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Great Depression and New Deal

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Question 1
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Question 2
2.

Many farmers moved to ________________________ to find work during the Dust Bowl.

Question 3
3.

What event marked the beginning of the Great Depression?

Question 4
4.

Describe why the Stock Market Crash was so devastating to many people.

Question 5
5.

Name at least 4 of the 6 causes of the Great Depression:

Question 6
6.

Describe the Great Depression (what happened/why).

Question 7
7.
During the Great Depression, many people had to go to_______ and wait in long lines for food because they had lost everything they owned and were poor.
Question 8
8.
The purpose of the New Deal was to_______
Question 9
9.

Presidents Rosevelts radio broadcast was called Fireside Chats

Question 10
10.

Choose one of the following New Deal programs and explain what the letters in the name stood for and why it played an important role in the recovery effort after the Great Depression: CCC, TVA, WPA

Question 11
11.

World War 2 brought the Great Depression to an end

Question 12
12.

Which President issued the New Deal?

Question 13
13.

Who was President at the beginning of the Great Depression?

Match the correct vocabulary terms.
recession
a place where stocks and bonds are traded and sold
economy
a loan that can be paid back in payments over time
stock
nicknames of shantytowns where many homeless people lived
Black Tuesday
nickname for the Stock Market Crash of 1929
Dust Bowl
units of ownership in a company
Stock Market
a time of decline in economic activity
credit
the system of how money is made and used or spent
Hoovervilles
severe drought in the Midwest in the 1930s – turned the soil into dust causing dust storms and many crops to die