Roaring 20's and Great Depression

Which of the following best describes the event known as Black Tuesday?

• Stock Market Crash, October 29th, 1929

• Severe drought in the great plains area

• To create jobs for the unemployed

Which of the following factors contributed MOST to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s?

• Stock Market Crash, October 29th, 1929

• Severe drought in the great plains area

• To create jobs for the unemployed

Which of these was a MAIN goal of the New Deal?

• Stock Market Crash, October 29th, 1929

• Severe drought in the great plains area

• To create jobs for the unemployed

During the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt used a series of radio addresses called the "Fireside Chats" to:

• Explain the government’s policies in a clear and calming way

• Severe drought in the great plains area

• To create jobs for the unemployed

During the Great Depression, shantytowns made of scraps and boxes where homeless people lived were called:

• Hoovervilles

• Stock Market Crash, October 29th, 1929

• To create jobs for the unemployed

During the Great Depression, millions of unemployed men became “hobos,” homeless vagrants who wandered. Once-proud men, the hobos rode the rails or hitchhiked their way across America. Why did hobos ride the rails?

• To try to find jobs

• For pleasure

• To escape from the law

• To travel without paying

It was dangerous to ride the rails because ____

• illegal riders may be arrested, illegal riders may be beat by guards, and illegal riders often fell jumping on trains and lost their legs or lives

• illegal riders could easily get lost and never be found

• using the rails did not provide any shelter from harsh weather conditions

• riding the rails often resulted in missing scheduled stops and losing track of time

8. During the Great Depression, many banks in the United States failed. A MAIN reason people rushed to withdraw their money from banks, which made the situation worse was:

• A panic-induced bank run due to fear that the bank would collapse

• Government mismanagement of funds

• The banks were not insured by the government

• Excessive lending practices

9. Who was the president at the time of the Great Depression?

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Herbert Hoover

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

10. The most popular types of music in the 1920’s were:

• Jazz

• Blues

• Jazz and Blues

• Classical