WorksheetsGreat depression & the Dustbowl.
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Around how many banks failed during the Great Depression?
7
19
128
1,000
11,000
What were the shanty towns where many homeless lived called during the Great Depression?
Roosevelt Towns
Cardboard Cities
Hoovervilles
Herbertlands
Wilsonboroughs
10. What event brought an end to the Great Depression?
Korean War
World War I
Cold War
World War II
Vietnam War
During what decade did the majority of the Great Depression occur?
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
Who was president of the United States at the start of the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover
Harry Truman
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
What was the 'New Deal'?
A radio show put on by the president
A series of laws and programs to help end the Great Depression
The name of the Federal Bank
The name of a popular professional wrestler
A lunch time combo very popular in the country
Where did many migrant workers from the Dust Bowl in the Midwest migrate to?
California
New York
Florida
Texas
Canada
What event is generally considered to be the start of the Great Depression?
Dust bowl
Prohibition
Stock market crash
New Deal
Bonus Army March
What president was elected when he promised Americans a 'New Deal'?
Herbert Hoover
Harry Truman
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
What is an Okie?
a tall person
sunglasses
fried cheese
A person from Oklahoma
The __________________ was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s.
World War 1
Dust Bowl
The Great Depression
Independence Day
In what region of the country did the Dust Bowl take place?
Midwest
East coast
Southeast
West Coast
Southwest
During what decade did the Dust Bowl occur?
1890s
1920s
1930s
1960s
1820's
What other major event was the United States going through during the Dust Bowl?
Civil War
Cold War
Roaring Twenties
Great Depression
World War I
According to the article, what were giant dust storms called?
Dust ups
Dark Winters
Dirty Hurricanes
Black blizzards
Tornadoes
Government aid and new farming practices helped the land to recover once the drought ended.
True
False
Who wrote The Grapes of Wrath about a family during the Dust Bowl?
Mark Twain
Steven King
John Steinbeck
Charles Dickens
Virginia Wolf
Which of the following was a result of dust storms?
Houses were buried in dust
It was difficult to breathe
Livestock choked to death
Crops could not grow
good soil for farming was discovered under the topsoil
What nickname was used for people who moved from the Dust Bowl to California?
Okies
Forty Niners
Trailers
Sooners
Dusties
What did the federal government do to help protect the soil in the Midwest from wind erosion?
Built windmills
Created new energy sources
Made dust storms illegal
Planted trees
Nothing
According to the article, what state made it illegal to bring poor people into the state during the Great Depression?
New York
California
Oklahoma
Texas
South Carolina
How many people left their homes from the Dust Bowl?
60%
15 million
500,000
Basically None. They were tough people who wouldn't quit.
90%
