SS: Great Depression Vocabulary Quiz 2023*

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the name of the place where the buying and selling of stocks occur?
Amazon
Stocks 'R' Us
Stock Exchange
Stock.com
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is buying too much stock with borrowed money called?
Overspeculation
Overproduction
Installment Buying
Stock Exchanging
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is it called when the government funds projects to build public resources such as bridges, roads, etc?
Dust Bowl
Public Works Projects
Private Works Fund
Stock Exchange
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What were the "makeshift" homes that were built by the homeless called?
The Estates
Coolvilles
Tenements
Hoovervilles
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the name given to the thousands of U.S. World War I veterans who went to Washington, D.C. demanding their bonuses (money)?
Hoover's Army
Money Men
Bonus Army
Rough Riders
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.4C
CCSS.L.6.4C
CCSS.L.7.4C
CCSS.L.8.4C
CCSS.L.9-10.4C
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the term given to the Great Plains when it became dry and the topsoil started blowing away?
The Great Storm of the 1930s
Dust Bowl
Dusty Plains
Dust Bust
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the name for people who moved around often to find jobs?
Bootleggers
Stalkers
Entrepreneurs
Migrant Workers
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
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