Great Depression review

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 of the US when the stock market crashed and Depression began?

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

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 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

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

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

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.

President Herbert Hoover's administration contributed to the Depression because it—

• did too little to create jobs.

• lowered interest rates too much.

• loaned too much money to banks.

• imposed too many regulations on business.

What factor led to the Dust Bowl?

• drought and poor farming techniques

• railroad expansion

• rapid urbanization

• construction of canals

October 29, 1929, the day in which the stock market crashed was also known as.....

• Black Friday

• Black Tuesday

• Black Wednesday