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Worksheetsworld war 2 and the great depression
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Describe the SC economy during AND after World War 1.
bad
growing at a constant speed but then decreased rapidly and never was the same again
growing at a constant speed and it kept growing
OK
Why were farmers being kicked off their land in S.C. after World War 1?
the dust bowl got to them
they died
foreclose and unable to pay taxes
not a lot water to farm with
What were major causes of the Great Depression?
unemployed workers,Bank failures
getting sick
having know were to live
artificial wealth from the 1920's
How did the Great Depression change the American lifestyle?
many people lost hope and birth rates went down, people were looking for work everywhere, church groups and charities were formed to give food and shelter
did not give a good living environment
it was bad
The great depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939. It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors.
How did the Dust Bowl make the Great Depression worse?
Gucci gang
The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930's; severe drought and a failure to apply dry-land farming methods to prevent the a eolian processes caused the phenomenon.
it got rid of farm lands
many people moved west and the overproduction of crops made the plains very dry and dust storms devastated the plains, which put more farmers out of work and less food for the people
Who won the presidential election of 1932?
Frailness Delano Roosevelt
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Donald trump
What was the purpose of “Fireside Chats”?
to win the war
to get rid of fire
to improve the morale of Americans
to get chats faster
The New Deal did not fix the _______, but was effective in improving _______.
Depression, the Americans
depression , ww2
ww2, houses
houses, the Americans
What did New Deal programs bring to South Carolina
got help from advisers in S.C and brought government funded jobs to the state
to improve the morale of Americans
What were many New Deal programs and agencies known as?
Alphabet soup
tomato soup
new deal
What groups of people were given protection under Social Security?
sick people
people that are health
elderly, orphaned, disabled and unemployed
What did New Deal programs deliver to farmers in SC to help their situation?
living conditions got worse
government gave people money
gave government loans and improved living conditions
What was responsible for ending the Great Depression?
world war 1
civil war
great depression
World war 2
What was the reason for, and the role of the Doolittle Raiders?
they fought the USA
they were soldiers that were trained in S.C to bomb Tokyo
they were soldiers that fought hunger
Explain how the American economy continued to prosper after World War 2.
they gained money but it was not the right amount
Americans gained more money and brought them out of depression
How did the beginning of World War 2 help bring the country out of the Depression?
the production of goods gave women jobs not men
the production of goods gave men jobs not women
the production of goods and to produce the goods you need jobs
the production of goods gave kids jobs but not there parents
What was the name of the first African American pilots to fly combat missions for the United States during World War 2
tuskegee seamen
tuskegee airmen
German airmen
the pilots
Why were many men from South Carolina unable to fight in the early years of World War 2
they were illiterate or too poor to be selected
they were to smart and rich to be selected
With the publicity of the Tuskegee Airmen, what movement would begin after World War 2 to eventually end segregation?
world war 3
slavery
civil rights movement
Describe life in the US in the years after World War 2
financially growing
financially decreasing
Explain Dust bowl
blow in crops from up north
was a period of severe dust storms that affected farm lands
What did Franklin d Roosevelt do
made the new deal
ended slavery
founded america
won world war 69
what did Herbert hoover do
got america out of the depression
caused the depression(was blamed)
made the stock market crash
had fun in the white house
What happened to the stock market in 1992
it crashed
it got big
everyone loved it
