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WorksheetsThe Great Depression
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is unemployment?
a)
The condition of being out of work
b)
The condition of not wishing to work
c)
The condition of hoping to find a new job
2.
What is a stock market?
a)
A place where good are bought and sold
b)
A place where food is bought and sold
c)
A place where stocks are bought and sold
3.
What is a stock?
a)
Animals that are sold for food
b)
Shares of a company that are sold to investors when the company needs to raise money
c)
Clothing that is sold at stores that people will have plenty to wear
4.
What is an investor?
a)
Someone who buys cars
b)
Someone who buys stocks
c)
Someone who buys clothing
5.
Where is the stock market?
a)
Atlanta, Georgia
b)
San Francisco, California
c)
Wall Street, in New York, New York
6.
When did the Stock Market crash?
a)
April 2, 2004
b)
June 3, 1949
c)
October 29, 1929
7.
Why did the Stock Market Crash?
a)
All the investors wanted to buy stock at once
b)
All the investors decided to stop selling their stock
c)
All the investors wanted to sell their stocks at the same time
8.
What nickname was given to the Stock Market crash of 1929?
a)
Sad Tuesday
b)
Black Tuesday
c)
Red Tuesday
d)
Broke Tuesday
9.
How was money "Lost" when the Stock Market crashed?
a)
Investors dropped their wallets in the excitement.
b)
Investors forgot where their checkbooks were hidden.
c)
Investors could not sell their stocks, so they became worthless.
10.
What was the Great Depression?
a)
The worst period of economic hardship in the history of the United States
b)
The best period of economic growth in the history of the United States
11.
What is credit
a)
Borrowed money
b)
Borrowed food
c)
Borrowed clothing
d)
Borrowed toys
12.
Why did banks close during the Great Depression?
a)
Everyone took their money out of the banks.
b)
The Banks ran out of money.
c)
The banks had given loans which people lost when the Stock Market crashed.
13.
What happened to the life savings of people when banks closed during the Great Depression?
a)
People were given money from other banks.
b)
People got their money back from the government.
c)
People lost all of their money when the banks closed.
14.
What did factories do during the Great Depression?
a)
Factories made more goods to help those in need.
b)
Factories hired more people to help those in need.
c)
Factories closed and people also lost their jobs.
15.
What did schools do during the Great Depression?
a)
They served lunch to entire families to help those in need.
b)
They let the homeless live in unused classrooms.
c)
Many were forced to close and children could not receive an education.
16.
Who was the President when the Great Depression began?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Herbert Hoover
c)
Franklin Roosevelt
17.
What did those in need do for food during the Great Depression?
a)
Hungry people stood for hours in breadlines.
b)
Hungry people moved to the country and asked farmers for help.
c)
Hungry people grew their own gardens.
18.
Where did homeless people live during the Great Depression?
a)
Homeless people lived with relatives.
b)
Homeless people lived in homeless shelters.
c)
Homeless people built shelters out of cardboard which were called shanty towns.
19.
Who was blamed for the harsh conditions of the Great Depression?
a)
The factory owners who closed their factories.
b)
The Banks who stole peoples life savings
c)
The investors who bought stock with borrowed money.
d)
President Herbert Hoover
20.
What nickname was given to newspapers by the homeless during the Great Depression?
a)
Bad News Papers
b)
Only Hope Papers
c)
Hoover Blankets
21.
Who did the people elect during the Great Depression because he promised to help those in need?
a)
Herbert Hoover
b)
George Washington
c)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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