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The Great Depression Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What percentage of American workers were unemployed during the Great Depression?

a)

100%

b)

50%

c)

25%

d)

10%

2.

The day that the stock market failed was called what?

a)

D-Day

b)

Armistice Day

c)

Wednesday

d)

Black Tuesday

3.

The Great Depression started in _____ and ended in approximately ____.

a)

1860, 1865

b)

1920, 1929

c)

1929, 1940

d)

1941, 1945

4.

A percentage of a company that can be bought and sold is called _____?

a)

margin

b)

trades

c)

stocks

d)

units

5.

Which of the following was NOT an aspect of the New Deal?

a)

Started by Herbert Hoover

b)

Began programs that put people to work building roads, schools and parks

c)

Created farm assistance programs

d)

Provided unemployment insurance and pensions

6.

Shanty towns with run down shacks made of things like cardboard and scrap materials were called ______?

a)

Whovilles

b)

Cul-de-sacs

c)

Hoovervilles

d)

Ranches

7.

Where would someone go for a free hot meal during the Great Depression?

a)

Hooverville

b)

Soup Kitchen

c)

Dust Bowl

d)

Wall Street

8.

Which of these programs were part of FDR's New Deal? (*Multiple correct answers!)

a)

FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)

b)

FSA (Farm Security Administration)

c)

CRAAP (Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose)

d)

WPA (Works Progress Administration)

9.

All of the following contributed to the Dust Bowl (*Multiple correct answers!)

a)

Poor farming practices

b)

Over-hunting of Buffalo

c)

Extreme Winds

d)

Drought

10.

This was the name given to World War I Veterans who asked for their government money early (rather than waiting until 1945)

a)

Red Army

b)

Trench Foot Army

c)

Roosevelt's Army

d)

Bonus Army

11.

________ is when a person can no longer pay their debts.

a)

New Deal

b)

Margin

c)

Great Depression

d)

Bankruptcy

12.

_______ Roosevelt was FDR's wife who championed social causes such as minority rights.

a)

Dolores

b)

Eleanor

c)

Phoebe

d)

Margaret

13.

What are these drawings?

a)

Hobo symbols

b)

Lil Mag's homework

c)

The sign outside a soup kitchen

d)

A Hooverville flag

14.

This region suffered a drought and became known as the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression.

a)

Tidewater

b)

Great Plains

c)

Pacific Northwest

d)

Deep South

15.

Who famously said, "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself."

a)

Hoover

b)

FDR

c)

Kennedy

d)

Reagan

16.

FDR had a weekly radio program called the _________ Chats, where he boosted the confidence of the American people.

a)

Poolside

b)

Great Plains

c)

Mountain top

d)

Fireside

17.

People would wait in _______ for free food during the Great Depression.

a)

subway lines

b)

waiting rooms

c)

bread lines

d)

restaurants

18.

The Federal Reserve monitors __________.

a)

soup kitchens

b)

the Hoover Dam

c)

Wall Street

d)

the banking industry

19.

High tariffs increased _______ on imported goods, which was another factor of the Great Depression.

a)

taxes

b)

heat

c)

stocks

d)

margin

20.

When many people tried to withdraw their savings from banks during the Great Depression, it was called _______ ________.

a)

a Bank Run

b)

a Fun Run

c)

Checks and Balances

d)

Black Tuesday