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1. THE GREAT
DEPRESSION/NEW DEAL
Tressa Russo

2. Mini Quiz
Answer all questions correctly.
Photographer Dorothea Lange's photo Migrant Mother (1936)

3. Question #1
 The Stock Market Crash was the only cause of
The Great Depression (1930).
True False

4. Correct!
 The Stock Market Crash of 1929 may have set off the beginning of the
Depression, but there were other causes as well.
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5. Incorrect!
 The Stock Market Crash of 1929 set off the beginning of the Depression,
but…
 Other causes of The Great Depression were:
 Over production of goods
 Bank failures
 Over-extension of credit
 Unequal distribution of wealth
 The Dust Bowl
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6. Question #2
 What was Herbert Hoover’s most important
institutional response to the Depression?
a. The National Labor Relations Act
b. The Federal Relief Act
c. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation
d. The War Finance Corporation

7. Correct!
 Many claimed that Hoover was too slow in
fixing The Depression so that is why he came
up with The Reconstruction Finance
Corporation.
 This was the first time in U.S. history that the
government gave money to big businesses.
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8. Incorrect
 Hoover is best known for The Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, 1932.
 This was an agency that gave out loans to banks,
insurance companies, railroads, and big
economic institutions.
 Hoover wanted to keep the budget balanced
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9. Question #3
 In an effort to save the baking structure of the
U.S., Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared
a. The Wagner Act
b. The Dawes Plan
c. A bank holiday
d. Social Security
1932 Election Poster

10. Correct!
 FDR passed the Bank Holiday to give the Treasury
Department time to review the books of the banks
 To make sure banks were ok and economically sound
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People waiting outside a Detroit bank hoping to get their savings back

11. Incorrect
 FDR passed a Bank Holiday on March 5, 1933 because
many people had lost faith in banks
 He did this so the Treasury Department could review the
books of banks
 To make sure banks were ok and economically sound
 FDR created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(FDIC) which insured each bank account up to
$5,000.00
 He did this to assure America that banks are safe
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12. Question #4
 What was the purpose of The New Deal?
a. Permanently eliminate unemployment
b. Break up large corporations
c. Restore public morale
d. Isolate the United States

13. Correct!
 Franklin Delano Roosevelt had no strategy to fix the
United States, but the New Deal proved to be a great
experiment.
 While The New Deal did not get the United States
completely out of The Depression, it gave America trust
and hope back in the country and the government.
 FDR was a charismatic leader that gave hope to
Americans
 The New Deal provided temporary relief for the
hardships caused by The Depression, it helped farmers,
and The Social Security Act of 1935 was created.
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14. Incorrect
 It would not be until the United States entered World War II that
the US would be out of The Great Depression
 Due to the massive spending and jobs created for the war
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15. Summary
 The Great Depression hit the United States hard after the booming economy
of the 1920s.
 Herbert Hoover never saw it coming and did little to encourage people and
fix the problem.
 It was not until Franklin Delano Roosevelt came into office that the nation
saw change.
 The New Deal provided temporary relief and boosted the morale of
Americans.
 When the US entered World War II, The Depression finally ended and the
post-war economy was
 booming once again.