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WorksheetsGreat Depression
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Caused by people rushing to withdraw money from banks after the stock market crash - people lost their personal savings
Bank Failures
Over Speculation
Dust Bowl
Hoover Dam
Which of the following is NOT one of the causes of the Great Depression?
Overspeculation in the Stock Market
Bank Failures
Increase in Trade
Decreasing Demand
Which of the following was implemented to reduce competition for jobs during the Great Depression?
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Rugged Individualism
Breadlines/Soup Kitchens
Mexican Repatriation
Which of the following factors contributed to the Dust Bowl?
Drought
Low Winds
Underproduction of Crops
Prolonged Rain
Conservative president during the Great Depression who supported rugged individualism and voluntary assistance but opposed direct relief
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
Democratic president who supported direct relief and government intervention in response to the Great Depression
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
Shanty towns built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the U.S. and named after Herbert Hoover, who was widely blamed for not helping enough
Hoover Dam
Hoovervilles
Hoover Flags
Hoover Blankets
Created jobs and provided resources like electricity and water for states including Nevada, Arizona, and California
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Rugged Individualism
Mexican Repatriation
Hoover Dam
U.S. government agency established under the Hoover administration to provide financial aid (loans) to business corporations.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Social Security Act
National Industrial Recovery Act
First lady under FDR's administration and humanitarian. Expanded the role of First Lady into a more active political partnership
Lou Henry Hoover
Edith Kermit Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Grace Coolidge
