SS: Great Depression Vocabulary Quiz 2023*

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

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

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

What were the "makeshift" homes that were built by the homeless called?

• The Estates

• Coolvilles

• Tenements

• Hoovervilles

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

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

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

What was the name of the plan proposed by President Roosevelt to solve the problems of the Great Depression?

• The New Deal

• The Grand Plan

• Roosevelt's Royal Plan

• Laissez-Faire

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Name that law...

The laws of the New Deal that worked to only fix the pain and discomfort of the Great Depression

• Reform Laws

• Relief Laws

• Recovery Laws

• Right Laws

Name that law...

The laws of the New Deal that worked to only solve the issues of the depression

• Relief Laws

• Recovery Laws

• Reform Laws

• Right Laws

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C