The Great Depression

1. All of the following are reasons for the Great Depression except

• stock market crash

• flappers

• banks closing

• dust bowl

• overproduction

During the Great Depression ___________________ was widespread.

• unemployment

• disease

• prosperity

• wealth

During the Great Depression ________.

• A. businesses and banks closed

• B. people lost jobs

• C. people lost their homes and everything they owned.

• D. All of these answers are correct

4. President ___________ was blamed for the Great Depression.

• Lincoln

• Kennedy

• Hoover

• Roosevelt

This natural disaster served to worsen the effects of the Great Depression on Farmers in the Midwest 

• Tornados
• Dust Bowl
• Black Tuesday 
• Hurricanes

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

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

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

• jobs
• homes
• families
• friends

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

To make things worse during the Great Depression, there was a severe drought in the midwest.  Because the soil was so dry, wind caused dust storms that covered people's homes, and all of their belongings.  This was called the _______________

• Dust Bowl
• Dry Bowl
• Dirt Bowl
• Depression Bowl

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

• Franklynvilles

• Hoovervilles

• Obama towns

• Washington Heights