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Great Depression Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name

Class

Date

When did the Stock Market crash?

October 31, 1929

September 29, 1931

August 29, 1991

October 29, 1929

What is another name for the Stock Market Crash?

Black Friday

Taco Tuesday

Black Tuesday

Throwback Thursday

Who was President of the US when the stock market crashed and Depression began?

Theodore Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Herbert Hoover

William McKinley

Who was elected president because he had a plan to pull America out of the Great Depression?

William McKinley

Woodrow Wilson

Theodore Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

What was the name of FDR's plan to reconstruct America following the Great Depression?

No Deal

New Deal

Reconstruction

FDR's Plan

During the Great Depression, there was a severe drought in the Great Plains. Strong prairie winds picked up the topsoil and spread dust everywhere. Many farm families packed everything up and moved west. What was this event called?

Dust Bowl

Salad Bowl

Great Plains Panic

Depressing Dust

Charities that provided bread and soup to homeless and jobless people during the Depression were called _______?

Priest Palace

Soup and Salad Bowls

Soup Kitchens

Goodwill

Who was a famous pianist, composer, and bandleader during the “swing era”?

Duke Ellington

Margaret Mitchell

Jesse Owens

FDR

People who could no longer afford their homes were forced to live in cardboard shacks that they built in public parks. What were these shacks called?

Shantyshacks

Town Homes

Tenement Housing

Hoovervilles

10.

What event did America take part in beginning in 1942 following the Great Depression?

WWI

Great Depression 2.0

The Election

WWII

11.

True or False: The New Deal plan completely fixed the broken American economy.

True

False

12.

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

13.

What was the main reason for the emergence of “Hoovervilles” like the one shown in the photograph?

Many Americans had lost jobs during the Great Depression.

Thousands of homes had been destroyed by the effects of the Dust Bowl.

Housing projects could not keep up with the demand for homes needed by the poor.

Preparations for World War I had created a shortage of building materials.

14.

How long did the Dust Bowl last?

5 weeks

6 months

25 years

10 years

15.

Americans waited for hours in ____ to receive some soup and food so they wouldn't go hungry.

Breadlines

Homeless Shelters

Orphanages

Restaurants

16.

During the 30's it was said agricultural jobs weer available in

California, many people migrated there. What were these people called?

Miskogees

Okies

Immigrants

Smokies

17.

All of these were causes of the Dust Bowl Except:

Over Planting

Florida Farmers removing native grasses

Change in Farming Techniques

Drought from 1930-1940

18.

Which Americans suffered the most during the Great Depression?

Californians

Women

African Americans

Middle aged men

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Great Depression Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

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