Great Depression & Dust Bowl

What was the main cause of the Great Depression?

• High tariffs 
• Low worker wages
• Stock market collapse 
• Overproduction of goods

Following the 1929 Stock Market crash...

• There was investments in overseas countries 
• The stock market was closed
• President Hoover resigned 
• The country went into Great Depression

During the Great Depression, many unemployment people...

• Destroyed Hooverville
• Opened new bank accounts 
• Lived in federal houses
• Sold apples and ate soup

The Great Depression was a time of economic--

• Hardship 
• Prosperity 
• Slowdown 
• Uprising 

About how many people were unemployed during the Great Depression?

• One out of Four
• Three out of Four
• One Half
• Everyone

What was the impact of the Great Depression?

• Many were homeless
• Banks and Business failed 
• Many lost jobs
• All of the above

Why do much of the Great Plains become a "Dust Bowl" in the late 1930s?

• Large dust storms and misuse of land
• Ruined irrigation in the area
• Too many farming in a desert region
• Farmers couldn't afford to grow crops

Which states were most effected by dust storms?

• Arizona, California & New Mexico 
• Colorado, Utah & Nevada
• Nebraska, Texas & New Mexico
• New Mexico, Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma & Texas

Most of the Dust Bowl families moved... 

• North
• South
• East
• West

Migrant workers are people that...

• Live in one place
• Move from place to place looking for work
• Move from country to country
• Move from city to city singing songs