Great Depression/Dust Bowl

The 1920s were known as the .....

• Raging 20s
• Great Raging 20s
• Roaring 20s
• Ridiculous 20s

What event took place in October 1929 that many people consider an important factor in causing the Great Depression?

• Stock Car Crash

• Stock Market Crash

• World War I

• World War II

By making poor investment choices and bad decisions, banking institutions were another factor in causing the Great Depression.

• True
• False

During the Great Depression, as many as ________ of all American workers were without a job.

• one-half (1/2)
• one-third (1/3)
• two-thirds (2/3)
• one-fourth (1/4)

It is estimated that ___________ was lost after the stock market crash of 1929.

• 30 billion
• 100 million
• 30 million
• 100 billion

What major events in U.S. history lasted throughout the 1930s?

• World War I and World War II
• Dust Bowl, Stock Market Crash
• Great Depression, Dust Bowl
• World War 1 and Great Depression

Who was President of the United States (POTUS) during the beginning of the Great Depression.

• Herbert Wilson
• Herbert Hoover
• Hoover Johnson
• Herbert Roosevelt

Many unfortunate people lived in shacks referred  to as _____________.

• Hoovervilles
• Shack Towns
• Poor People Places
• Dirty Towns

During the Great Depression, unemployment caused many people to keep buying goods and services.

• True
• False

Only a few of the 29 __________ manufacturing companies in Wichita survived the Great Depression.

• aircraft
• motorcycle
• armored tank
• car