WorksheetsThe Great Depression
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
What was the Great Depression?
The Great Depression was a devastating financial crisis that affected most countries around the world.
The Great Depression was a war caused buy a fight between Great Britain and the U.S.
The Great Depression was caused by Franklin Roosevelt.
All the above.
What was the Black Tuesday date?
8/25/1921
7/11/1984
8/24/1924
6/10/1922
Why did the stock market crash occur?
The causes of the eventual market collapse were low wages, the proliferation of debt, a struggling agricultural sector and an excess of large bank loans that could not be liquidated.
There was a four-day collapse of stock prices.
Billions of dollars were lost, wiping out thousands of investors.
All of the above.
Who were the important leaders during this time period
Only Herbert Hoover
Only Franklin Roosevelt
Hebert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt
What was the dust bowl?
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.
The Dust Bowl was a dust storm that killed 6,500 people.
The Dust Bowl was a dust storm that made exactly 2 million people homeless.
All of the above.
What was a Soup Kitchen?
A soup kitchen was a meal for anyone who wanted to eat free food.
A soup kitchen was a kitchen with soup in it.
A soup kitchen was a place were food was offered to the hungry usually for free.
A soup kitchen was a place were food was served to the hungry for $10.
What happened when the bank's closed?
At the very last minute everyone started to come to the bank to withdraw there money back but it was to late and the bank people declined to give them there money back, witch meant that the people were left unhanded and there money went to waist.
The people would start sending more money to the banks so that there money couldn't be stolen when the bank's started to close down.
Everyone left there house's and never came back ever again.
None of the above.
How did the great depression end?
CCC/TVA/WPA/WW2
CCC/TVA/WPA
WWII
None of the above.
How did the Great Depression affect the lives of millions of Americans?
There was loss of money.
No one was affected.
There were unemployed people and nearly half the country's banks had failed.
None of the above.
