Yr 10 Roaring Twenties Revision

The __________________  was the longest period of unemployment and low economic activity in the 1900's.

• New Deal
• Great Depression
• Dust Bowl
• Civil War

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 did lose their homes because they couldn't pay for them. They either had to live with family members or in makeshift "houses" made out of cardboard or whatever they could find. These were called Shanty Towns or ________________.

• Hoovervilles

• Neighbourhoods

• Hoover Wagons

• Clubs

After the Stock Market Crash, many people lost their life savings because _______________.

• banks closed
• banks gave away their money
• they couldn't remember where they put it
• someone stole it

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

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

Towns of cardboard houses popped up during the depression that were called_______________.

• Franklinvilles

• Hoovervilles

• Obama towns

• Washington Heights

What was the "New Deal" of the 1930s?

• A government program that gave free land away to restart the economy

• A government program that spread civil rights throughout the country

• A government program designed to help people during the depression

• A government program that helped women get the vote

The New Deal pulled America out of its economic mess. Several New Deal agencies were important because ____________________.

• they built bridges, dams, and other useful projects

• they helped create jobs and put Americans back to work

• they offered assistance to farmers

• they provided electricity to a poor region

The President who was mostly blamed for worsening the Great Depression 

• Roosevelt 
• Eisenhower
• Hoover
• Jefferson

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What month and year did the stock market crash?

• Oct. 19, 1928

• Oct. 29, 1929

• Nov. 29, 1929

• Oct. 29 1919