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WorksheetsGreat Depression
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the President of the United States when the Great Depression hit in 1929?
a)
John Kennedy
b)
Herbert Hoover
c)
Franklin Roosevelt
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
2.
Camps of homeless people living in makeshift shacks were known as what?
a)
Hoovervilles
b)
Shantytowns
c)
Homeless havens
d)
Hoovers Houses
3.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office in 1932 and came up with several plans to bring back the US economy and end the Great Depression. This was known as what?
a)
the New Idea
b)
the New Deal
c)
the Great Awakening
d)
the Big Change
4.
John Nance Garner was the ______ ___________ under Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
a)
Vice President
b)
Commander in Chief
c)
Secretary of State
d)
Governor of Texas
5.
One criticism of the New Deal was what?
a)
The economy improved but the Great Depression did not end.
b)
The economy got worse.
c)
Franklin D Roosevelt did not get to hold the presidency long enough to see the New Deal work.
d)
World War I happened soon after the New Deal was put in place.
6.
The crash of the _______ ___________ led to the Great Depression in 1929.
a)
Great Depression
b)
Stock Market
c)
Dust Bowl
d)
Housing Market
7.
The period of the Great Depression was a time of what?
a)
poor economic times
b)
great economic growth
c)
boom towns
d)
great economic prosperity
8.
The Great Depression was associated with a lack of what?
a)
jobs
b)
food
c)
prosperity
d)
all of these things
9.
The Dust Bowl took place mainly in what region of Texas?
a)
North Central Plains
b)
Great Plains
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
10.
Who was the famous crime duo that we talked about yesterday?
a)
Bonnie and Clyde
b)
Jack and Diane
c)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
d)
Romie and Michelle
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