New Deal/Great Depression/Dust Bowl Check in

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This 1929 event sparked a chain reaction that led to the Great Depression:

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Stock Market Crashed

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Unemployment during the Great Depression caused: Consumers could not afford to buy goods, resulting in businesses failing

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Consumers could not afford to buy goods, resulting in businesses failing

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Shanty towns built for the homeless during the Great Depression:

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Hoovervilles

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During the Dust Bowl severe _____________ swept through the great plains. and would darken the sky for days at a time.

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dust storms

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What is this a picture of? Options: Rain, Dust storm, Hurricane, Tornado

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Dust storm

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This photograph is called "Migrant Mother," and was MOST associated with which of these issues?

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Families losing their homes as a result of the Dust Bowl.

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Who was most affected during this time? Options: Homeowners in California, Farmers in the Great Plains, Residents of Oklahoma, People who live in the United States

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Farmers in the Great Plains

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Which government agency gives benefits to people when they are retired or unemployed?

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Social Security Administration

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Which New Deal program was chiefly designed to correct abuses in the stock market?

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Securities and Exchange Commission

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What problem were both the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) developed to address?

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High unemploment