WorksheetsGreat Depression
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
What do we call the period of time when the American economy struggled for 14 years leaving many Americans homeless and jobless?
The Progressive Era
The New Deal
The Great Depression
The Roaring 20s
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
Inflated stock prices
Americans buying on credit that they could not afford to pay back
High tariffs prevented foreign countries from purchasing goods from America
Farmers were charging too much for their produce
On which day did the Stock Market crash signaling the end of the Roaring 20s and the beginning of the Great Depression?
Tuesday, October 29, 1929
Wednesday, January 23, 1995
Thursday, November 2, 1944
Tuesday, March 14, 1919
What was a Hooverville?
A town where all Americans had jobs and enjoyed the luxuries of the 1920s.
A shanty town where homeless Americans lived during the Great Depression
A town where houses were built to help homeless people
Why did America name the towns Hoovervilles?
They loved President Hoover for building new homes for the people.
They were an insult to President Hoover because they blamed him for the Great Depression.
They thought President Hoover was the best president.
President Hoover named them himself.
Why did Americans elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt to be their president during the Great Depression?
Because he was handsome
Because they wanted a New Yorker to lead them
Because he was a WWI veteran and they were proud of him
Because they wanted a president who could fix the economy and end the Great Depression
Which statement correctly describes American spending on stocks between 1925 and 1930?
Americans sold their stocks and saved the money.
Spending decreased primarily because the value of the dollar dropped.
Borrowing increased as people bought more stocks.
Stock purchases stopped and spending on consumer goods increased.
Consider this photo from the era of the Great Depression. Select the statement that is supported by this photo.
Few people were in need of assistance.
Many people felt the impact and needed help.
Food was abundant with no need to wait in line.
Only women were given the help they needed.
Why did credit become a problem in America and partly cause the Great Depression?
Credit was free and available and everyone got rich.
Consumers paid back all of their loans and made more money to purchase new cars, radios, etc.
People used credit to pay back their loans and help improve banks.
People used credit to buy luxury items and then could not pay back their loans to the bank, causing them to go out of business.
Many men and boys, known as hoboes, left their families and illegally rode trains around the country in search of _____________.
family members they had lost during slavery
new homes in the big cities
jobs
newspapers to use as Hoover blankets
Americans, like the Okies, living in the Dust Bowl left their homes and migrated to California in hopes of finding jobs as migrant workers. Why was their home region called the Dust Bowl during this time?
Because there was a terrible drought in the Midwest that had completely dried up the soil of the region
Because the people hadn't cleaned in a while and it was very dusty
Because there were many craters in this region that looked like bowls filled with dust
Because there was a great fire and everything they owned had been burened to dust
