Great Depression/Roaring 20's 2022

When did the Stock Market crash?

• October 31, 1929
• September 29, 1931
• August 29, 1991
• October 29, 1929

What is another name for the Stock Market Crash?

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

What event valued stocks lower than their worth and caused people to panic, lose their jobs, homes and life savings?

• Black Friday
• Stock Market Crash
• The First Day of School
• The Solar Eclipse

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 elected president because he had a plan to pull America out of the Great Depression?

• William McKinley
• Woodrow Wilson
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

• No Deal
• New Deal
• Reconstruction
• FDR's Plan

During the Great Depression, there was a severe drought in the Great Plains. Many families packed everything up and moved west. What was this event called?

• Dust Bowl

• Salad Bowl

• Great Plains Panic

• Depressing Dust

Charities that provided bread and soup to homeless and jobless people during the Depression were called _______?

• Priest Palace
• Soup and Salad Bowls
• Soup Kitchens
• Goodwill

Which New Deal program gave jobs to young men between the ages of 18-25? The employees built roads, planted forests, and worked on irrigation and national park projects.

• CCC
• UGA
• WPA
• TVA

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

• Shantyshacks
• Town Homes
• Tenement Housing
• Hoovervilles