Worksheets1930's and Great Depression
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 9mins
This natural disaster served to worsen the effects of the Great Depression on farmers in the Midwest and Great Plains.
Tornados
Dust Bowl
Black Tuesday
Hurricanes
The President who was mostly blamed for worsening the Great Depression
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Hoover
Coolidge
The name given to the programs to ensure relief, recovery and reform by the new president.
Stock Market
Great Depression
Margin
New Deal
What was the "New Deal" of the 1930s?
a government program that gave free land to homesteaders
a government program that helped women get the vote
a government program that spread civil rights throughout the country
a government program designed to help people during the depression
Foreclose is to:
To own your own property
To take property because payments on loans were not made
Rugged Individualism is:
Hoover's belief that recovery would come through private businesses and not direct government aid to the poor
an organized system for investors with money to buy and sell shares, or blocks of investments, in corporations.
credit
a fee paid for borrowing money
total number of people without a job
installment plan of monthly payments to purchase goods
a plan to save money on a monthly basis
Duke Ellington
Famous Boxer of the 1930's
Joe Louis
Max Schmelling
Mike Tyson
Muhammad Alli
In 1930 a gallon of gas was
$0.50
$0.25
$1.25
$0.10
Created to provide retirement income
Securities
Social Security Act of 1935
Exchange Commission
Federal Security Act of 1936
Novel describing the hardships of the Great Depression by John Steinbeck.
The Great Gatsby
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Jungle
The Grapes of Wrath
Name of the German zeppelin (airship) that blew up in NJ?
Brittanica
Lusitania
Schlieffen
Hindenburg
What was the historic (Civil War era) and epic romance film made in 1939 starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh?
Casablanca
Maltese Falcon
Gone With The Wind
Rebel Without A Cause
Which was was not a critic of FDR and his New Deal?
Huey Long
Dr. Francis Townsend
Father Charles Coughlin
D.W. Griffith
What is the title of the picture?
Migrant Mother
American Gothic
American Mother
Depression Dolly
She was the first female to serve in a presidential cabinet when FDR appointed her as Sec. of Labor.
Marian Anderson
Frances Perkins
Dorothea Lange
Elizaabeth Cady Stanton
This well known painting, by Grant Wood, shows what appears to be an angry farmer with a pitch fork and standing beside his daughter.
American Dream
A Farm in Depression
The Farmer's Daughter
American Gothic
Which of the following BEST describes farmers during the Great Depression
Many farmers found success through out the depression selling their items to other countries
Many farmers found success through out the depression selling their items to hungry Americans
a drought and low prices forced many farmers into poverty and foreclosures
The New Deal is BEST described as
fixing and ending the Great Depression giving millions a steady job and a regular paycheck moving forward into the 1940s
being the same thing President Hoover did just setting up a system of empty promises given to the people
temporary help and relief to some Americans, but could not sustain or end the Great Depression
The Great Depression began in
1929
1932
1933
1919
In the 1930's, people would line up at ____________ to get food. These were normally run by charities.
stadiums
soup kitchens
businesses
banks
Which economic factor contributed most directly to the start of the Great Depression?
low worker productivity
high income taxes
decreasing tariff rates
buying stocks on margin
The Bonus Army incident in 1932 best illustrates the idea that
F.D.R.'s relief programs were unsuccessful.
many felt that Herbert Hoover was not handling the Depression well.
protests by veterans during the Depression were effective.
the U.S. Army had increased in size and power during the Depression.
What state is FDR from?
Calif.
Mass.
Illinois
N.Y.
FDR's wife's name?
Lenora
Elaina
Eleanor
Edith
