Week #1 Great Depression

Month and Day that Stock Market Crashed

• October 28, 1929
• October 29, 1928
• October 29, 1929
• October 29, 1939

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

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

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

• Hoovervilles
• Okies
• Bonus Army Bases
• Rooseveltowns

What tool - passed during the Hoover Administration -  designed to protect American manufacturers actually ended up creating a worldwide depression?

• Reconstruction Finance Committee
• Hawley-Smoot Tariff
• New Deal
• Second New Deal

What is another name for the Stock Market Crash?

• Black Friday
• Taco Tuesday
• Black Tuesday
• Throwback Thursday

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Who was elected president because he had a plan to pull America out of the Great Depression?

• William McKinley
• Woodrow Wilson
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

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

President during the 1930s who was considered a failure because he couldn't fix the Great Depression.

• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Herbert Hoover
• Margaret Mitchell
• Jessie Owens

The president who promised the people a "New Deal" during the Great Depression.

• Jesse Owens
• Herbert Hoover
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• George Washington

What role do banks have in  the economy? 

• They provide loans to people who need money and help people invest money in stocks.
• They tax customers to pay for new programs.
• They decide how everyone should spend their money.
• They do not play a role in the economy.