Week 23: Roaring 20's and the Great Depression

The "Roaring 20's" period in the United States can be described as...

• thriving

• depressing

• aggressive

• demanding

From 1921 to 1929, the average income per person rose from $522 to ____ a year.

• $525

• $716

• $857

• $623

Which factor did NOT contribute to the economic suffering of American farmers?

• Immigrants and migrants settled in the frontier areas of the country to build homesteads and farms

• A severe drought and poor farming techniques led to dust storms

• Banks seized farms and land because of unpaid loans

• The price of crops dropped at the end of World War I because supply was bigger than demand

October 29, 1929 was known as _____ after the prices of stocks fell sharply.

• Black Tuesday

• Black Wednesday

• Black Thursday

• Black Friday

President Franklin D. Roosevelt created a plan to help Americans recover from the Great Depression called_____

• the New Tax

• the New Day

• the New Country

• the New Deal

Which of the following is the effect of factories producing more goods than they could sell.

• The Dust Bowl

• Wages increased

• Workers were laid off

• The Great Depression

___ was the result of continually breathing air filled with dust.

• The Dust Bowl

• Dust pneumonia

• Black lung

• Prarie Dust

In what year did the severe drought begin in the Southern Plains region?

• 1929

• 1930

• 1932

• 1931

What was one of President Roosevelt's greatest challenges when he was sworn in as president?

• Bring the country out of the depression

• increase production of money

• separate the country in half

• start WWII

Select 2 answers: Why did migrant workers move from place to place during the Great Depression?

• Work often ran out

• Opportunities were limited

• Wages were increased

• Many jobs were offered in the city