The great depression
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- Q1What year did the Great Depression begin?193319501929194030s
- Q2What was the name of the program initiated by Roosevelt to ease the economic crisis?Square DealFair DealNew DealGreat Society30s
- Q3What was the Dust Bowl?A severe drought and dust storms in the Great PlainsA popular dance crazeA giant bowl used for soup kitchensA new type of farming equipment30s
- Q4What was the name of the shantytowns built by homeless people during the Depression?TrumanvillesHoovervillesRooseveltvillesEisenhowervilles30s
- Q5What was the primary cause of the Great Depression?High TaxesWorld War IIToo Much RegulationStock Market Crash30s
- Q6What was the name of the legislation that regulated the stock market?National Industrial Recovery ActBanking ActSecurities Exchange ActAgricultural Adjustment Act30s
- Q7What was the name of the agency created to insure bank deposits?CIAEPAFDICFBI30s
- Q8What was the purpose of the New Deal?To create jobs in the private sectorTo eliminate government regulationTo provide economic relief and reformTo lower taxes for the wealthy30s
- Q9Which of the following was not a New Deal program?Works Progress AdministrationCivilian Conservation CorpsSocial SecurityTennessee Valley Authority30s
- Q10What was the name of the stock market crash that is often seen as the beginning of the Great Depression?Blue ThursdayGreen FridayRed WednesdayBlack Tuesday30s
- Q11What was one way that women were affected by the Great Depression?They received equal pay as menThey had a harder time finding workThey had an easier time finding workThey were unaffected by the Depression30s
- Q12Which U.S. President was in office at the start of the Great Depression?Franklin D. RooseveltWoodrow WilsonCalvin CoolidgeHerbert Hoover30s
- Q13Which of the following was not a cause of the Great Depression?Bank failuresHigh government spendingOverproductionStock market crash30s
- Q14Which of the following cities was not affected by the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression?MiamiBismarckAmarilloOklahoma City30s