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Flocab.- Causes of the Great Depression

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During the Roaring Twenties, the US had just got out of __________, and business was booming.

a)

World War I

b)

World War II

c)

The Great Recession

d)

The Great Depression

2.

In the 1920s, many Americans invested money in the ______ market.

a)

black

b)

credit

c)

share

d)

stock

3.

True or False: The value of a share in a company hardly ever changes.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What happened in the summer of 1929?

a)

Production of goods increased, and employment rose.

b)

Production of goods decreased, and employment dropped.

c)

Americans sold millions of shares, and the stock market crashed.

d)

Americans paid back the money that they had borrowed to buy stocks.

5.

What happened on Black Tuesday in October 1929?

a)

Factories shut down and cut millions of positions.

b)

Companies sold millions of shares, and the stock market crashed.

c)

Americans sold millions of shares, and the stock market crashed.

d)

Americans paid back the money that they had borrowed to buy stocks.

6.

The ____________ caused food shortages in the southwestern Great Plains.

a)

Dust Bowl

b)

Hungerville

c)

Drought Bowl

d)

Depression Drought

7.

What is another term for shantytowns?

a)

Hoovervilles

b)

Hoover slums

c)

Rooseveltvilles

d)

depression houses

8.

At the beginning of the Great Depression, which president did many Americans blame for their problems?

a)

President Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

President Theodore Roosevelt

c)

President Woodrow Wilson

d)

President Herbert Hoover

9.

Which of the following are programs that were part of the New Deal?

a)

the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Pension Act

b)

the Social Security Act and the Employment Administration

c)

the Works Progress Administration and the Social Security Act

d)

the Works Progress Administration and the Tennessee Veterans' Authority

10.

The Social Security Act of 1935 guaranteed

a)

citizenship for working immigrants who moved to America.

b)

access to education for children from impoverished families.

c)

employment for workers who would construct public buildings.

d)

pensions for the retired elderly and unemployment money for the jobless.