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Great Depression Exam Review

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did the WPA (Works Progress Administration) do?

a)

It reorganized the banks.

b)

It gave food assistance to Americans.

c)

It gave Americans jobs.

d)

It cleaned up state parks.

2.

Which decade is associated with the Great Depression?

a)

1860s

b)

1870s

c)

1920s

d)

1930s

3.

Which constitutional amendment was passed during the Great Depression?

a)

13th amendment

b)

18th amendment

c)

19th amendment

d)

21st amendment

4.

What is NOT true about the 21st amendment?

a)

It was the only amendment to repeal (get rid of) another amendment.

b)

It repealed the 13th amendment.

c)

It banished prohibition.

d)

It was supported by FDR's administration.

5.

Which Florida hurricane happened during the Great Depression era?

a)

Hurricane Michael

b)

Miami Hurricane that ended the land boom

c)

Hurricane that flooded Lake Okeechobee

d)

Labor Day Hurricane that hit the Keys

6.

This was the name for the many government programs and groups created to help Americans during the Great Depression.

a)

alphabet agencies

b)

special programs

c)

relief agencies

d)

CCCs

7.

This was a government agency that employed young men for conservation work like planting trees, fighting fires, building bridges, and building our state park system.

a)

WPA (Works Progress Administration)

b)

CCC (Civilian Conservation Corp)

c)

TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)

d)

NRA (National Recovery Administration)

8.

Florida suffered from the Great Depression before other states did because of...

a)

WWI

b)

Labor Day Hurricane

c)

government corruption

d)

falling land prices

9.

Who led the country through MOST of the Great Depression?

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Harry Truman

d)

John Kennedy

10.

What got the US out of the Great Depression?

a)

land boom

b)

New Deal

c)

WWI

d)

WWII

11.

What was the greatest lasting impact of the Great Depression?

a)

government's role in peoples' everyday lives grew

b)

the US never had a financial crisis again

c)

the banks were permanently fixed

d)

people were hungry

12.

This was the president that Americans blamed for the Great Depression being so bad.

a)

Calvin Coolidge

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

Harry Truman

13.

During the Great Depression, if you became homeless and lived in a shantytown, you likely called it a...

a)

paper town

b)

homeless village

c)

Crisis City

d)

Hooverville

14.

During the Great Depression, many people were given hope by the president's plan to put people back to work. What was it called?

a)

Great Society

b)

New Deal

c)

Civil Rights Act

d)

A New Hope

15.

What/who was NOT affected by the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935.

a)

the Florida Keys

b)

WWI veterans

c)

the Overseas Railroad

d)

Lake Okeechobee

16.

What is the event that marks the beginning of the Great Depression?

a)

the Florida land bust

b)

Black Tuesday

c)

bank runs

d)

the first Fireside Chat

17.
After the Stock Market Crash, many people lost their life savings because _______________.
a)
banks closed
b)
banks gave away their money
c)
they couldn't remember where they put it
d)
someone stole it
18.
According to the graph, how many people were unemployed in the year 1930?
a)
5 million
b)
2 million
c)
4 million
d)
3 million
19.
What is the best title for this list?
- Increase in demand for soup kitchens
- Business failures
- Large numbers of homeless people
- High unemployment
- Migration from Great Plains to California
a)
New Deal  
b)
Square Deal  
c)
Impact of the Great Depression  
d)
Causes of the Great Depression 
20.
The _________ Bowl was an effect of farmers over planting, high winds, drought and a loss of topsoil and arable land in the central part of the United States (great plains) during the 1920s-1930s.
a)
Super
b)
Melting Pot
c)
Dust
d)
Salad
21.
October 29th, 1929, the day the stock market crashed and marked the beginning of the Great Depression
a)
Black Monday
b)
Black Tuesday
c)
Black Wednesday
d)
Black Friday
22.

All of these CAUSED the Great Depression EXCEPT:

a)

bank failures

b)

overproduction

c)

too much speculation on the stock market

d)

Black Tuesday

23.

Which is the correct order of eras?

a)

WWI, roaring twenties, Great Depression, WWII

b)

WWII, WWII, roaring twenties, Great Depression

c)

roaring twenties, Great Depression, WWI, WWII

d)

WWI, Great Depression, roaring twenties, WWII