Great Depression

Month and Day that Stock Market Crashed

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

The Great Depression began in

• 1925
• 1929
• 1932
• 1940

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What effect did the Dust Bowl storms have on the Great Depression?

• Many farmers were forced to leave the Great Plains.
• Unemployment decreased gradually.
• Many homes long the Mississippi River were flooded.
• Hoover was re-elected as president.

In the 1930's, people would line up at ____________ to get food.  These were normally run by charities.

• churches
• businesses
• soup kitchens
• work

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

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

What were the villages full of shacks located in cities filled with unemployed Americans called?

• Hoovervilles
• Okies
• Bonus Army Bases
• Rooseveltowns

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

Who was elected president because he had a plan to pull America out of the Great Depression?

• William McKinley
• Woodrow Wilson
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Buying on margin means:

• buying stocks at a fraction of their price, with the promise of paying the rest later
• planning out your budget to make sure you have enough to get by
• Buying a few stocks from many companies to ensure profit
• Pouring all of your money into one stock in order to ensure profit

Factories dealt with _______________ during the Great Depression.

• increased profits 
• decreased applicants 
• increased stock value
• left over products