The Great Depression

The Stock Market Crashed on ________.

• October 29, 2000

• October 29, 1929

• October 31, 2001

• January 1, 1930

_______ was the cause of the Great Depression.

• World War I

• World War II

• The Dust Bowl

• The Stock Market Crash

During the Great Depression, many American's lost their ______________.

• Jobs and Homes

• Jobs, Homes, and Life Savings

• Cars

• Money

Many people blamed _____________ ______________ for the Great Depression, so they did not re-elect him as president during the 1932 presidential election.

• Duke Ellington

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Abraham Lincoln

• Herbert Hoover

Following the start of the Great Depression, __________________ ________________ won the presidential election of 1932 by a huge margin.

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Duke Ellington

• Jesse Owens

After Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president, he created the ________________ ________________ , a program that helped create jobs for U.S. citizens.

• CCC

• The Dust Bowl Opportunity

• The New Deal

• TVA

Although things began improving for Americans after the New Deal was created other unfortunate events such as a major __________________, the lack of precipitation over an extended period of time. This created even more hardship for Americans.

• Earthquake

• Tornado

• Flood

• Drought

During the Great Depression, this major event caused many farmers to lose their crops, and caused major dust storms in a region known today as the __________ ____________.

• Cold War

• Dust Bowl

• Western Plains

• East Coast

_____________ _____________ was a famous pianist, composer, and bandleader during the “Swing Era”.

• Duke Ellington

• Jesse Owens

• Margaret Mitchell

• Chipper Jones

____________ ____________ won a Pulitzer Prize for Gone With the Wind, a novel set in the South during the Civil War.

• Duke Ellington

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Jesse Owens

• Margaret Mitchell