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The Great Depression

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name

Class

Date

What best describes the United States during the 1920's

Economic depression, unemployment and climate disaster.

Economic boom, major changes to society and culture.

Economic boom, unemployment and changes to culture.

Economic depression, no alcohol whatsoever, climate disaster.

When did the Stock Market crash?

1919

1929

1985

1930

Who was the president during the beginning of the Great Depression?

Woodrow Wilson

Franklin Roosevelt

Herbert Hoover

Jimmy Carter

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

The Stock Market Crash of 1929

Bank Failures

Slowdown of Purchasing

Climate drought and the Dust Bowl

President Herbert Hoover

When people could not pay back their loans ___________.

banks forgave them

banks loaned more

banks raised the interest rate

banks closed

What were the names of the groups of shacks that were built in city parks?

Roosevilles

Hoovervilles

Teddy Towns

Fort Franklin

How did "bank runs" impact the American people during the Great Depression?

Banks eventually ran out of money to loan, and people's life savings were gone.

Banks made loans throughout the Great Depression, helping people pay bills until they could find work.

Banks were able to keep people's deposits safe, but they could not loan out any more money.

Banks were not at all involved in the Great Depression because people did not use them.

Which of these statements is true of the 1932 presidential election?

Franklin Roosevelt won in a landslide.

Hoover lost by a narrow margin.

Huey Long ran a strong third-party campaign.

Roosevelt won a third term.

What was the name of the program Roosevelt created to make jobs and stimulate the economy?

Relief Now

Recovery Plan

New Deal

Big Deal

10.

During the 1930s, poor land management and severe drought conditions across parts of the Midwest resulted in the

formation of the United States Department of Agriculture

creation of wheat surpluses

growth of the Populist movement

development of Dust Bowl conditions on the Great Plains

11.

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) were both New Deal programs developed to address the problem of

excessive stock market speculation

high unemployment

increased use of credit

limited income of senior citizens

12.

President Franklin Roosevelt's main message to the American people can be summed up in 1 word, what is that word?

Patience

Confidence

Fear

Participation

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The Great Depression

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 23mins

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