US History Midterm Review

This natural disaster served to worsen the effects of the Great Depression on Farmers in the Midwest 

• Tornados
• Dust Bowl
• Black Tuesday 
• Hurricanes

The falling of the _________ was the main reason why the Great Depression began

• stock market
• soldiers
• deported goods

How did the Dust Bowl have a negative impact on farmers?

• It caused a drought and the dust ruined crops
• Large amounts of dust ruined home and caused Texans to become ill
• High winds led to an increase of Tornados in the Panhandle

What was a economic impact of the Great Depression?

• Stock market crashed and millions of Americans lost their jobs
• Many Americans moved to California in search for Gold
• Many Americans began to become wealthy due to Oil being found in Texas

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 

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

• southeast
• midwest
• northwest
• northeast

What was the date of the stock market crash?

• 10/29/1929
• 2/17/1919
• 10/10/1910
• 10/19/1929

What is the nickname given to the stock market crash?

• black friday
• red tuesday
• black tuesday
• red friday  

What were stock brokers doing that inflated the stock prices? 

• giving out loans they knew would not be paid back
• speculating stocks to be worth more than they actually were
• buying stocks on credit
• not insuring the customers' money

The New Deal worked on accomplishing 3 goals: bring relief to unemployed, improve the economy, and what else? 

• bring relief to unemployed
• ensure a depression would never happen again
• make sure citizens don't need to work to live
• redistribute wealth from the wealthy