WorksheetsFlocab.- Causes of the Great Depression
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 30mins
During the Roaring Twenties, the US had just got out of __________, and business was booming.
World War I
World War II
The Great Recession
The Great Depression
In the 1920s, many Americans invested money in the ______ market.
black
credit
share
stock
True or False: The value of a share in a company hardly ever changes.
True
False
What happened in the summer of 1929?
Production of goods increased, and employment rose.
Production of goods decreased, and employment dropped.
Americans sold millions of shares, and the stock market crashed.
Americans paid back the money that they had borrowed to buy stocks.
What happened on Black Tuesday in October 1929?
Factories shut down and cut millions of positions.
Companies sold millions of shares, and the stock market crashed.
Americans sold millions of shares, and the stock market crashed.
Americans paid back the money that they had borrowed to buy stocks.
The ____________ caused food shortages in the southwestern Great Plains.
Dust Bowl
Hungerville
Drought Bowl
Depression Drought
What is another term for shantytowns?
Hoovervilles
Hoover slums
Rooseveltvilles
depression houses
At the beginning of the Great Depression, which president did many Americans blame for their problems?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Theodore Roosevelt
President Woodrow Wilson
President Herbert Hoover
Which of the following are programs that were part of the New Deal?
the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Pension Act
the Social Security Act and the Employment Administration
the Works Progress Administration and the Social Security Act
the Works Progress Administration and the Tennessee Veterans' Authority
The Social Security Act of 1935 guaranteed
citizenship for working immigrants who moved to America.
access to education for children from impoverished families.
employment for workers who would construct public buildings.
pensions for the retired elderly and unemployment money for the jobless.
