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Great depression & the Dustbowl.

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Around how many banks failed during the Great Depression?

a)

7

b)

19

c)

128

d)

1,000

e)

11,000

2.

What were the shanty towns where many homeless lived called during the Great Depression?

a)

Roosevelt Towns

b)

Cardboard Cities

c)

Hoovervilles

d)

Herbertlands

e)

Wilsonboroughs

3.

10. What event brought an end to the Great Depression?

a)

Korean War

b)

World War I

c)

Cold War

d)

World War II

e)

Vietnam War

4.

During what decade did the majority of the Great Depression occur?

a)

1900s

b)

1910s

c)

1920s

d)

1930s

e)

1940s

5.

Who was president of the United States at the start of the Great Depression?

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

e)

John F. Kennedy

6.

What was the 'New Deal'?

a)

A radio show put on by the president

b)

A series of laws and programs to help end the Great Depression

c)

The name of the Federal Bank

d)

The name of a popular professional wrestler

e)

A lunch time combo very popular in the country

7.

Where did many migrant workers from the Dust Bowl in the Midwest migrate to?

a)

California

b)

New York

c)

Florida

d)

Texas

e)

Canada

8.

What event is generally considered to be the start of the Great Depression?

a)

Dust bowl

b)

Prohibition

c)

Stock market crash

d)

New Deal

e)

Bonus Army March

9.

What president was elected when he promised Americans a 'New Deal'?

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

e)

John F. Kennedy

10.

What is an Okie?

a)

a tall person

b)

sunglasses

c)

fried cheese

d)

A person from Oklahoma

11.

The __________________ was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s.

a)

World War 1

b)

Dust Bowl

c)

The Great Depression

d)

Independence Day

12.

In what region of the country did the Dust Bowl take place?

a)

Midwest

b)

East coast

c)

Southeast

d)

West Coast

e)

Southwest

13.

During what decade did the Dust Bowl occur?

a)

1890s

b)

1920s

c)

1930s

d)

1960s

e)

1820's

14.

What other major event was the United States going through during the Dust Bowl?

a)

Civil War

b)

Cold War

c)

Roaring Twenties

d)

Great Depression

e)

World War I


15.

According to the article, what were giant dust storms called?

a)

Dust ups

b)

Dark Winters

c)

Dirty Hurricanes

d)

Black blizzards

e)

Tornadoes

16.

Government aid and new farming practices helped the land to recover once the drought ended.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Who wrote The Grapes of Wrath about a family during the Dust Bowl?

a)

Mark Twain

b)

Steven King

c)

John Steinbeck

d)

Charles Dickens

e)

Virginia Wolf

18.

Which of the following was a result of dust storms?


a)

Houses were buried in dust

b)

It was difficult to breathe

c)

Livestock choked to death

d)

Crops could not grow

e)

good soil for farming was discovered under the topsoil

19.

What nickname was used for people who moved from the Dust Bowl to California?

a)

Okies

b)

Forty Niners

c)

Trailers

d)

Sooners

e)

Dusties

20.

What did the federal government do to help protect the soil in the Midwest from wind erosion?

a)

Built windmills

b)

Created new energy sources

c)

Made dust storms illegal

d)

Planted trees

e)

Nothing

21.

According to the article, what state made it illegal to bring poor people into the state during the Great Depression?

a)

New York

b)

California

c)

Oklahoma

d)

Texas

e)

South Carolina

22.

How many people left their homes from the Dust Bowl?

a)

60%

b)

15 million

c)

500,000

d)

Basically None. They were tough people who wouldn't quit.

e)

90%