Great Depression / New Deal

What is the nickname for the decade where the U.S. economy thrived before the Great Depression? 

• Dirty 30s
• Boring 40s
• Roaring 20s
• Fantastic 50s 

What did the temperance movement emphasize?

• Self reliance
• Self control
• hardwork
• determination 

What was an unexpected consequence of prohibition? 

• decrease in trade from foreign countries
• a rise in gang violence
• a rise in church attendance 
• a decline in city population 

Which area in the United States was known as the "Dust Bowl"

• southeast
• midwest
• northwest
• northeast

What weather condition in the United States lead to the great dust storms? 

• flooding
• tornado
• drought
• earthquakes

What insect did billions of dollars in damage in the Southeast? 

• dust weevil
• locusts
• boll weevil
• termites

How did Georgians finally stop their cotton crop from being destroyed by an insect?

• pesticides
• species naturally died off
• burning crops killed the bugs
• no longer planted cotton

What do you call it when you are able to purchase items without the need for immediate payment? 

• credit
• loan
• debt
• investment

With many of the banks in the United States failing, what did many of the citizens stop doing? 

• spending
• growing food
• paying mortages
• paying taxes

Why did people lose all of their money that were put into banks? 

• banks were not insured by the gov.
• gov ran out of money for the banks
• banks wasted all of their money on bad investments
• people stopped putting their money in banks