Great Depression Review

What happened during the Great Depression?

• A war broke out in Europe

• Many people did not have jobs and lost their homes

• People had lots of food

• Native Americans fought with soliders

Which word means without a job?

• unemployed

• radio

• conservation

• progress

Who was president at the start of the Great Depression?

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Franklin D Roosevelt

• Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover believed the government could end the depression by _____________?

• Helping businesses fix the economy

• Taking over businesses that were failing

• Doing nothing and letting the economy fix itself

• Raising taxes on businesses that did not hire enough people

Why are these people waiting in line?

• to get free food at a soup kitchen

• to sign up to fight in the war

• to vote in the 1932 election

• to get tickets to a baseball game

By the time President Hoover ran for re-election, he had become very unpopular. So, in 1932, Americans elected a new president. Who was he?

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What New Deal Program is represented in the picture?

• Fire side chat

• Works Progress Administation (WPA)

• Conservation Corps (CCC)

• Transit Valley Authority (TVA)

Dust storms and drought plagued a region known as the

• Great Depression

• Cattle Kingdom

• The Dust Bowl

• Chishlom Trail

Match the definition with the correct vocabulary word from below:

After the topsoil blew away, nothing would grow in much of the plains.

• imports

• unemployment

• stock market

• credit

• Dust Bowl

Who was the 32nd President of the United States from 1933-1945. He won four presidential elections and led the government during most of the Great Depression and WWII.

• George Washington

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Bill Clinton