Great Depression

Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

• Underproduction

• Stock Market Crash

• Bank Runs

• Tariffs

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

What program did Franklin Roosevelt create in order to help Americans during the Great depression?

• Roosevelts boys

• New Deal

• FDR's relief

• Reconstruction Finance Corporation

Who proposed the idea of guaranteeing secure income to millions of senior citizens?

• FDR

• Huey Long

• Dr. Francis E. Townsend

• Herbert Hoover

Insured bank deposits of up to 5,000. This helped to bring confidence back into the banks.

• FDIC

• SEC

• AAA

• TVA

Who wrote the Communist Manifesto?

• FDR

• Adam Smith

• Herbert Hoover

• Karl Marx

Who was President during The Great Depression?

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Bill Clinton

• Woodrow Wilson

• Herbert Hoover

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