The Great Depression

What was the Great Depression?

• A period of economic success and an improving economy

• The worst economic catastrophe in U.S. history

• A period of time that witnessed American involvement in violent foreign wars

• A hotly contested presidential election

Why did the stock market collapse in 1929?

• Only wealthy Americans invested in the stock market

• Investors inflated prices, and then sold shares very cheap, losing money

• Investors refused to invest in the stock market

• Investors bought shares cheap, and then sold stocks at a high price

What years did the dust bowl take place?

• 1910s

• 1920s

• 1930s

• 1950s

The Dust Bowl took place in the

• The Costal Plains

• The Great Plains

• California

• South Texas

The effect of the Dust Bowl on farmers was made even worse by...

• The Great Depression

• The New Deal

• The Ice Age

• The discovery of oil

Why was life more difficult for farmers during the Dust Bowl?

• Their crops were dying because of the dust

• Animals had no grass to eat

• Had little access to water.

• All of the above

The _________ Bowl was an effect of farmers over planting, high winds, drought and a loss of topsoil and arable land in the central part of the United States during the 1920s-1930s.

• Super

• Melting

• Sand

• Dust

What did many farmers in Texas do during the Dust Bowl?

• They moved West to seek jobs

• Started businesses in Texas

• They had to grow cotton instead.

• Nothing changed for farmers in Texas

What event valued stocks lower than their worth and caused lots of people to panic?

• The first Day of school.

• The stock market Crash

• World War II

• None of the above

What was the name of the day where 16 million shares were traded and ushered in the Great Depression?

• Blue Friday

• Black Tuesday

• Red Monday

• Black Saturday