Great Depression

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

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

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

• churches
• businesses
• soup kitchens
• work

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

• Hoovervilles
• Okies
• Bonus Army Bases
• Rooseveltowns

What natural disaster of the 1930s added insult to injury?

• Flooding along the Mississippi River
• The Dust Bowl
• Tornadoes called the Helen Hunt Twisters
• Hurricanes along the Gulf Coast

What is another name for the Stock Market Crash?

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

Veterans of this conflict were owed bonus pay for their service.

• World War I

• World War II

• Gulf War

• Civil War

What was President Herbert Hoover's response to the Great Depression?

• He believed "rugged individualism" would solve the economy

• He created mass welfare

• He increased infrastructure to create jobs

• He violated his policy of laissez-faire

Why did many midwestern farmers migrate from the Great Plains to California?

• There was no unemployment on the West Coast

• California was experiencing a gold rush

• The Dust Bowl pushed farmers out of the Great Plains

• The Stock Market crash led farmers to lose their homes on the Great Plains

Which is a reason Americans preferred movies, radio, and entertainment during the Great Depression?

• Focused on the homeless and unemployed

• Evoked indignation at social injustice

• Provided a release from the daily worries

• Created thrills with new special effects

President Roosevelt won the election of 1932. The country was in the Great Depression and Roosevelt introduced the New Deal. Which was the MOST important goal of Roosevelt’s New Deal Programs?

• to strengthen the economy
• to end racial discrimination
• to get people working again
• to improve public education