Florida and the Great Depression pg. 150- 154

What year did the Great Depression start?

• 1929

• 1928

• 1920

• 1922

What was one of the main causes of the Great Depression?

• The shipping industry

• The citrus industry

• The Native Americans

• The stock market

According to the image on pg. 151, "Some people _____ everything in the stock market crash."

• gained

• looked for

• lost

• saw

Because of the stock market crash, by 1933, approximately one in four workers did not have a job. Pg. 152

• True

• False

• I don't know.

• What are you talking about Mrs. Sweeney?

Because people were suddenly so poor, they moved into tent cities called __________, named after the president at the time, Herbert Hoover.

• Fruitvilles

• Floridavilles

• Hoovervilles

• Bushvilles

Americans were so upst with the Stock Market Crash and President Herbert Hoover that they elected a new president in 1933 named...

• Bill Clinton

• Abraham Lincoln

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Joe Biden

Once elected, President Franklin Roosevelt started a series of programs to help the American people called...

• the New Deal

• the Old Deal

• the Relef Deal

• the Hoover Deal

Under the New Deal, around 13 million trees were planted in__________ and created many state parks and wildlife preserves.

• Georgia

• Michigan

• Florida

• Alabama

The author, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, moved to Florida in the year...

• 1982

• 1928

• 1932

• 1900

A wealthy buisnessman helped pull Florida out of the crash. His name was ___________________. He bought a few Florida banks, and helped them start back up again.

• Ed Ball

• Alfred Dupont

• Herbert Hoover

• Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings