Great Depression

The President who was mostly blamed for worsening the Great Depression 

• Roosevelt 
• Eisenhower
• Hoover
• Jefferson

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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 

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What percentage of Americans were unemployed in 1933?

• 25%
• 35%
• 50%
• 2%

The Great Depression was an economic slowdown in the 1920s and 1930s. Which of the following was one cause of the Great Depression in the United States?

• the end of the gold rush 
• the crash of the stock exchange 
• the ending of World War II 
• the high price of oil 

In 1929, the United States entered an economic slowdown called the Great Depression. One of the early events was the stock market crash. What was a major cause of the stock market crash?

• Stock prices went up so fast that investors could not keep up with the changes. 
• Stock prices fell, investors panicked and sold their stocks, which led to more panic. 
• The government decided to close the stock market in New York. 
• People decided to invest their money in stock markets in Europe. 

How did the 1929 stock market crash affect the United States economy in the 1930s?

• Unemployment reached its highest level in United States history. 
• Congress voted to reject New Deal policies. 
•  Stock prices were higher than investors could afford.    
• Agriculture replaced manufacturing as the primary industry. 

Homes that were in parks and built out of cardboard boxes were called Hoovervilles. 

• True
• False

Herbert Hoover helped the United States by coming up with many programs to help Americans get out of the Great Depression.  These programs were known as the New Deal. 

• True
• False

What happened to bank customers in the 1930s?

• They asked the bank for loans to buy stocks.

• Their earned interest on their savings accounts.

• They sold their houses to the bank for a profit.

• Many of them lost their savings when the banks closed.

President Herbert Hoover believed the American people should _________________.

• fight harder

• get a job

• help themselves

• build a park