.
soup kitchens
dust bowls
30s - Q11
Money owed is also known as ____________.
debt
stocks
30s - Q12
Who was president when the Great Depression started?
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
30s