The 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 natural disaster of the 1930s added insult to injury?

• Flooding along the Mississippi River
• The Dust Bowl
• Tornadoes called the Helen Hunt Twisters
• Hurricanes along the Gulf Coast

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.

Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

• Stock Market Crash
• Credit
• Advertisment
• Prohibition

Who was President during The Great Depression?

• Theodore Roosevelt
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Bill Clinton
• Woodrow Wilson

The Great Depression only took place in the cities.

• True
• False

Explain the Stock Market Crash.

• People purchased stocks with credit, got scared and sold their stocks. There was no money to pay people their money
• People purchased stock
• People threw their money away

What caused millions to lose their family wealth during The Depression?

• Bank closures
• Foreclosures on their farms and homes
• Stockmarket
• All of the above

Although Europe had severe economic problems the United States was experiencing which of the following directly after WW I?

• Inflation
• High Unemployment
• Economic success
• A depression