Great Depression

When was Black Tuesday

• 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.

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

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

After the Stock Market Crash, many people lost their life savings because _______________.

• banks closed
• banks gave away their money
• they couldn't remember where they put it
• someone stole it

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

• Hoovervilles
• Okies
• Bonus Army Bases
• Rooseveltowns

Which of the following was a weakness of the 1920s economy?

• low worker productivity

• high income taxes

• decreasing tariff rates

• buying stocks on margin

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 were the three major weaknesses of the 1920s economy?

• Americans were spending so much and saving very little

• Americans were using credit to make purchases and falling into debt

• Americans were paying higher taxes

• Americans were buying stocks on margin

The 1920s economy began to slow down when this occurred

• the stock market began to rise

• consumer spending decreased

• government regulations were slashed

• taxes were raised