Great Depression Quiz

Know the causes and effects!!

• A –Day 2/11• B-Day 2/10

What was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan to end the Great Depression?

The New Deal

The government wanted to care for the citizens in need

What was the Agricultural Adjustment Administration?

New Deal program to help farmers

Federal Reserve

Supposed to protect banks, but failed during the Great Depression

Dust Bowl

Name given to Southern Great Plains that suffered from little rain

Migrant Worker

A person who moves from place to place to find work

Why is Social Security significant?

New Deal program that sill exists today

How many people were out of work in the US during the Great Depression?

25% or 1/4th

What are the causes of the Great Depression?

• Stock Market Crashed– People over speculated on stocks

• The Federal Reserve failed to protect the banking system

• High Tariffs

What are the results of the Great Depression?

• Banks and businesses failed• People were hungry & homeless• Farmers incomes fell because of the Dust Bowl• 25% or 1/4th of people lost their jobs

What does it mean to buy on credit?

• Form of a loan• Borrowing money that you will pay back later

with interest

“Black Tuesday” is remembered for what?

The Stock Market Crash

• October 29, 1929