Great Depression - Test Review

What were the villages full of shacks located in cities filled with unemployed Americans called?

• Hoovervilles
• Okies
• Bonus Army Bases
• Rooseveltowns

What was one effect of dust storms that occurred during "the Dust Bowl"?

• loss of farms and livestock
• homes were destroyed
• Texans moved to other states
• ALL of these are effects of the dust storms

Why were the 1920s called the "Roaring Twenties"?

• There were lions in the United States for the first time
• One could hear the roar of all of the new airplanes
• Music became very popular
• People felt life was "roaring" forward like a speeding car.  Women began doing things they never did before and there was a ton of new technology and inventions.

What is the Harlem Renaissance?

• A time when African American musicians, artists, and writers began creating new art, literature, music
• A party to celebrate the end of World War 1
• When New York left the Union
• A parade thrown for the victorious Harlem Globetrotters

Who was Langston Hughes?

• He was a singer
• He was an astronaut
• He was a farmer
• He was a famous African American poet

How did mass media help make athletes popular in the 1920s?

• most movies were about sports
• many newspaper articles were paid for by sports teams
• many athletes starred in radio dramas
• radio made it possible for fans to listen to sports games

In what way did mass production change the economy?

• Our economy failed
• We became a command economy
• It made industries grow, gave people jobs, and allowed people to buy consumer goods
• It slowed down the way we made things

Which of the following was not a cause of the stock market crash of 1929.

• People purchased stock on credit
• Companies produced a surplus of goods 
• Unemployment caused business to grow
• Products had to be sold for less, creating more debt for companies.

What is NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

• Few people were spending money due to unemployment
• World War II
• stock market lost  eighty percent of its value over a few years
• severe drought 

The major difference between President Hoover and President Roosevelt in how they dealt with the Depression. Roosevelt was....

• unwilling to allow government agencies to establish jobs programs
• unable to win congressional support for his economic program
• able to ignore economic issues for most of his first term in office
• more willing to use government intervention to solve economic problems