Chapter 9 The Great Depression

The Dust Bowl occurred primarily because plowed land was left uncultivated and there was a terrible drought.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Blaming the president for their plight, newly homeless people established shantytowns they called Hoovervilles.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Depression improved steadily during President Hoover’s administration.

• TRUE

• FALSE

. During the early 1930s, dust storms blackened the skies of the Great Plains for hundreds of miles.

• TRUE

• FALSE

. “Okies” were usually farmers who sold their land and used the profits to travel to California and begin new lives.

• TRUE

• FALSE

President Hoover opposed direct federal relief to the unemployed because he believed that

• only state and city governments should dole out relief.

• federal relief would only shorten the Depression.

• charities could provide sufficient relief.

• individuals are responsible for taking care of themselves.

Farmers on the Great Plains began to lose their crops during the Depression because

• the soil lost its fertility.

• frequent rains eroded the soil.

• a fungus depleted the soil of nutrients.

• a terrible drought dried the soil.

President Herbert Hoover hoped that increasing government funding for public works projects would

• reduce the budget deficit.

• spur the construction industry.

• provide jobs lost in the private sector.

• help reduce farm foreclosures.

Stockbrokers who made loans that allowed investors to buy stocks could issue a ____________________ to protect their loans.

• collateral call

• credit call

• margin call

• foreclosure call

The first feature-length animated film was

• Animal Crackers.

• The Wizard of Oz.

• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.