Unit 5: The Great Depression Quiz

On October 29th, 1929 the stock market took an all time drop with millions losing their life savings this is known as

• Black Wednesday

• Black Tuesday

• Black Saturday

• Stock Monday

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

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

Shantytowns and homes made by homeless people from scrap wood and tins become known as

• Depressionville

• Government homes

• Hooverville

After President Hoover failed to help the public, who ran for election on the slogan a New Deal for Americans?

• Franklin D Roosevelt

• Harry S Truman

• Calvin Coolidge

• Herbert Hoover

The New Deal is BEST described as

• fixing and ending the Great Depression giving millions a steady job and a regular paycheck moving forward into the 1940s

• being the same thing President Hoover did just setting up a system of empty promises given to the people

• temporary help and relief to some Americans, but could not sustain or end the Great Depression

FDR wanted to be able to control all parts of the government including the Supreme court, he tried doing this by attempting to...

• Abolish the Supreme court

• Take away judges

• Give more power to the courts

• Pack the Supreme Court with his judges

The Great Depression began in

• 1929

• 1932

• 1933

• 1919

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.

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

• Chruches

• Soup Kitchens

• businesses

• work