Great Depression-New Deal

Month and Day that Stock Market Crashed

• October 28, 1929
• October 29, 1928
• October 29, 1929
• October 29, 1939

What effect did the Dust Bowl storms have on the Great Depression?

• Many farmers were forced to leave the Great Plains.
• Unemployment decreased gradually.
• Many homes long the Mississippi River were flooded.
• Hoover was re-elected as president.

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

• churches
• businesses
• soup kitchens
• work

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

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

After the Stock Market Crash, many people lost their life savings because _______________.

• banks closed
• banks gave away their money
• they couldn't remember where they put it
• someone stole it

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

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.

Which of the following BEST describes farmers during the Great Depression

• Many farmers found success through out the depression selling their items to other countries

• Many farmers found success through out the depression selling their items to hungry Americans

• a drought and low prices forced many farmers into poverty and foreclosures

Click ALL of the following that could apply to the effects of the Great Depression

• Bank failures

• Unemployment rises

• Rise of Banks opening

• Life Savings lost