Module 26: The Great Depression Test Review

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What was the Great Depression?

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The worst economic catastrophe in U.S. history

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What was the effect of the Dust Bowl?

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New farming techniques were used to prevent erosion.

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People who lost their life's savings and were unemployed often lived in these shantytowns?

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Hoovervilles

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What was the name for the WWI Veterans who marched on Washington, D.C. demanding early payment of their $1,000 bonus checks?

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the Bonus Army

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What was the name of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's program to rescue the nation from the Great Depression?

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the New Deal

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Where could people go to get free or reduced-price food? Options: Restaurants, right before closing; City Hall; Schools; Soup Kitchens

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Soup Kitchens

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True or False: Conditions for Minorities improved during the Great Depression

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False

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How did Hoover win the 1928 election?

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He emphasized the years of prosperity under previous Republicans

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What was F.D.R.'s plan to end the Great Depression known as?

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The New Deal

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The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) were both New Deal programs developed to address the problem of.....

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high unemployment