Great Depression Unit Test Review

What decade was unemployment the highest?

• 1920's

• 1930's

• 1940's

• 1950's

What can you infer about this chart?

• WWII helped end the Great Depression

• WW1 made the Great Depression worse

• The Dust Bowl gave people jobs

• The stock market crash lowered unemployment numbers

What was one cause of this picture?

• People owned more businesses

• Segregation and Jim Crow Lows

• Unemployment numbers rose

• Speakeasies were harder to find

What happened to banks after the Stock Market Crash?

• They had too much money to give out

• They lost money on investments and had to close

• They started to create monopolies

• They only gave money to Dust Bowl survivors

What month was the worse for stock prices?

• July

• September

• November

• December

What happened to the price of products when businesses overproduced?

• The price stayed the same

• The price went up

• The price went down

• They had BOGO offers

What event is being depicted here?

• Great Depression

• Westward Expansion

• Gold Mining

• Dust Bowl

What was a cause for these storms?

• Too much rain

• Too much snow

• Drought/lack of rain

• Too many people settling in the area

Where was the Dust Bowl mainly located?

• Great Plains

• Northeast

• Southeast

• West Coast

According to the cartoon what are the jars?

• New Deal solutions--ways to fix the country

• Ways to help Hoover take money

• A way to increase Hoovervilles

• Ideas on how to punish businesses