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world war 2 and the great depression

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Describe the SC economy during AND after World War 1.

a)

bad

b)

growing at a constant speed but then decreased rapidly and never was the same again

c)

growing at a constant speed and it kept growing

d)

OK

2.

Why were farmers being kicked off their land in S.C. after World War 1?

a)

the dust bowl got to them

b)

they died

c)

foreclose and unable to pay taxes

d)

not a lot water to farm with

3.

What were major causes of the Great Depression?

a)

unemployed workers,Bank failures

b)

getting sick

c)

having know were to live

d)

artificial wealth from the 1920's

4.

How did the Great Depression change the American lifestyle?

a)

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

b)

did not give a good living environment

c)

it was bad

d)

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.

5.

How did the Dust Bowl make the Great Depression worse?

a)

Gucci gang

b)

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.

c)

it got rid of farm lands

d)

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

6.

Who won the presidential election of 1932?

a)

Frailness Delano Roosevelt

b)

George Washington

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Donald trump

7.

What was the purpose of “Fireside Chats”?

a)

to win the war

b)

to get rid of fire

c)

to improve the morale of Americans

d)

to get chats faster

8.

The New Deal did not fix the _______, but was effective in improving _______.

a)

Depression, the Americans

b)

depression , ww2

c)

ww2, houses

d)

houses, the Americans

9.

What did New Deal programs bring to South Carolina

a)

got help from advisers in S.C and brought government funded jobs to the state

b)

to improve the morale of Americans

10.

What were many New Deal programs and agencies known as?

a)

Alphabet soup

b)

tomato soup

c)

new deal

11.

What groups of people were given protection under Social Security?

a)

sick people

b)

people that are health

c)

elderly, orphaned, disabled and unemployed

12.

What did New Deal programs deliver to farmers in SC to help their situation?

a)

living conditions got worse

b)

government gave people money

c)

gave government loans and improved living conditions

13.

What was responsible for ending the Great Depression?

a)

world war 1

b)

civil war

c)

great depression

d)

World war 2

14.

What was the reason for, and the role of the Doolittle Raiders?

a)

they fought the USA

b)

they were soldiers that were trained in S.C to bomb Tokyo

c)

they were soldiers that fought hunger

15.

Explain how the American economy continued to prosper after World War 2.

a)

they gained money but it was not the right amount

b)

Americans gained more money and brought them out of depression

16.

How did the beginning of World War 2 help bring the country out of the Depression?

a)

the production of goods gave women jobs not men

b)

the production of goods gave men jobs not women

c)

the production of goods and to produce the goods you need jobs

d)

the production of goods gave kids jobs but not there parents

17.

What was the name of the first African American pilots to fly combat missions for the United States during World War 2

a)

tuskegee seamen

b)

tuskegee airmen

c)

German airmen

d)

the pilots

18.

Why were many men from South Carolina unable to fight in the early years of World War 2

a)

they were illiterate or too poor to be selected

b)

they were to smart and rich to be selected

19.

With the publicity of the Tuskegee Airmen, what movement would begin after World War 2 to eventually end segregation?

a)

world war 3

b)

slavery

c)

civil rights movement

20.

Describe life in the US in the years after World War 2

a)

financially growing

b)

financially decreasing

21.

Explain Dust bowl

a)

blow in crops from up north

b)

was a period of severe dust storms that affected farm lands

22.

What did Franklin d Roosevelt do

a)

made the new deal

b)

ended slavery

c)

founded america

d)

won world war 69

23.

what did Herbert hoover do

a)

got america out of the depression

b)

caused the depression(was blamed)

c)

made the stock market crash

d)

had fun in the white house

24.

What happened to the stock market in 1992

a)

it crashed

b)

it got big

c)

everyone loved it