What was the "New Deal" of the 1930s?

a government program designed to help people during the depression

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

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?

It created programs to put people back to work.

It gave all people the right to vote.

It let all new immigrants become American citizens.

It let people travel around the country freely.

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 crash of the stock exchange

In 1929, the United States entered an economic slowdown called the Great Depression. One of the early events was the stock market crash. What was a major cause of the stock market crash?

Stock prices fell, investors panicked and sold their stocks, which led to more panic.

Stock prices went up so fast that investors could not keep up with the changes.

The government decided to close the stock market in New York.

People decided to invest their money in stock markets in Europe.

What effect did the Dust Bowl storms have on the Great Depression?

Many farmers were forced to leave the Great Plains.

Unemployment decreased gradually.

Many homes long the Mississippi River were flooded.

Hoover was re-elected as president.

Used borrowed money to build dams, power plants, moved farmers, reforested land, and provided cheap electric power in the Tennessee area.

Used borrowed money to build dams, power plants, moved farmers, reforested land, and provided cheap electric power in the Virginia area.

One of the many programs of the New Deal that put people to work.

Make shift community for homeless during the Depression.

This New Deal Program was created to restore confidence in the stock market.

Securities and Exchange Commission

During the New Deal, how did the government attempt to improve conditions for farmers?

By paying farmers to grow fewer crops

By ending the practice of sharecropping

By raising tariffs on farm imports

By training farmers for jobs in a new field

How did Eleanor Roosevelt most help her husband get elected President of the United States? Choose the BEST answer.

She visited places and people around the country when her husband couldn't.

She hosted large parties and invited both Democrats and Republicans to attend.

She used her connection to Theodore Roosevelt to get political support for her husband.

She wrote a book about why her husband would make a great President.

What's the most likely reason that some people didn't like how active Eleanor Roosevelt became in politics?

At the time, wives of politicians were thought to be valuable only in social situations.

They felt that she was too dependent on her husband.

Eleanor had a bad temper which often got her into trouble.

They thought that she took unfair advantage of the fact that she was related to 2 Presidents.

laws passed to limit U.S. involvement in future wars; based on the belief that loans and trade had drawn the nation into World War I

Selective Training and Service Act

law that allowed nations at war to purchase U.S. goods if they paid in full and transported the goods themselves

Selective Training and Service Act

law that gave the government power to give war materials to Great Britain without regard for its ability to pay

Selective Training and Service Act

Victory in Europe (V-E Day) or the Fall of Berlin was a result of ________________.

the signing of the Treaty of Versailles

Why were natural resources, like gasoline, scarce during WWII?

Natural resources were scarce because they were needed for the war effort.

The U.S. government did not want to spend money on natural resources.

The U.S. had all the natural resources it needed.

Americans were greedy and did not want to share the natural resources.

Which of the following is NOT true about the United States during World War II?

Most women stayed home to raise children and tend to their husbands.

The U.S. entered the war after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Factories produced war goods and natural resources were rationed.

The Tuskegee Airmen helped the allies defeat the Axis powers.

What event led to the start of WWII?

Germany formed an alliance with Italy

Germany formed an alliance with Japan

a practice of limiting the amount of food or resources people could buy

growing a garden to help with food supplies in your backyard

donating money to the government to help in the war effort

used to show support of the war effort (usually posters or movies)

What was the Manhattan Project?

effort by the US to build the first atomic bomb

radio beams used to determine location of objects

a complicated code machine used by German military

What was the Holocaust?

the widespread killing of Jews by Nazis

a relocation camp for Japanese Americans after Pearl Harbor

a relocation camp for Muslims after the 9/11 terrorist attacks

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This natural disaster served to worsen the effects of the Great Depression on Farmers in the Midwest

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When people went to the bank to withdraw their money and the banks had no money was known as the

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The President who was mostly blamed for worsening the Great Depression

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The name given to the programs enforced by FDR to ensure relief, recovery and reform.

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Programs that were put into place to ensure the causes of the Great Depression were addressed and corrected to ensure the Depression would not happen again

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When people went to the bank to withdraw their money and the banks had no money was known as the

The President who was mostly blamed for worsening the Great Depression

This new deal programs helps to ensure retirement funds for all americans and helps those in need of immediate monetary assistance

The name given to the programs enforced by FDR to ensure relief, recovery and reform.

Programs that were put into place to ensure the causes of the Great Depression were addressed and corrected to ensure the Depression would not happen again

This President enforced both New Deals and saw America through the Great Depression and World War II.

On October 29, 1929 share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed and partially caused the Great Depression.

This New Deal program insured the public's deposits to make sure that the bank runs never happened again

A time in America following the roaring 20's where America experience rising unemployment that did not end until the onset of World War II.

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