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Great Depression
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1
Many teenagers left home to find work and became known as the "Wild Things"
True
False
2
How many aviation passengers were there by 1938?
6.4 million
1.9 million
1.1 million
500,000
3
Which group of people were affected by the below image?
Very Rich
Ordinary Shareholders
Farmers
Factory Workers
4
The below image is of a Hoover Blanket
False
True
5
Which charity gave away 12,000 meals a day in one small district of New York?
NSPCC
Backstreet Boys
YMCA
Salvation Army
6
The rich had to fire chauffeurs due to the Great Depression
True
False
7
Which celebrity set up a soup kitchen to salvage his reputation?
Al Pacino
Lucky Luciano
Al Capone
Marilyn Monroe
8
What percentage of the population were unemployed during the peak of the Great Depression?
25%
75%
50%
2.5%
9
What event does the below image depict?
Hoover's response to the Bonus Army march
Police violently attacking hobos in Central Park
Coolidge's responds to army veterans demanding war pensions
Factory workers protesting the closure of a shoe factory
10
How many hobos were there during the Great Depression?
2 Million
1 Thousand
1 million
3 Million
11
In which of the below areas was unemployment at 50%
New Jersey
California
Maryland
Cleveland
12
Which of the below facts would best match up with this cartoon?
1 million people resorted to becoming hobos and traveled to find work
Almost 1/3 of New Yorkers lost all their money due to bank failures
1 in 20 farmers were evicted due to being unable to pay loans
250,000 were homeless during the Depression
13
Why were the shanty towns nickname as Hoovervilles?
Mocking Hoover for not helping them
In memorial of Hoover's treatment of the Bonus Army
In respect of Hoover's introduction of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff
To draw further attention to the Wall Street Crash
14
What is 24th October 1929 referred to as?
Black Thursday
Blue Tuesday
Mauve Thursday
White Thursday
15
Walt Disney made The Lady and the Tramp during the Great Depression
True
False
