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WorksheetsThe Great Depression Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
What percentage of American workers were unemployed during the Great Depression?
100%
50%
25%
10%
The day that the stock market failed was called what?
D-Day
Armistice Day
Wednesday
Black Tuesday
The Great Depression started in _____ and ended in approximately ____.
1860, 1865
1920, 1929
1929, 1940
1941, 1945
A percentage of a company that can be bought and sold is called _____?
margin
trades
stocks
units
Which of the following was NOT an aspect of the New Deal?
Started by Herbert Hoover
Began programs that put people to work building roads, schools and parks
Created farm assistance programs
Provided unemployment insurance and pensions
Shanty towns with run down shacks made of things like cardboard and scrap materials were called ______?
Whovilles
Cul-de-sacs
Hoovervilles
Ranches
Where would someone go for a free hot meal during the Great Depression?
Hooverville
Soup Kitchen
Dust Bowl
Wall Street
Which of these programs were part of FDR's New Deal? (*Multiple correct answers!)
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
FSA (Farm Security Administration)
CRAAP (Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose)
WPA (Works Progress Administration)
All of the following contributed to the Dust Bowl (*Multiple correct answers!)
Poor farming practices
Over-hunting of Buffalo
Extreme Winds
Drought
This was the name given to World War I Veterans who asked for their government money early (rather than waiting until 1945)
Red Army
Trench Foot Army
Roosevelt's Army
Bonus Army
________ is when a person can no longer pay their debts.
New Deal
Margin
Great Depression
Bankruptcy
_______ Roosevelt was FDR's wife who championed social causes such as minority rights.
Dolores
Eleanor
Phoebe
Margaret
What are these drawings?
Hobo symbols
Lil Mag's homework
The sign outside a soup kitchen
A Hooverville flag
This region suffered a drought and became known as the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression.
Tidewater
Great Plains
Pacific Northwest
Deep South
Who famously said, "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself."
Hoover
FDR
Kennedy
Reagan
FDR had a weekly radio program called the _________ Chats, where he boosted the confidence of the American people.
Poolside
Great Plains
Mountain top
Fireside
People would wait in _______ for free food during the Great Depression.
subway lines
waiting rooms
bread lines
restaurants
The Federal Reserve monitors __________.
soup kitchens
the Hoover Dam
Wall Street
the banking industry
High tariffs increased _______ on imported goods, which was another factor of the Great Depression.
taxes
heat
stocks
margin
When many people tried to withdraw their savings from banks during the Great Depression, it was called _______ ________.
a Bank Run
a Fun Run
Checks and Balances
Black Tuesday
