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Great Depression

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How did "bank runs" impact the American people during the Great Depression?
a)
Banks eventually ran out of money to loan, and people's life savings were gone.
b)
Banks made loans throughout the Great Depression, helping people pays bills until they could find work.
c)
Banks were able to people's deposits safe, but they could not loan out any more money.
d)
Banks were not at all involved in the Great Depression because people did not use them.
2.
What happened to bank customers in the 1930s?
a)
They earned interest on their savings accounts.
b)
They sold their shanties to the bank for a profit.
c)
Many of them lost their savings when banks closed.
d)
They asked the bank for loans to buy stocks.
3.
The photograph best illustrates which impact of the Great Depression upon Americans?
a)
A large number of banks failed.
b)
The stock market crashed.
c)
Large numbers of people were hungry and homeless.
d)
Farmer’s incomes fell to low levels.
4.
How did the Great Depression affect workers?
a)
One-half of workers were unemployed
b)
Workers’ incomes rose to high levels
c)
One-fourth of workers were without jobs
d)
Workers were able to afford luxury items
5.

What is a soup kitchen?

a)

place where food is offered to hungry people for free or low cost

b)

area of homes built out of scraps of wood and pieces of cardboard

c)

government program that built roads, parks, and bridges

d)

period of severe drought and high winds

6.

What is stock?

a)

animals that are kept on a farm

b)

shares in the ownership of a company

c)

rules and regulations for running a company

d)

procedures for setting up a corporation

7.

The Great Depression was an economic slowdown in the 1920s and 1930s. Which of the following was one cause of the Great Depression in the United States?

a)

the end of the gold rush

b)

the crash of the stock market

c)

the ending of World War II

d)

the high price of oil

8.

This person was blamed for not helping struggling Americans during the beginning of the Depression.

a)

Franklin D Roosevelt

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Calvin Coolidge

d)

Herbert Hoover

9.

Which event eventually ended the Great Depression?

a)

The New Deal

b)

Creation of the TVA

c)

World War 2

d)

The publication of Gone With the Wind

10.
Define Black Tuesday
a)
Group of government programs created to try and end the Great Depression.
b)
October 29, 1929 when the stock market crashed. It was the official start of the Great Depression
c)
Minimal improvement in economy. FDR urged congress to pass additional programs.
11.
What caused millions to lose their family wealth during The Depression?
a)
Bank closures
b)
Foreclosures on their farms and homes
c)
Stockmarket
d)
All of the above
12.

Which of the following people created government agencies and social programs that led to the end of the Great Depression?

a)

Henry Ford

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Franklin D Roosevelt

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

13.

What is a soup kitchen?

a)

place where food is offered to hungry people for free or low cost

b)

area of homes built out of scraps of wood and pieces of cardboard

c)

government program that built roads, parks, and bridges

d)

period of severe drought and high winds

14.

What area of the US was primarily affected by the Dust Bowl?

a)

Northeast

b)

Southeast

c)

Great Plains

d)

West Coast

15.

What migration route did many farmers travel during the Great Depression?

a)

Midwest to California

b)

Southeast to Maine

c)

Northeast to Oregon

d)

Northwest to Arizona

16.
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?
a)
Dust Bowl
b)
Salad Bowl
c)
Great Plains Panic
d)
Depressing Dust
17.
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?
a)
Shantyshacks
b)
Town Homes
c)
Tenement Housing
d)
Hoovervilles
18.

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

a)

money

b)

children

c)

jobs

d)

food

19.
What was a economic impact of the Great Depression?
a)
Stock market crashed and millions of Americans lost their jobs
b)
Many Americans moved to California in search for Gold
c)
Many Americans began to become wealthy due to Oil being found in Texas
20.

Why did so many banks fail following the stock market crash

a)

many people could not pay back money they owed to banks.

b)

poor management by the bank's officers

c)

just like people, the banks lost money in the stock market crash

d)

desperate people pulled all their money out of the bank,

e)

the government closed a number of banks that were performing poorly

21.

What were stock brokers doing that inflated stock prices?

a)

giving out loans that they knew would not be paid back

b)

buying stocks on credit

c)

speculating stocks to be worth more than they actually were

d)

not insuring the customer's money

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