Great Depression Review

The Great Depression officially began in October 1929, following the crash of this.

• Manufacturing

• Model T

• Banking system

• Stock market

One of the major contributing factors of the Great Depression was overproduction, which led to:

• Companies firing many people to cut costs

• Companies producing even more items

• Inflation making products more expensive

• The United States' entry into World War I

At the peak of the Great Depression in 1933, ________ of Americans were unemployed.

• 20%

• 25%

• 30%

• 35%

This natural disaster, affecting the Great Plains, occurred due to drought, high winds, and over-farming the land. As a result, property was destroyed, people became sick, and many people left the area.

• Dust Bowl

• Dirt Bowl

• Plains Bowl

• Oklahoma Bowl

People that migrated to California in search of work as a result of the Dust Bowl were known as:

• Communists

• Anarchists

• Okies

• Nebraskies

This man was President of the United States when the Great Depression began in 1929.

• Calvin Coolidge

• Herbert Hoover

• Harry Truman

• Dwight Eisenhower

This man was elected President of the United States in 1933, defeating incumbent President Herbert Hoover.

• Warren Harding

• John F. Kennedy

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Franklin Roosevelt

Franklin Roosevelt's plan to help people during the Great Depression and solve the problems was known as the:

• Square Deal

• New Deal

• New Frontier

• Great Society

One of President Franklin Roosevelt's first actions upon taking office was to:

• Declare war

• Stop the government from doing too much

• Close banks for a few days

• Let the banks fail

The three Rs of the New Deal are:

• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

• Relief, Recovery, Reform

• Replacement, Reduction, Refinement

• Rules, Relationship, Respect