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WorksheetsGreat Depression
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
This event signaled the beginning of the Great Depression
US entered WWI
stock market crash of October 1929
the sinking of the Lusitania
the election of Herbert Hoover
During the depression consumer spending
increased nationwide
decreased nationwide
remained the same as in the 1920s
had no effect on industrial production
President Herbert Hoover believed that the economy would
not affect the average American
be further harmed by government intervention
never improve
improve with little or no help from the government
Many Americans blamed ___________ for their economic troubles.
Germany
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Herbert Hoover
the soup kitchens and unemployment lines
_________ represent ownership of a corporation
shares of stock
decreases in production
profit margins
tariffs
When banks across the country closed
new more modern banks quickly opened up to replace them
many people were able to get their savings back from the government
millions lost their savings
investors made fortunes
High tariffs
discourage international trade
encourage international trade
were helpful in the 1930s
encouraged countries to exist peacefully
The Depression was intensified by the fact that many Americans had too much debt from buying consumer goods on _________.
credit cards
consignment
sale
installment plans
The Hawley-Smoot Tariff was passed to encourage
Americans to deposit their money into banks
international trade
Americans to buy American goods
Americans to buy imported goods
Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the Depression?
declines in industrial production
business closures
25% of Americans were unemployed
new consumer goods were bought on installment plans
Farmers were able to grow larger crops using tractors and other machinery. This lead to
a shortage of tractors
everyone wanting farm land
overproduction
not enough food for the country
Hoovervilles were
makeshift homeless camps/shantytowns
5th Avenue Penthouses unaffected by the Depression
farms with modern machinery
housing for US soldiers
What caused the dust storms on the Southern Plains
the bank closures
excessive rains coupled with new levees and ditches
a lack of farming coupled with the planting of trees and native grasses
poor soil conservation practices & drought conditions
Which of the following is NOT a way that the Dust Bowl affected the people of the Plains region?
huge clouds of choking dust
people and livestock died
crops were killed
millions flocked to the region for new opportunities
President Herbert Hoover thought that government interference in the economy would cause
the government to fail.
charities to dissolve and refuse to help Americans.
weakened individual character and work ethic and a dependency on government handouts.
other countries to see the United States as weak.
Most Americans thought that President Hoover
did too little, too late.
overreacted and helped too much.
was a hero.
should be reelected.
