SSUSH17: Start of Great Depression

The "Dust Bowl" was an ecological situation associated with

• World War I

• World War II

• The Cold War

• The Great Depression

Herbert Hoover's solution to easing the Great Depression was primarily to

• lower foreign tariffs and thus increase foreign trade.

• provide no help at all for American citizens or businesses.

• provide bonus checks to all American citizens, paid for from the Federal Treasury.

• provide some federal help to bankers, but leave relief for the poor to private charities.

Which of these contributed to the Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression?

• stock market speculation

• the effects of World War II

• success of the U.S. farm economy

• foreign boycotts of U.S. products

The U.S. President at the time of the stock market crash in 1929 was

• Herbert Hoover

• Woodrow Wilson

• William McKinley

• Calvin Coolidge

Following the stock market crash in 1929, President Hoover was criticized for

• declaring a bank holiday and ordering banks to close.

• waiting for the economy to come out of the Depression

• starting many new programs without Congress' approval.

• his insistence on increasing spending on the military.

The region of the country that experienced the greatest population growth during the Great Depression was

• the Midwest

• the Northeast

• the Gulf Coast

• the Pacific Region

How did many Americans try to escape the 'Dust Bowl' in the 1930s?

• They emigrated to Canada.

• They moved from the Great Plains.

• They left the state of California.

• They moved to the Northeastern U.S.

The "Dust Bowl" affected which area most?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

n 1930, the U.S. passed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, one of the most protectionist tariffs in history. Many nations retaliated with their own tariffs. As a result,

• international trade increased during the early 1930s.

• international trade decreased during the early 1930s.

• domestic production of agricultural products increased during the 1930s.

• U.S. support for world free trade agreements such as GATT decreased during the 1930s.

Which of these is the BEST description of "Hoovervilles"?

• shantytowns in which homeless families lived during the Great Depression

• housing projects associated with poverty and were constructed in urban areas

• the first planned suburbs which were developed in the period after World War I

• nickname for the department of Housing and Urban Development during the New Deal