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Great Depression review

Authored by Agustine Guerrero

History

11th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

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

Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
William McKinley

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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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.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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The photograph best illustrates which impact of the Great Depression upon Americans

Large numbers of people were, hungry and unemployed

Workers were able to afford luxury items

banks were seizing property for failure to pay

Workers' income rose to high levels

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

People who could no longer afford to live in their homes were forced to live in cardboard shacks that they build in public parks. What were these shacks called?

Shantyshacks

Tenement Housing

Town Homes

Hoovervilles

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

Speculation

a process in which a union representative or a group of workers negotiates with management for a contract
a network of banks that lend money to help businesses get started
food, supplies, or goods in excess of what is needed; extra
to buy or sell stocks or land, hoping to gain huge profits quickly

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What was the most damaging effect of bank failures?

People who worked in banks lost their jobs.

People who had deposited money did not get it back.

People who needed to cash checks were unable to do so.

People who owed money to banks did not have to pay it.

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