Great Depression

Which of these INCREASED during the 1920s?

• Farmers Debt

• Foreign Demand for Crops

• Price of Crops

• Farming Happiness & Positivity

Which of the following was a cause of the Great Depression?

• Overproduction by Farms & Factories

• The Election of 1928

• World War 1

• The Panic of 1893

What was the "Trigger" of the Great Depression?

• Stock Market Crash

• Mortgage Collapse

• Housing Bubble

• Bolshevik Revolution

What did people call shantytowns during the Great Depression?

• Slums

• Hoovervilles

• Hoover Neighborhoods

• Shacks

A problem in the 1920s economy is that people relied TOO MUCH on _____, which led to Debt.

• Farming

• Speculation

• Taxes

• Credit

During the worst part of the Great Depression, the unemployment rate was...

• 10%

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

Hoover's idea that the people needed to take care of themselves & their own families was called...

• A New Deal

• The BOLSHEVIK Revolution

• Rugged Individualism

• Capitalism

What is one way that starving people living in the cities got food during the Great Depression?

• Stealing from Farms

• Joining the Army

• Breadlines & Soup Kitchens

• Direct Relief from the Federal Government

This group marched on Washington, D.C. in an attempt to get an early payment of their pension

• Doughboys

• Farmers

• Bonus Army

• Sons of Liberty

The main cause of the Dust Bowl was...

• Bank Failures

• Angry Locusts

• Severe Droughts & High Winds

• Floods on the Great Plains