
The Great Depression Begins
Authored by Maggie Furlong
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11th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was a breadline?
the common term for the eviction of a person who defaulted on their mortgage
a long line of poor people waiting for free food
a line of credit extended to out-of-work families
the line of people rushing to get into a bank and withdraw their money
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Young men and boys who rode railways from one place to another in search of a better life were called _______.
bailiffs
hoboes
wanderers
migrants
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What caused the Dust Bowl?
A massive drought that turned uncultivated land into dust that blew across hundreds of miles.
Farmers planted too much wheat and had to burn the surplus to keep prices up.
Farmers constantly cultivated the land in order to help it retain the moisture.
A series of tornadoes across the Great Plains destroyed crops.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What were "Okies"?
people who visited the homeless camps and gave away free food
sports teams who put on free games for the poor
farmers from Oklahoma who had lost their land and headed west
bankers who lost everything in the market crash and were homeless
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Buying on margin was a method of buying stocks
with mostly borrowed money.
without using a broker.
by pooling money with others.
without any risk.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
During the Depression, newly homeless people put up communities of shacks they called
hobo towns.
Hoovervilles.
Bonus Armies.
Okie towns.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The day the stock market crashed is known as:
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