Great Depression Review

What year did Black Tuesday occur and kick off the Great Depression?

• 1928

• 1930

• 1929

• 1931

Which President created the New Deal?

• Woodrow Wilson

• John F Kennedy

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin Roosevelt

What was one factor that contributed to the Dust Bowl?

• A Hurricane

• Intense Drought

• Tornadoes

• Tsunami

What cheap form of entertainment became popular to escape the reality of the Depression?

• Motion Pictures

• Sky Diving

• Ice Skating

• Water Polo

What was the most damaging effect of bank failures?

• People lost all of their money

• Banks were never able to re-open

• People moved to Canada

• Banks did not fail

What were poor shanty towns called where people would build shacks on public land?

• Roosevelt Towns

• Hoovervilles

• Hoover Towns

• Public Works

The major reason for the Mexican Repatration Act was because white Farmers wanted what?

• Houses

• Farms

• Jobs

• Food

What book was written about the plight of the farmers in the Dust Bowl?

• 1984

• Great Gatsby

• Dust Bowl Farmers

• Grapes of Wrath

What was the most visible sign of the beginning of the Great Depression?

• Black Tuesday

• Dust Bowl

• Hoover's Inauguration

• Overproduction

Select all of the following that were a cause of the Great Depression.

• Over speculation in stock market

• Buying on Margin

• Bank Failures

• Decrease in military spending