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WorksheetsGreat Depression Formative 24 - 25
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 37mins
What were the main causes of the Great Depression?
World War II, technological advancements, increase in consumer spending
Stock market crash, bank failures, reduction in purchasing, and drought conditions
Increase in automobiles
People did not want to work
How did the Great Depression impact families?
It caused widespread unemployment, poverty, and homelessness.
It resulted in higher wages and improved living conditions
It had no impact on families at all
It led to increased job opportunities and economic growth
What was the Dust Bowl and how did it affect people?
The Dust Bowl was a period of heavy rain that caused flooding and ruined crops
The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly affected agriculture in the 1930s. It caused crop failures, economic hardship, and forced many people to leave their homes.
The Dust Bowl was a time when people celebrated the abundance of crops and economic prosperity
The Dust Bowl was a period of extreme heat that led to drought and famine
What were the effects of the Dust Bowl on farming and agriculture?
Farmers were able to harvest a lot of crops
People could not grow crops. They economy suffered
No impact on farming and agriculture
Made the economy better
How did the stock market crash lead to widespread unemployment?
It caused many businesses to close and lay off (fire) workers.
Businesses were able to hire more workers as a result
The stock market crash had no impact on unemployment
It led to an increase in job opportunities
What was the relief program called that helped people needing food, shelter, recovery to provide jobs, and reform to create new laws that made sure such a Great Depression never happened again?
The Handshake
The New Deal
Treaty of Versailles
What was created to provide food and money during the Great Depression to townspeople?
Whataburger
Soup Kitchens
Mcdonalds
Everyone rushed to sell stocks at one time causing the what of 1929?
Civil War
Stock Market Crash
Revolutionary War
Match the definition with the correct vocabulary word from below:
After the topsoil blew away, nothing would grow in much of the plains.
imports
unemployment
stock market
credit
Dust Bowl
Who was the President of the United States at the start of the Great Depression?
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Thomas Edison
People blamed President Hoover for their troubles and called their shack towns ___________.
Shanty Towns
Hoovervilles
Ghettos
What were the goals of the New Deal? (Choose ALL that apply)
Create jobs
Shut down banks
Prevent another Great Depression in the future
Shut down the stock market
Where could people go to get a free hot meal?
Hoovervilles
Banks
McDonalds
Soup kitchens
