Great Depression, New Deal, and 1930s Cultural Events

What event is being described in the following story?
'The wind howled and the air and land were so dry. The family was worried that they would never be able to farm again because the land was so bad. '

• The Crash of the Stock Market
• The Polio Epidemic
• The Dust Bowl
• The Hundred Days

What place is being described in the following story?
Our new living quarters were nothing like I've ever lived in before. The walls were made of disposable items. There wasn't any running water. And all my 'neighbors' are roaming around like ghosts. How could I go from a beautiful home to this? 

• Dust Bowl shacks
• Hoovervilles
• Labor Camps
• The Civilian Conservation Corps

What government program (initials are fine) is being described in the following story?
I had to drop out of high school. I had dreams to go to college, but we couldn't even figure out where our next meal was gonna come from. Then, on my way to town I saw a sign that said 'FREE ROOM AND BOARD...WORK OUTDOORS AND SEND MONEY HOME!'. After seeing this, I couldn't resist. I signed up. 

• The Tennessee Valley Authority
• Social Security Act
• Civilian Conservation Corps
• The New Deal

Who is being described in the following story?
He was shocked with what happened to the country. He never imagined the presidency like this. He thought 'rugged individualism' was going to solve its own problems. Little did he know that this was only the beginning of something terrible. 

• Warren G. Harding
• FDR
• Calvin Coolidge
• Herbert Hoover

What event is being described in the following story?
It was chaotic. People shouting 'SELL' over and over, but nobody was buying. In all my years on Wall St., I've never seen anything like this. Not a single broker wanted to buy and everyone wanted to sell. It was mass hysteria.  

• The Crash of the Stock Market
• The New Deal
• Bank Run
• The Hundred Days

What term is being described in the following story?
He needed to convince America that he had a plan. He had to come up with a catchy phrase to describe how he promises to fix the Great Depression. Should it be called 'The Fresh Start'?... No, that sounds weird. Hmm...what could we call this?

• Alphabet Soup Agencies
• Bank Holiday
• The Hundred Days
• The New Deal

What term is being described in the following story?
I didn't have more than 50 bucks. But the Stock Market was doing so well. Maybe I could take out a loan to invest more than my 50 bucks. There's no way any of this can go wrong. All I have to do is sell when the prices rise and then I will make a serious profit. 

• Buying on the Margin
• The Crash of the Stock Market
• The New Deal
• The Brain Trust

Which government program is being described in the story?
We kept getting flooded. It was as if the water wouldn't stop. It was destroying our land. I heard Roosevelt was going to do something about all of the flooding. Even give us electricity!

• Tennessee Valley Authority
• The Civilian Conservation Corps
• The Social Security Act
• The New Deal

The Great Depression began after the affluence of the Roaring 20s and lasted from ______ to ______.

• 1914-1918
• 1939-145
• 1776-1783
• 1929-1939

Many Americans experienced complete economic disaster and could not afford the basic essentials during the Great Depression.

• True
• False