NPE-Great-Depression-Assessment

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Margaret Mitchel

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The author of the Civil War book, who was also an Atlanta native.

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Duke Ellington

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A musician who played a type of music called Jazz.

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Jesse Owens

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An athlete who won four gold medals during the Olympics in 1936

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Did President Hoover and business owners decide to support citizens by giving them money during the Great Depression?

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False

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Which of the following BEST describes President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal? A company in which investors buy stock, Government programs designed to ease economic hardship, A power company supplying much of southern Appalachia with electricity, Strategy for improving national parks and forests

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Government programs designed to ease economic hardship

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What was one of the goals of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)?

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To provide electricity for residents of the Tennessee River Valley

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What is the message of this cartoon from the Great Depression?

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Even Americans who had saved a lot of money were affected by the Great Depression.

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Which crop was grown by most farmers who were affected by the Dust Bowl?

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Wheat

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Why was the success of Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany, particularly notable?

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His success went against German Chancellor Adolf Hitler’s racist beliefs.

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In which region of the country did the Dust bowl take place?

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Midwest