Great Depression Review

When did the Stock Market crash?

• September 29, 1931
• August 29, 1991
• October 29, 1929

What is another name for the Stock Market Crash?

• Taco Tuesday
• Black Tuesday
• Throwback Thursday

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

• Theodore Roosevelt
• Herbert Hoover
• William McKinley

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

Who was President during The Great Depression?

• Franklin Roosevelt
• Bill Clinton
• Woodrow Wilson

The Dust Bowl happened during the Great Depression?

• True 
• False

What is speculation?

• Paying a small part of the stocks prices as a down payment on a loan

• Soldiers from WWI left jobless

• Buying and selling stock in hope of making a quick profit

• Borrowed money to fund government programing

The New York Times
October 1929
The topic of this newspaper article is the...

• Stock Market Crash
• Stock Market Boom
• Great Migration north and west
• Roaring Twenties

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

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