BFES The Great Depression Review

What did the CCC do?

• Preserved and protected nature
• Created hydroelectricity
• Created jobs for artists
• Fed the hungry

What did the WPA do?

• Preserved and protected nature
• Created hydroelectricity
• Created jobs for artists
• Fed the hungry

What did the TVA do?

• Preserved and protected nature
• Created hydroelectricity
• Created jobs for artists
• Fed the hungry

What was the significance of the Stock Market Crash of 1929?

• Started the Dust Bowl
• Created Soup Kitchens
• Caused the Great Depression
• Helped the economy

What was Hoover's role in the Great Depression?

• Had a hands off approach
• Created the New Deal
• Caused the stock market to crash
• Invented Soup Kitchens

What was Franklin Roosevelt’s role in the Great Depression?

• Caused the stock market to crash
• Had a hands off approach
• Invented Soup Kitchens
• Created the New Deal programs

Which best decribes the Dust Bowl?

• Fertile farming soil
• 10 year period of a severe drought
• 10 year period of severe rain and flooding
• Farmers being unemployed 

What is the book Gone with the Wind about?

• Sherman's March to the Sea in the Civil War
• Great Depression and Dust Bowl
• Roaring 20s and WWI
• Westward Expansion and Cattle Trails

Who wrote Gone with the Wind?

• Duke Ellington
• Jesse Owens
• Eleanor Roosevelt
• Margaret Mitchell

Who is a famous jazz musician from the 1930s?

• Margaret Mitchell
• Jesse Owens
• Duke Ellington
• Herbert Hoover