What is the name given to the panic selling of shares that led to a sharp fall in share prices in October 1929?
The Great Depression
The Wall Street Crash
The New Deal
Around how many American people were unemployed by 1932?
12 million
1.5 million
5.6 million
What term could be used to describe the Republican presidents’ decision not to interfere with businesses?
Rugged individualism
Laissez-faire
What was the name of the law that put taxes on imports to the USA?
Emergency Relief Act
Agricultural Marketing Act
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
Which political party did Franklin D Roosevelt represent?
The Democratic Party
The Republican Party
The Green Party
Who won the 1932 presidential election?
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D Roosevelt
Harry Truman
How many New Deals did President Franklin D Roosevelt introduce?
One
Two
Three
Which alphabet agency gave men jobs on environmental projects?
The AAA
The TVA
The CCC
For how many days did the Emergency Banking Act shut the banks in 1933?
5
4
15
Who criticised the New Deal for giving the president too much power?
Huey Long
Dr Francis Townsend
Republicans