Adapted Module I Am. History

The day the stock market crashed is known as:

• Black Monday
• Black Tuesday
• Black Wednesday

The purpose of the New Deal program was to...

• improve working conditions in factories
• end discrimination against African Americans
• help the nation recover from the Depression

Social Security• Federal Work Programs• Farm Assistance• Increased rights for labor• Environmental Improvement Programs

What is the best title for the list?

• League of Nations
• New Deal
• Reconstruction

How did the Great Depression affect workers?

• One-half of workers were unemployed
• Workers’ incomes rose to high levels
• One-fourth of workers were without jobs

Who was the President of the United States when the Stock Market crashed?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Herbert Hoover
• Woodrow Wilson

How did "bank runs" impact the American people during the Great Depression?

• Banks eventually ran out of money to loan, and people's life savings were gone.
• Banks made loans throughout the Great Depression, helping people pays bills until they could find work.
• Banks were able to people's deposits safe, but they could not loan out any more money.

Which of the following was a major cause of the Great Depression?

• overproduction and underconsumption
• a decrease in the supply of consumer goods
• an increase in demand for imported products

What was the main reason for the emergence of “Hoovervilles” like the one shown in the photograph?

• Many Americans had lost jobs during the Great Depression.
• Thousands of homes had been destroyed by the effects of the Dust Bowl.
• Housing projects could not keep up with the demand for homes needed by the poor.

During the early 1930s, the main goal of the Bonus Army was to pressure the Hoover administration to

• strengthen the nation’s defenses
• end the military draft
• support the early payment of money promised to veterans

During the 1930s, poor land management and severe drought conditions across parts of the Midwest resulted in the

• creation of wheat surpluses
• growth of the Populist movement
• development of Dust Bowl conditions on the Great Plains