US History - Unit 10: The Great Depression 2025

What is another name for the Stock Market Crash?

• Black Friday
• Taco Tuesday
• Black Tuesday
• Throwback Thursday

People who could no longer afford their homes were forced to live in cardboard shacks that they built in public parks. What were these shacks called?

• Shantyshacks
• Town Homes
• Tenement Housing
• Hoovervilles

Who was most directly affected by the Dust Bowl?

• farmers

• investors

• industrial workers

• WWI Veterans

Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

• Overproduction and underconsumption

• High tariffs restricting trade

• buying stocks on the margin

• high income taxes

Why did many midwestern farmers migrate from the Great Plains to California?

• There was no unemployment on the West Coast

• California was experiencing a gold rush

• The Dust Bowl pushed farmers out of the Great Plains

• The Stock Market crash led farmers to lose their homes on the Great Plains

One of the causes of the Great Depression was because people were buying stock by borrowing money. What is this called?

• Deficit Spending

• Buying on Margin

• Surplus Spending

• Lend and Lease

Which is a reason Americans preferred movies, radio, and entertainment during the Great Depression?

• Focused on the homeless and unemployed

• Evoked indignation at social injustice

• Provided a release from the daily worries

• Created thrills with new special effects

Who was elected president because he had a plan to pull America out of the Great Depression?

• William McKinley
• Woodrow Wilson
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Franklin D. Roosevelt

What was the name of FDR's plan to reconstruct America following the Great Depression?

• No Deal
• New Deal
• Reconstruction
• FDR's Plan

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.
• Banks were not at all involved in the Great Depression because people did not use them.