USHC Unit 5 Section 2 - Wilson HS

What was the name given to the economic crisis that began in the late 1920s and crippled the United States, and the world, throughout the 1930s?

• Great Recession

• Great Depression

• Credit Crisis

• Asian Crisis

Which of the following was NOT a significance cause of the Great Depression?

• Overproduction of industrial and agricultural goods

• Installment debt

• Government military spending

• Stock market speculation and the buying of stocks on margin

About what percentage of the American workforce was unemployed in the early years of the Great Depression?

• 5%

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

What was the term used to describe the makeshift homeless communities that emerged in the United States during the Great Depression?

• Hooverville

• Harding Highrise

• FDR's New Deal Homes

• The Bonanza

What was the impact of the United States issuance of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff?

• Brought about a favorable balance of trade and rebirth of the American economy

• Intensified poor economic conditions, leading to a global depression

• Stopped on imports into the United States, saving the American economy

• Removed all trade barriers with countries around the world to fix the struggling economy

What was the name of the group of World War I veterans who marched on Washington, D.C., in 1932 in the hopes of acquiring the early payment of the bonus promised to them by Congress?

• Bonus Army

• Freedom Marchers

• Veterans of Foreign Wars

• American Legion

What was name used to describe the much of the Great Plains in the 1930s as the region suffered from drought and dust storms?

• Six-Year Drought

• Three-Year Drought

• "Most Disastrous" Drought

• Dust Bowl

The Okies, the general term for those forced to flee the Dust Bowl, were forced to leave their lands due to this ecological disaster. Where did many of the Okies migrate to?

• Alaska

• California

• Florida

• Oklahoma

What was the 1920s fear that communists were working to destroy the American way of life?

• Zionism

• Red Scare

• Black Death

• Nativism

What was the general belief by Americans on the status of immigration in the 1920s?

• Welcomed immigrants as the country was the great melting pot

• Believed the growing number of immigrants put a strain on social services in the country

• Nativist sentiment exploded as many disliked and wanted to end immigration

• Immigrants were recruited to fill the growing demand of labor in American industry