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Great Depression

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Jesse Owens won Olympic gold medals.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Who did Hoover think should help the American people during the Great Depression?

a)

the Federal government

b)

the State governments

c)

charities

d)

When the drought began.

3.

What was "Black Tuesday"?

a)

A dark day during the Dust Bowl.

b)

The stock market crash.

c)

The shopping day after Thanksgiving.

d)

When the drought began.

4.

A lot of people were very poor during the great depression.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Which state was in the "Dust Bowl"?

a)

California

b)

New York

c)

Oklahoma

d)

Wyoming

6.

Which group had workers build dams to control flooding and provide electricity to 7 states.

a)

TVA

b)

CCC

c)

WPA

d)

AAA

7.

Which group had workers build roads, parks, bridges, airports, and buildings, and hired artists to paint murals and build sculptures

a)

TVA

b)

CCC

c)

WPA

d)

AAA

8.

Which group gave jobs to men between 18-25 to build roads, plant forest, work on irrigation and national park projects?

a)

TVA

b)

CCC

c)

WPA

d)

AAA

9.

What was the "New Deal?"

a)

a card game

b)

a good deal on a house during the great depression

c)

programs started by the government to get America back on its feet from the great depression

d)

a soup kitchen

10.

Which of these could be described as a "Hooverville"?

a)

cardboard shanty

b)

a house in the city of Hoover

c)

a palace Hoover lived in

d)

a soup kitchen

11.

Who was Jesse Owens?

a)

played swing music

b)

basketball player

c)

author

d)

track and field athlete

12.

Who was Margaret Mitchell?

a)

played swing music

b)

basketball player

c)

author

d)

track and field athlete

13.

Who was Duke Ellington?

a)

played swing music

b)

basketball player

c)

author

d)

track and field athlete

14.

What was a human cause of the Dust Bowl?

a)

dust

b)

drought

c)

overgrazing of sheep and cattle

d)

moving to the Great Plains

15.

Was the term "Hoovervilles" a compliment or an insult?

a)

Compliment

b)

Insult

16.

What was the major natural cause of the Dust Bowl?

a)

dust

b)

drought

c)

digging

d)

rainstorms

17.

Who ran the soup kitchens when the Great Depression began?

a)

The States

b)

The Federal Government

c)

Charities

d)

Schools

18.

Which of these is a program started to fight the effects of the Depression?

a)

TVA

b)

WPA

c)

CCC

d)

All of the above

e)

None of the above

19.

Which president believed the Federal Government should help Americans during the depression?

a)

Wilson

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

McKinley

d)

Hoover

20.

Who was president when the Great Depression began?

a)

Wilson

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Hoover

d)

McKinley