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WorksheetsGreat Depression
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 39mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
President during the 1930s who was considered a failure because he couldn't fix the Great Depression.
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Herbert Hoover
c)
Margaret Mitchell
d)
Jessie Owens
2.
Famous African American athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin
a)
Louis Armstrong
b)
Langston Hughes
c)
Jesse Owens
d)
Duke Ellington
3.
The president who promised the people a "New Deal" during the Great Depression.
a)
Jesse Owens
b)
Herbert Hoover
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
George Washington
4.
Famous Jazz musician of the 1930s
a)
Duke Ellington
b)
Jessie Owens
5.
What role do banks have in the economy?
a)
They provide loans to people who need money and help people invest money in stocks.
b)
They tax customers to pay for new programs.
c)
They decide how everyone should spend their money.
d)
They do not play a role in the economy.
6.
Which of the following is the government's role in the economy?
a)
Providing stocks to people who need to invest.
b)
The main provider of loans to people who want to buy homes.
c)
Giving interest to people who put their money into savings accounts.
d)
Building roads, schools, hospitals, and more with tax money.
7.
Which of the following was NOT a problem facing the United States from 1929-1939.
a)
Many banks were closing because they ran out of money.
b)
The economy struggled because of all the money that had been spent fighting in Europe.
c)
A drought hit the U.S. for several years causing many farmers' crops to fail.
d)
The stock market crashed causing people to lose millions and businesses to struggle.
8.
Bob lived during a time when there were large dust storms and no rain for weeks or months at a time. This was known as the
a)
Great Recession
b)
TVA
c)
Dust Bowl
d)
CCC
9.
Which technological advance in the 1920s and 1930s caused over farming and the destruction of many farms when a drought hit?
a)
tractors
b)
contour farming
c)
plow
d)
windbreaks
10.
What effect did the Dust Bowl storms have on the Great Depression?
a)
Many farmers were forced to leave the Great Plains.
b)
Unemployment decreased gradually.
c)
Many homes long the Mississippi River were flooded.
d)
Hoover was re-elected as president.
11.
In the 1930's, people would line up at ____________ to get food. These were normally run by charities.
a)
churches
b)
businesses
c)
soup kitchens
d)
work
12.
After the Stock Market Crash, many people lost their life savings because _______________.
a)
banks closed
b)
banks gave away their money
c)
they couldn't remember where they put it
d)
someone stole it
13.
What were the villages full of shacks located in cities filled with unemployed Americans called?
a)
Hoovervilles
b)
Okies
c)
Bonus Army Bases
d)
Rooseveltowns
14.
Pick the best answer. Over-production of what led to the Great Depression?
a)
farm goods
b)
consumer goods
c)
farm and consumer goods
d)
iPhones
15.
Ownership in shares of a company or corporation
a)
CEO
b)
Insurance
c)
Stocks
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