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Great Depression

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Caused by people rushing to withdraw money from banks after the stock market crash - people lost their personal savings

a)

Bank Failures

b)

Over Speculation

c)

Dust Bowl

d)

Hoover Dam

2.

Which of the following is NOT one of the causes of the Great Depression?

a)

Overspeculation in the Stock Market

b)

Bank Failures

c)

Increase in Trade

d)

Decreasing Demand

3.

Which of the following was implemented to reduce competition for jobs during the Great Depression?

a)

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

b)

Rugged Individualism

c)

Breadlines/Soup Kitchens

d)

Mexican Repatriation

4.

Which of the following factors contributed to the Dust Bowl?

a)

Drought

b)

Low Winds

c)

Underproduction of Crops

d)

Prolonged Rain

5.

Conservative president during the Great Depression who supported rugged individualism and voluntary assistance but opposed direct relief

a)

Calvin Coolidge

b)

Warren G. Harding

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)

6.

Democratic president who supported direct relief and government intervention in response to the Great Depression

a)

Calvin Coolidge

b)

Warren G. Harding

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)

7.

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

a)

Hoover Dam

b)

Hoovervilles

c)

Hoover Flags

d)

Hoover Blankets

8.

Created jobs and provided resources like electricity and water for states including Nevada, Arizona, and California

a)

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

b)

Rugged Individualism

c)

Mexican Repatriation

d)

Hoover Dam

9.

U.S. government agency established under the Hoover administration to provide financial aid (loans) to business corporations.

a)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

b)

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

c)

Social Security Act

d)

National Industrial Recovery Act

10.

First lady under FDR's administration and humanitarian. Expanded the role of First Lady into a more active political partnership

a)

Lou Henry Hoover

b)

Edith Kermit Roosevelt

c)

Eleanor Roosevelt

d)

Grace Coolidge