The Great Depression Review

Front

What percentage of American workers were unemployed during the Great Depression?

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25%

Front

The day that the stock market failed was called what?

Back

Black Tuesday

Front

The Great Depression started in _____ and ended in approximately ____. Options: 1860, 1865; 1920, 1929; 1929, 1940; 1941, 1945

Back

1929, 1940

Front

A percentage of a company that can be bought and sold is called _____?

Back

stocks

Front

Which of the following was NOT an aspect of the New Deal?
Started by Herbert Hoover, Began programs that put people to work building roads, schools and parks, Created farm assistance programs, Provided unemployment insurance and pensions

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Started by Herbert Hoover

Front

Shanty towns with run down shacks made of things like cardboard and scrap materials were called ______?

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Hoovervilles

Front

Where would someone go for a free hot meal during the Great Depression? Options: Hooverville, Soup Kitchen, Dust Bowl, Wall Street

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Soup Kitchen

Front

What was the name given to World War I Veterans who asked for their government money early (rather than waiting until 1945)?

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Bonus Army

Front

________ is when a person can no longer pay their debts.

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Bankruptcy

Front

_______ Roosevelt was FDR's wife who championed social causes such as minority rights.

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Eleanor