EOC Review: Great Depression/World War II

The Great Depression that began in 1929 hit farmers especially hard. Farmers had not been doing well in the 1920s and several years of severe drought turned the land into a "dust bowl." What was an immediate result of this?

• Many farmers decided to grow crops that did not use as much water. 
• The government built large dams in the West for irrigation. 
• Many farmers and their families lost their farms and moved west. 
• The government helped farmers by buying their land and equipment. 

During the 1930s, poor land management and severe drought conditions across parts of the Midwest resulted in the

• formation of the United States Department of Agriculture
• creation of wheat surpluses
• growth of the Populist movement
• development of Dust Bowl conditions on the Great Plains

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) were both New Deal programs developed to address the problem of

• excessive stock market speculation
• high unemployment
• increased use of credit
• limited income of senior citizens

The TVA is significant because it hired people to 

• deliver food to the poverty-stricken Dust Bowl residents
• build dams and generators that provided electricity
• work on farms to help stabilize agriculture
• publish important facts about businesses

Month and Day that Stock Market Crashed

• October 28, 1929
• October 29, 1928
• October 29, 1929
• October 29, 1939

Who was president at the time of the Stock Market Crash of 1929?

• Abraham Lincoln
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Herbert Hoover

Which economic factor contributed most directly to the start of the Great Depression?

• low worker productivity
• high income taxes
• decreasing tariff rates
• buying stocks on margin

The Bonus Army incident in 1932 best illustrates the idea that

• F.D.R.'
  s relief programs were unsuccessful.
• many felt that Herbert Hoover was not handling the Depression well.
• protests by veterans during the Depression were effective.
• the U.S. Army had increased in size and power during the Depression.

The president who promised the people a "New Deal" during the Great Depression.

• Jesse Owens
• Herbert Hoover
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• George Washington

Which of the following was a major cause of the Great Depression?

• overproduction and underconsumption
• a decrease in the supply of consumer goods
• an increase in demand for imported products
• an increase in the price of wheat on the world market