Great Depression Review

Great Depression

Test Review

I can explain how the Great Depression and New Deal affected the lives of millions of Americans.

Poll

Based on our I can statement, rate your level of understanding.

• 4- I could teach it and apply it in new and creative ways.

• 3- I get it! I am right where I am supposed to be.

• 2- I almost have it, but could use a little more practice.

• 1- I am trying, but I just do not quite get it.

Multiple Choice

he was reluctant to involve the Federal government to help struggling Americans during the Great Depression?

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

Multiple Choice

event caused by poor farming practices and extreme drought?

• Dust Bowl

• Soup Kitchens

• Crop Rotation

Multiple Choice

served hot meals to homeless & unemployed during the Great Depression?

• homeless shelters

• soup kitchens

• school cafeterias

Multiple Choice

time of enormous unemployment & lack of confidence in financial institutions?

• recession

• roaring twenties

• Great Depression

Multiple Choice

name for the large number of programs & agencies created to combat the Great Depression?

• FDR's relief package

• the New Deal

• relief, recovery, reform

Multiple Choice

the country believed the election of this man as president would bring renewed prosperity to the country?

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin d. Roosevelt

• Henry Ford

• Harry S. Truman

Multiple Choice

employed young men to preserve natural resources and areas with the goal of conservation for future generations.

• CCC

• TVA

• WPA

Multiple Choice

employed young men to preserve natural resources and areas with the goal of conservation for future generations.

• CCC

• WPA

• TVA

Multiple Choice

agency that investigated modern farming practices and created a network of dams & power plants to supply electricity.

• CCC

• WPA

• TVA

Multiple Choice

during the 1930s, he composed blues, jazz and swing music; the radio helped make him very popular?

• Jesse Owens

• Louis Armstrong

• Duke Ellington

Multiple Choice

her famous book, Gone with the Wind, sold a million copies during the Great Depression?

• Maya Angelou

• Margaret Mitchell

• Beverly Cleary

Multiple Choice

African-American track and field athlete who earned 4 gold medals in the Olympics in Germany; challenged Hitler’s racial superiority myth?

• Duke Ellington

• Louis Armstrong

• Langston Hughes

• Jesse Owens

Fill in the Blank

The New Deal programs were created to bring this to the people?

(Hint: 3 Rs)

Open Ended

Quickly change your point of view: Take on the role of a child living through the Great Depression. Write a quick letter to your parents sharing your emotions and what questions you may have about your situation?

Poll

Based on our I can statement, rate your level of understanding.

• 4- I could teach it and apply it in new and creative ways.

• 3- I get it! I am right where I am supposed to be.

• 2- I almost have it, but could use a little more practice.

• 1- I am trying, but I just do not quite get it.