The Great Depression

During the 1930's this devastated Alabama's industries and economy.

• Unemployment

• The Great Depression

• WWI

• WWII

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The New Deal programs provided __________ and assistance for hundreds of Alabamians.

• food

• jobs

• cars

• stock market

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What was another name for the day the Stock Market crash?

• Black Friday

• Armistice Day

• Roaring Twenties

• Black Tuesday

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A ___________________ is a time when industries do not grow and many people are out of work.

• unemployment

• stock market

• depression

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In the 1930's, people would line up at ____________ to get food.  These were normally run by charities.

• churches
• businesses
• soup kitchens
• work

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During the Great Depression, many people were unemployed.  This means that they lost their ____________.

• jobs
• homes
• families
• friends

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After the Stock Market Crash, many people lost their life savings because _______________.

• banks closed
• banks gave away their money
• they couldn't remember where they put it
• someone stole it

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The president elected after Herbert Hoover who promised to give America a "New Deal" was _________________.

• Franklin Roosevelt
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Abraham Lincoln
• Grover Cleveland

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

• a government program that gave free land to homesteaders 
• a government program that spread civil rights throughout the country
• a government program designed to help people during the depression 
• a government program that helped women get the vote 

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The New Deal pulled America out of its economic mess!  Several New Deal agencies, such as the CCC, WPA, and the TVA, were important because ____________________.

• they built bridges, dams, and other useful projects
• they helped create jobs and put Americans back to work
• they offered assistance to farmers
• they provided electricity to a poor region

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