The Great Depression

The Great Depression was an economic slowdown in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Which of the following was one cause of the Great Depression in the United States?

• the high price of oil
• the end of the gold rush
• the end of World War II
• the crash of the stock exchange

When did the Stock Market crash?

• 1919
• 1929
• 1985
• 1829

When people could not pay back their loans ___________. 

• banks forgave them
• banks loaned more 
• banks raised the interest rate
• banks closed

Who was the president during the beginning of the Great Depression?

• Woodrow Wilson
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Herbert Hoover
• Jimmy Carter

What were the names of the groups of shacks that were built in city parks?

• Roosevilles
• Hoovervilles
• Teddy Towns   
• Fort Franklin         

What was the name of the program Roosevelt created to make jobs and stimulate the economy?

• Relief Now
• Recovery Plan
• New Deal
• Big Deal

This natural disaster served to worsen the effects of the Great Depression on Farmers in the Midwest 

• Tornados
• Dust Bowl
• Black Tuesday 
• Hurricanes

In the 1930's, people would line up at ____________ to get food.  These were normally run by charities.

• churches
• businesses
• soup kitchens
• work

During the Great Depression, many people were unemployed.  This means that they lost their ____________.

• jobs
• homes
• families
• friends

An effect of the Great Depression was...

• Everyone bought more stocks.
• large numbers of people were hungry and homeless.
• Farmers became rich.
• Many people moved to the South during the Great Migration South.