Ch. 26: Great Depression & New Deal Lesson Review

The Great Depression began in

• 1925
• 1929
• 1932
• 1940

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

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

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

• Hoovervilles
• Okies
• Bonus Army Bases
• Rooseveltowns

Which economic factor contributed most directly to the start of the Great Depression?

• low worker productivity
• high income taxes
• decreasing tariff rates
• buying stocks on margin

Pick the best answer.  Over-production of what led to the Great Depression?

• farm goods
• consumer goods
• farm and consumer goods
• iPhones

The Bonus Army incident in 1932 best illustrates the idea that

• F.D.R.'
  s relief programs were unsuccessful.
• many felt that Herbert Hoover was not handling the Depression well.
• protests by veterans during the Depression were effective.
• the U.S. Army had increased in size and power during the Depression.

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

Money loaned to banks, insurance companies & businesses to jumpstart the economy by Hoover

• Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)

• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

• Works Progress Administration (WPA)

• Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Migrant farmers from Oklahoma

• Hooverville

• Okies

• Economy

• Soup Kitchens

• Dust Bowl