Great Depression

A region of the Great Plains, including parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas, where drought and soil created enormous dirt storms in the 1930s.

• Dust Bowl

• Dirt Bowl

• Dairy Bowl

• Dry Bowl

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

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.

The president who promised the people a "New Deal" during the Great Depression.

• Jesse Owens
• Herbert Hoover
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• George Washington

What was a economic impact of the Great Depression?

• Stock market crashed and millions of Americans lost their jobs
• Many Americans moved to California in search for Gold
• Many Americans began to become wealthy due to Oil being found in Texas

How is the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression related?

• Both events caused Americans to struggle financially
• Both events caused riots throughout the nation
• Both events led to World War II beginning 

What was created to end the Great Depression?

• The New Deal
• American Purchase
• Stock Market
• Economic control

The purpose of the New Deal program was to...

• improve working conditions in factories
• stop the sale of alcohol in states
• end discrimination against African Americans
• help the nation recover from the Depression