Great Depression

What is another name for the Stock Market Crash?

• Black Friday
• Taco Tuesday
• Black Tuesday
• Throwback Thursday

Who was President of the US when the stock market crashed and Depression began?

• Theodore Roosevelt
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Herbert Hoover
• William McKinley

Who was most directly affected by the Dust Bowl?

• farmers

• investors

• industrial workers

• WWI Veterans

Why did many midwestern farmers migrate from the Great Plains to California?

• There was no unemployment on the West Coast

• California was experiencing a gold rush

• The Dust Bowl pushed farmers out of the Great Plains

• The Stock Market crash led farmers to lose their homes on the Great Plains

What was the name of FDR's plan to reconstruct America following the Great Depression?

• No Deal
• New Deal
• FDR's Plan

During the Great Depression, there was a severe drought in the Great Plains. Strong prairie winds picked up the topsoil and spread dust everywhere. Many farm families packed everything up and moved west. What was this event called?

• Dust Bowl
• Salad Bowl
• Great Plains Panic

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

How did President Franklin Roosevelt tell the American people about his New Deal?

• Only in newspapers

• Twitter

• On the radio - fireside chats

• TV

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 Social Security Act established the federal government’s responsibility for the

• establishment and enforcement of fair labor practices

• funding of public works projects for job relief

• funding of cultural and artistic activities

• welfare of the elderly, poor, and handicapped