SS Q2 Review

What caused the Great Depression and when did it occur?

• stocks lost their value & investors lost their money in October 1929

• stocks lost their value & investors gained money in October 1929

• stocks were sold and investors lost money in October 1928

• stocks were sold and investors lost money in October 1933

What was the greatest impact of the Dust Bowl in Texas?

• people died due to dust inhalation

• farms were lost to the banks due to crops being destroyed

• homes were destroyed during dust storms

What is another term for shantytowns?

• Rooseveltvilles

• depression houses

• Rooseveltvilles

• Hoovervilles

At the beginning of the Great Depression, which president did many Americans blame for their problems?

• President Franklin D. Roosevelt

• President Theodore Roosevelt

• President Herbert Hoover

• President Woodrow Wilson

What major event started the Great Depression?

• Dust Bowl

• President Hoover being elected as president

• Overproduction of Oil and Cotton

• Stock Market Crash

Over plowing the land, severe drought & digging up the prairie grasses...all led to the?

• Great Depression

• WWII

• Black Tuesday

• Dust Bowl

The New Deal Programs were enacted by which president?

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

Which of the following best describes the Great Depression?

• A period of economic success and progressive ideas

• A time period in which thousands of Americans mourned the loss of WWII soldiers

• A time period where the banking industry improved even after the Stock Market crashed

• A time of high unemployment and low economic activity occurring between WWI and WWII

What effect did this event have during World War I?

• World War I began in Europe

• The United States joined the war

• America decided to support Germany.

• England surrendered to the Axis Powers

Who was president of the United States that led the nation to join World War I?

• Woodrow Wilson

• William McKinley

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Theodore Roosevelt