3. Great Depression and New Deal
Unit 6 Review
Great Depression and New Deal

4. WPA, Works Progress Administration
What New Deal program was the nation's largest employer during the Second New Deal?
Clue
Answer
Before XQB
WPA, Works Progress Administration

5. Employed 40,000 workers, addressed a wide range of e___, e_____ and t____ issues, managed natural resources and delivered of low-cost ___ to Appalachia
TVA
Answers
economic
environmental
technology
electriciy

6. Between 1930 and 1933, how many banks closed?
Clue
Answer
3 zeros
9,000

7. What was the highest U.S. unemployment rate during the worst periods of the depression?
Clue
Answer
3 decades + 7
37%

8. How many Americans were unemployed when FDR took office in 1933?
Clue
Answer
Unlucky 6 zeros
13,000,000

9. “Tonight, I come for the second time to tell you about what we have been doing and what we are planning to do First, we are giving opportunity of employment to one-quarter of a million of the unemployed, especially the young men, to go into forestry and flood prevention work ” The passage above is an example of FDR’s ...
Clue
Answer
Not bedroom talks
Fireside chats

10. Government safety nets Circus trapeze artist needs
the stock market crash of 2008 didn’t lead to another Great Depression because like FDIC and Social Security prevented a deeper economic collapse
Clue
Answer
Government safety nets
Circus trapeze artist needs

11. programs were designed to introduce permanent programs to avoid another depression
Clue
Answer
repair
reform

12. sources are original records of events made by people during that time period.
Clue
Answer
Not secondary
Primary

13. the stock market crash of 1929 hurt so many Americans because they had used their life savings to buy stock _______________________
Clue
Answer
Gamble on the edge
On the margin

14. “We have nothing to fear but fear itself” was said by ______________ during his first ________________ address on March 4, 1933.
Answer
Clue
Not Eleanor,
In _ _ _ural
FDR
inaugural

15. Eleanor Roosevelt changed the role of the first lady by becoming involved in _________________ and supporting _____________ rights
Answer
politics
Clue
civil
Not ceremonial

16. Farmers contributed to the problems that led to the Dust Bowl by using intensive farming practices that removed protective __________________.
Clue
Answer
Not forests
grasses

17. FDIC helped the American people by _____ depositors against loss if their __should collapse
Answer
Clue
Insured
Banks
Saving, home for money

18. radio economy Before TV, E, 8 years two
FDR changed the role of the President by using the _______________ to communicate directly with the American people, making the president responsible for the health of the _____________ and breaking with the __________ term tradition established by Washington.
radio
Answers
Clue
economy
Before TV, E, 8 years
two

19. FDR decided to “pack the courts” with additional justices who would not block his administration’s ___
Clue
Answer
FDR’s Plans for reform
New Deal

20. FDR helped Americans regain faith during the Great Depression by giving weekly _______
Clue
Answer
Radios
Fireside chats

21. FDR’S New Deal was based on the theory of ___________________ economics.
Clue
Answer
Lock and _ _ _nesian
Keynesian

22. Historians can use the _____________ of Woody Guthrie and the ________________ of Dorothea Lange to understand the impact of the Great Depression.
songs
Answers
Clue
photographs AV

23. 4 Emergency 2 pairs E R Relief
In order to deal with the crisis in banking at the time of his inauguration, Franklin Roosevelt declared a _____ day ‘banking holiday’ and sent Congress the _____________ Banking _______________ Act 4
Answers
Clue
Emergency
2 pairs E R
Relief

24. Capability, Canada, citizens ,talks
In the readings about FDR, all of following were discussed regarding the ways he significantly reshaped the American Presidency: his _____ to connect with the people, his willingness to put ____ and its _____ first, his weekly ____.
Clue
Answers
Ability
America
People
Capability, Canada, citizens ,talks
Fireside chats

25. Law maker, administrator, theory
In the readings about FDR, William Leuchtenburg stated that under FDR’S leadership the President’s duties grew to encompass chief ______and ________, as well as drafter and Implementer of ______
Clue
Answers
Legislator
Executive
Law maker, administrator, theory
Policy

