Great Depression Test Review

What best describes the Great Depression?

• high prices

• low tariffs

• increased prosperity

• high unemployment

What happened in 1929?

• WW1 started

• The Spanish American War

• The Great Depression started

• The Great Depression ended

The stock market crash marks

• the end of ww1

• the beginning of the Great Depression

• the turning point of the Great Depression

• the end of the Great Depression

What were people doing wrong with the Stock Market right before the Great Depression?

• They bought stocks with loans and then couldn't pay them back

• They bought stocks at undervalued prices

• Not enough people were buying stocks

• They bought stocks with war bonds

Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Dust Bowl?

• Drought

• High winds

• Removal of native grass

• blizzards

People lost their life savings when

• the stock market crashed

• the Great Depression ended

• the banks collapsed

• the New Deal was passed

Overproduction in the 1920s meant the US had to much stuff nobody would buy. What happened next?

• The Stock market grew in popularity

• The Dust Bowl forced farmers to migrate

• World trade increased

• People lost their jobs

What was the purpose of fireside chats?

• to reassure and communicate with the American people

• to close banks so they could be fixed

• to gather the smartest Americans together

• to provide jobs for the unemployed

What does the Social Security Administration do?

• regulate the stock exchange

• insure bank deposits

• offer jobs to unemployed

• provide benefits for the elderly, disabled, and unemployed

How did the Hoover Dam help Americans?

• It made it possible to transport goods

• It created wind turbines

• It provided a water source and hydroelectricity

• It increased the flow of the Colorado River