Great Depression Mini Quiz

The President who was mostly blamed for worsening the Great Depression 

• Roosevelt 
• Eisenhower
• Hoover
• Jefferson

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

The collection of markets and exchange where the issuing and trading of equities, bonds and other sorts of securities takes place.

• Margin
• New Deal
• Deficit Spending 
• Stock Market 

This new deal program helped with the recovery process by hiring the unemployed to work on outdoor projects such as deforestation 

• PWA
• CCC
• AAA
• FDIC

The name given to the programs enforced by FDR to ensure relief, recovery and reform. 

• Stock Market 
• Great Depression
• Margin 
• New Deal 

This President enforced both New Deals and saw America through the Great Depression and World War II. 

• Eisenhower
• Truman
• Hoover
• Roosevelt 

On October 29, 1929 share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed and partially caused the Great Depression.

• Black Thursday
• Black Tuesday 
• Black Friday
• Black Sunday 

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The most popular home appliance in the 1930's 

• Television
• Radio
• Movies
• Telephone 

What percentage of Americans were unemployed in 1933?

• 25%
• 35%
• 50%
• 2%

When FDR closed all the banks and did not allow them to reopen until they were stable 

• Bank closures
• Bank retreats
• Bank Holiday
• Margin Holiday 

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

• Tornados
• Dust Bowl
• Black Tuesday 
• Hurricanes