26. Keynesian economics changed the economy by ________ spending for “________priming”
Answers
Deficit
Clue
Pump
Not beficit dump

27. Recovery programs were designed to help ___________ and ______________ grow by restarting the flow of consumer demand.
Answer
Clue
Businesses
MacDonald’s, wheat
Agriculture

28. Not the vacuum Hoovervilles, Hoover
Shantytowns of homeless Americans called __________________ is evidence that the American people blamed _________________________ for the depression
Clue
Answer
Not the vacuum
Hoovervilles, Hoover

29. The ____’s purpose was to provide relief for farmers and other agriculture workers.
Clue
Answer
What comes before B
AAA

30. The American economy in the late 1920’s was too dependent on industries based on _______________ and _______________
Answers
Clue
housing
2 biggest family buys
automobiles

31. The CCC employed young men between the ages of _______ to _______
Clue
Answer
You can vote at what age? 18 25
You can rent a car at what age?

32. WGREB wealth global bull Real estate
The crash of 1929 and 2008 were similar in that both involved unequal distribution of ______________, were _____________ financial crises, preceded by ___________ _________ bubbles and _________ markets.
WGREB
Clue
Answers
wealth
global
bull
Real estate

33. The Dust Bowl hit all of the following states the hardest: ________________, ________________, ________________
Answers
Clue
Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas
Southern Great Plains

34. The following “New Deal” agencies were created during the Great Depression to provide jobs for the unemployed: __________, __________, __________, __________
Clue
Answers
Alphabet
CCC, CWA, PWA, WPA

35. BHWOUI high wealth borrowed unsafe interest Over-
the following played a role in causing the Great Depression: Practice of buying stocks with _______________ money, __________ tariffs, uneven distribution of _____________, _______-production of consumer goods, _______________ banking practices, raising of ________________ rates by the Federal Reserve Board.
Answers
BHWOUI
Clues
high
wealth
borrowed
unsafe
interest
Over-

36. Not reading ‘riting, ‘rithmatic Relief, recovery, reform
The philosophy behind the New Deal was to expand the role of federal government by creating programs that provided ________________, ________________, _______________
Clue
Answer
Not reading ‘riting, ‘rithmatic
Relief, recovery, reform

37. The purpose of ________________ programs was to give direct aid to reduce the suffering of the poor.
Clue
Answer
Help
Relief

38. Can become President at this age, X two
The PWA built between ____% of the nations’ schools and ___% of its hospitals
Clue
Answer
Can become President at this age, X two 35 70

39. The Social Security Act provided a ________________ program for the elderly, _________________ insurance, and benefits for families of ________________ workers.
Answesr
pension
Clue
PUD
unemployment
deceased

40. Very few Americans knew that Franklin Roosevelt was crippled by ______________
Clue
Answer
Iron lung disease
polio

41. You will also be tested on your understanding passages from primary source documents, political cartoons, photographs, song lyrics, charts and graphs, such as…

43. Essays: B2 Only Short Answer essays:
There will be some (you choose 2 of 4 choices) short answer essays (1-2 paragraphs) such as…
Analyze the photograph to the right by describing what you see and explaining the historical significance of the photo>
Could be any primary source.

44. Essays: B2 Only Long essay question:
1-2 page answer
You may use your notes and handouts
To what extent did FDR’s New Deal programs provide relief, recovery, and reform during the Great Depression? Be sure to use 2-3 examples from the alphabet programs under each R.

45. New Deal Programs: Place in best location: AAA CCC FDIC NRA PWA TVA Social Security Act WPA Wagner Act
Relief
Recovery
Reform

46. New Deal Programs Relief Recovery Reform AAA NRA TVA FDIC
CCC
PWA
WPA
AAA
NRA
TVA
FDIC
Social Security Act
Wagner Act

47. W3 & W4 Essay: Letter
Directions: Using information from the links provided (see links in Hard Times Webquest)on the hard times Americans lived through during the Great Depression. You will construct a three paragraph letter to either Hoover, FDR ,or Eleanor Roosevelt. In the letter be sure to
write about your family,
how the Great Depression affected the family,
and ask for direct help for yourself or for the nation.
Sign the letter
Date the letter with a New Deal date i.e