The great depression review

Which of the following is NOT a reason the Great Depression occurred in the 1930's?

• Stock Market Crash

• Americans in massive debt

• Nativism

• Buying on Margins

Shacks, tents and other structures put together for shelter during the Great Depression were often called ?

• Hobo hut's

• Hooverville

• Roosevelt Row

• Skid Row

Which of the following states was NOT effected by the dust bowl?

• Texas

• Oklahoma

• Kansas

• Florida

The Dust bowl was an environmental disaster that occurred because of over-farming and _________________?

• Depression

• The Stock Market Crash

• Drought

• Nativism

Which of the following did NOT occur during the Great Depression?

• Stocks Crash

• Banks Fail

• Unemployment rises

• Thousands become Homeless

• President Hoover wins election of 1932

Franklin D Roosevelt (FDR) won the election in what year? and what political party did he represent?

• 1932 Republican

• 1932 Democrat

• 1928 Republican

• 1928 Independent

The great Depression was only an American problem. The rest of the world was spared the problems from the Great Depression.

true or false?

• True

• False

The stock market crash was made worse by the fact that so many people in the stock market were going into debt to purchase stocks. This process of taking out loans to buy stocks is called?

• Run on the Banks

• Prohibition

• Buying on Margins

• Diplomacy

What is the goal of the New Deal program FDIC. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

• To provide retirement for the elderly

• The government will insure all deposits in banks

• Provided welfare checks to the poor

• Gives government jobs to many opf people who are unemployed

Which of the following terms from the 1920's is NOT matched with it's proper definition?

• Flapper : New role for Women. Girls that want to have fun

• Speakeasy : A religious organization that provided charity in the community

• Bootlegger : made , smuggled and sold illegal liquor during prohibition

• Prohibition : The pushing for the ban of alcohol