The Great Depression SDAIE

The President who was mostly blamed for worsening the Great Depression 

• Roosevelt 
• Eisenhower
• Hoover
• Jefferson

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Because of the Dust Bowl, many farmers moved to California 

• True
• False 

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

• True
• False

Effects of the Dust Bowl

• buying farm equipment

• lost homes to strong winds

• farmers lost money and crops

• farmers moved to California for work

Another name for a Shantytown

• Hoover Blanket

• Hoover Scarf

• Hooverville

• Roosaville

Effects of the Great Depression

• homelessness

• lose of all or most of their money

• mass unemployment

• mass employment

In the 1930's, people would line up at ____________ to get food.  These were normally run by charities.

• churches
• businesses
• soup kitchens
• work

During the Great Depression, many people were unemployed.  This means that they lost their ____________.

• jobs
• homes
• families
• friends

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The stock market crash of 1929 was one of the main causes of the Great Depression.  On this one day, October 29, 1929, the stock market lost $14 billion.  This day is known as ________________.

• Bad Tuesday
• Poor Tuesday
• Black Tuesday
• Crash Tuesday

The president elected after Herbert Hoover who promised to give America a "New Deal" was _________________.

• Franklin Roosevelt
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Abraham Lincoln
• Grover Cleveland