Name:__________________________

The Great Depression and the New Deal Test

Chapter 25
Directions: Use the choices given for each section
Use the following choices for #1-3
Layoffs
Credit
Overproduction
1. When a person buys something and pays for later they are using ________________.
2. When a company lets workers go because they cannot afford to pay them is called
______________________.
3. When a company produces too many goods this is called _____________________.

Use the following choices for #4-6

Breadline

Charity

Crisis

4. A group that helps those in need is a ___________________.

5. A placed were people could get free food is a called a _____________________.
6. An event that threatens peoples well being is a________________________.

Use the following choices for #7-9 You will not use 1
The New Deal

Unconstitutional

Stock Market Crash

Fireside Chats

7. A series of programs created to try and end the Great Depression

___________________.
8. A major cause of the Great Depression was the ___________________________.
9. Roosevelts speeches given on the radio to boost public confidence were called
_______________________.

Use the following choices for #10-13 You will not use 1
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Herbert Hoover

Eleanor Roosevelt

Shirley Temple

Jesse Owens

10. This President believed that the Great Depression would fix itself
___________________.
11. This famous female movie star gave people hope that good times were to come
__________________.
12. This President created a series of programs to help the nation out of the Great Depression
___________________________.
13. This woman was the first lady during the Great Depression _____________________.

Matching: Write the letter on the line that matches the description
A. Relief
B. Recovery
C. Reform
14. _______ promotes the growth of the economy
15. _______ programs to ensure Great Depression wont happen again
16. _______ to provide Americans with help for basic life needs
Matching: Write the letter on the line that matches the description
A. Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
B. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
C. National Recovery Administration (NRA)
D. Social Security Act
17. _______ Hired people ages 18 to 24 to plant trees, build roads, and work on the flood
control in rural areas
18. _______ Established to help businesses recover. Reduced the workweek, established a
minimum wage, and ended child labor
19. _______ Government programs took responsibility for Americans who were elderly,
unemployed, or disabled
20. _______ Paid farmers for the crops they destroyed, which raised the prices of the crops

Multiple Choice: Select the best answer; write the letter on the line next to the number
21. _______ This was the name of slum cities during the Great Depression
a. Urban
b. Suburban
c. Hoovervilles
22. _______ An example of leisure activities during the Great Depression were:

d. Movies
e. Sports
f. All of the above
23. _______ The Supreme Court found the new deal to be:
a. Unconstitutional
b. Helpful only to the rich
c. Not needed
24. _______ The first New Deal still left people without jobs, therefore Roosevelt created
_________________ in order to help more people
a. The Second New Deal
b. Hoovervilles
c. Money