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GREAT DEPRESSION DAILY GRADE

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

President Hoover thought the government should help the American people and give them money during the Great Depression.

a)

TRUE

b)

FASLE

2.

What is another name for the day that the stock market crashed?

a)

Blue Wednesday

b)

Black Friday

c)

Black Tuesday

d)

Red Monday

3.

Match the definition with the correct vocabulary word from below:

The condition of being out of work

a)

Great Depression

b)

unemployment

c)

stock market

d)

credit

e)

tariff

4.

During the Roaring 20's people were spending lots of money they did not have, because the credit card system allowed people to Buy Now __________________.

a)

Pay Now

b)

Pay Later

5.

Hundreds of thousands of people couldn't find jobs during the great depression.  Many people who couldn't find work couldn't afford to buy food either.

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

6.

People blamed President Hoover for their troubles and called their shack towns ___________.

a)

Shanty Towns

b)

Hoovervilles

c)

Ghettos

7.
What role do banks have in  the economy? 
a)
They provide loans to people who need money and help people invest money in stocks.
b)
They tax customers to pay for new programs.
c)
They decide how everyone should spend their money.
d)
They do not play a role in the economy.
8.

True or False:

The Great Depression was the longest and most severe economic decline in United States history.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What date did the stock market crash?

a)

November 27, 1976

b)

July 16, 1928

c)

October 21, 1921

d)

October 29, 1929

10.

President during the 1930s who was considered a failure because even though he was President he couldn't and wouldn't fix the Great Depression.

a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Herbert Hoover
c)
Margaret Mitchell
d)
Jessie Owens