WA SS Ch. 7 Practice

What contributed to the start of the great depression?

• People stayed up to late partying

• The stock market crashed

• People lost their money gambling

• President Hoover changed the worth of the U.S. dollar.

How did the grand Coulee Dam help people during the Great Depression?

• Gave people more hope for water near their homes.

• It helped them forget about the war.

• It provided jobs for 12,000 people.

• None of these

Which of the following was not a result of the Great Depression?

• People lost their jobs

• People lost their money

• People lost their country

• People lost their homes

Why did people migrate to the Northwest during the great depression?

• The Dust Bowl forced people to move

• Drought force people to leave

• People moved in search of work

• All of the above

What was the New Deal?

• A promise to give peoples money back

• A plan that created jobs to put people back to work

• A plan to provide food directly to the homeless

• A promise to end WWII

What caused the U.S. to enter WWII?

• The attack on Pearl Harbor

• The need for war supplies

• Great Britain asked for help

• The U.S. didn't join the war

Why were the Japanese Americans relocated during the war?

• The had deadly diseases

• They threaten to destroy American business

• People thought they might give aid to Imperial Japan

• They were breaking laws

What finally ended WWII?

• Japan bombed Pearl HArbor

• The Germans ran low on supplies and had to surrender

• The U.S. gave up

• The United States dropped the atomic bomb

Why was the Hanford site chosen for plutonium production?

• Safe and secure location

• Access to the Columbia River

• Could draw power from the Coulee Dam

• All of the above

How did WWII help end the Great Depression?

• Create job oppertunities

• Increase the demands and needs of industry

• Both 1 and 2

• None of the above