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Great Depression/Dust Bowl Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name

Class

Date

What event took place in October 1929 that many people consider an important factor in causing the Great Depression?

Stock Car Crash

Stock Market Crash

World War I

World War II

During the Great Depression, as many as ________ of all American workers were without a job.

one-half (1/2)

one-third (1/3)

two-thirds (2/3)

one-fourth (1/4)

What major events in U.S. history lasted throughout the 1930s?

World War I and World War II

Dust Bowl, Stock Market Crash

Great Depression, Dust Bowl

World War 1 and Great Depression

Who was President of the United States (POTUS) during the beginning of the Great Depression.

Herbert Wilson

Herbert Hoover

Hoover Johnson

Herbert Roosevelt

Many unfortunate people lived in shacks referred to as _____________.

Hoovervilles

Shack Towns

Poor People Places

Dirty Towns

During the Great Depression, unemployment caused many people to keep buying goods and services.

True

False

Severe ________ played an important part in the creation of the Dust Bowl.

droughts

rainfall

tornados

thunderstorms

Dust storms could cause livestock and human deaths caused by suffocation.

True

False

Farmers did not contribute to the Dust Bowl.

True

False

10.

What was the main cause of the Great Depression?

High tariffs

Low worker wages

Stock market collapse

Overproduction of goods

11.

Following the 1929 Stock Market crash...

There was investments in overseas countries

The stock market was closed

President Hoover resigned

The country went into Great Depression

12.

The Great Depression was a time of economic--

Hardship

Prosperity

Slowdown

Uprising

13.

What was the impact of the Great Depression?

Many were homeless

Banks and Business failed

Many lost jobs

All of the above

14.

Most of the Dust Bowl families moved...

North

South

East

West

15.

Migrant workers are people that...

Live in one place

Move from place to place looking for work

Move from country to country

Move from city to city singing songs

16.

What were the people called who left the Dust Bowl area and went to other places?

Hoovervilles

travelers

Okies

loners

17.

What year did the Dust Bowl begin?

1930

2016

1954

1916

18.

Identify a negative consequence of the Dust Bowl on farmers.

Farmers had no consequences

Farmers didn't have to work very hard anymore

Farmers could't pay their bills and possibly lost their farms

Farmers were worried there was too much rain

19.

How long did the Dust Bowl last?

5 weeks

6 months

25 years

10 years

20.

What group of people had the worst consequences from the Dust Bowl?

Farmers in the Great Plains

Doctors up North

People on the East Coast

People out West

21.

What state did NOT experience the Dust Bowl?

Texas

Oklahoma

Florida

Kansas

22.

who was Herbert Hoover?

a president during the Great Depression

a cook during the Great

a man who fought in the civil war

worked in the stock market

23.

What do we call a share of ownership in a company?

minimum wage

soup kitchen

stock

stock market

24.

Unemployment is the number of people without.....

money

children

jobs

food

25.

Which event occurred on Black Tuesday?

many factories closed

many banks closed

many people lost their homes

the stock market crashed

Reset

Great Depression/Dust Bowl Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

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