Great Depression Review

______________ was a major economic crisis during the 1930s that led to many people without jobs, or sometimes homes.

• Panic of 1873

• Great Recession

• Panic of 1837

• Great Depression

What caused the Great Depression?

• Stock Market Crash

• Overproduction

• Drought/Dust Bowl

• All of the Above!

_________ and ___________ served the U.S. as president during the Great Depression.

• George Washington; Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln; Andrew Johnson

• Herbert Hoover; Franklin D. Roosevelt

• George W. Bush; Barack Obama

_________________ helped provide jobs and money protection to Americans in need during the Great Depression.

• Groves Deal

• New Deal

• Square Deal

• BOGO Deal

What major historic event ended the Great Depression?

• U.S. Civil War

• World War I

• What historic event?

• World War II

_________________ took place during the Great Depression. Many farmers and families in the Great Plains were forced to move elsewhere because of this event.

• Dust Bowl

• Irish Potato Famine

• 500-year Flood

• Hurricane Floyd

____________were homes built by people, homeless due to the Depression, out of everyday items like rubber and newspapers.

• Fallout Shelters

• Hoovervilles

• Treehouses

• Box Cities

Which of the following is a North Carolina New Deal project?

• Social Security

• Blue Ridge Parkway

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• Mount Rushmore

Which of the following is a North Carolina New Deal project?

• Social Security

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• Cape Hatteras Seashore

• Mount Rushmore

What is the difference between a recession and depression?

• Recession is long-term, depression short-term economic drop

• Recession is short-term, depression is long-term economic drop

• Recession is unemployment, depression is not

• There isn't one