The Great Depression

The Great Depression lasted from

• 1829 - 1839

• 1929 - 1939

• 2000 - 2010

• 1940 - 1950

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The stock market crash was also known as

• Red Sunday

• Black Friday

• Red Tuesday

• Black Tuesday

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Which was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

• Schools closing

• Stock Market Crash

• Bank Failures

• Drought Conditions

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Huge storms from Colorado to Texas which made it hard to see and breathe became an area known as -

• The Dusty Dish

• The Drought

• The Dust Bowl

• The Super Bowl

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Who was the wheat farmer from Kansas who witnessed the Drought conditions first hand?

• Lawrence Henry

• Leonardo DiCaprio

• Larry Schrover

• Lawrence Svobida

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Sometimes the dust was so thick that it would completely hide the sun...

• True

• False

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Many people became sick because of the dust storms. It mostly affected the...

• joints and limbs

• brain and liver

• heart and kidneys

• stomach and lungs

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What president was blamed for the horrible economic and social conditions?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Herbert Hoover

• Channing Tatum

• George Washington

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What did they call the shacks made out of cardboard, paper, and tin that people were forced to live in because they lost their homes?

• Boris's home

• Roosevelts

• Shacks

• Hoovervilles

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What was Roosevelts' recovery program known as?

• The New Deal

• The New Plan

• The New Life

• The New Alliance

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