Great Depression to WWII

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

• jobs

• homes

• families

• friends

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

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

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

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Abraham Lincoln

• Grover Cleveland

The TVA helped transform the Tennessee River Valley from poverty to productivity by ...

• soil conservation and tree planting

• building highways, bridges, public buildings, public parks, and airports

• building hydroelectric dams throughout a seven-state region to control floods and generate electricity

• provide assistance to farmers

What event valued stocks lower than their worth and caused people to panic, lose their jobs, homes and life savings?

• Black Friday

• Stock Market Crash

• The First Day of School

• The Solar Eclipse

What event did America take part in beginning in 1942 following the Great Depression?

• WWI

• Great Depression 2.0

• The Election

• WWII

What disease did FDR suffer from?

• Chicken Pox

• Flu

• Polio

Pearl Harbor occurred _______________.

• December 8, 1941

• December 7, 1941

• June 6, 1944

• July 2000

President Roosevelt said December 7, 1941 was a day that will live in 

• infirmary

• infamy

• infamous

• informal