One of the most important causes of the Great Depression was the fact that during the 1920s…

There was a fundamental maldistribution of purchasing power

Two public programs created to ease Great Depression unemployment, were:

The Hoover Dam & Mount Rushmore

The stock market crash of 1929…

Triggered a chain of events that led to economic crisis

Caused the dust from the Plains to blow as far as Chicago

What were the effects of the Dust Bowl?

People migrated west to California

What 1938 event did African Americans revel in as a gain for the culture& the U.S. as a whole?

Joe Louis defeats Max Schmelling for the Heavyweights title

There were several causes of the Great Depression, including:

Weak economy (from WWI), overproduction, and more

Hoover’s first efforts to control the Depression focused on…

Cooperation by leaders in restoring public confidence

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The Great Depression Review

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1
Which President won the election of 1928?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
None of the above
Herbert Hoover
2
One of the most important causes of the Great Depression was the fact that during the 1920s…
There was a fundamental maldistribution of purchasing power
Government regulation had stifled free enterprise
Not enough profits were put back into businesses
Low tariff policies
3
Two public programs created to ease Great Depression unemployment, were:
Hooversvilles & The Hoover Dam
The Grand Canyon & The Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam & Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore & The Grand Canyon
4
Nickname given to shanty towns in the exterior of major cities during the Great Depression?
Teddy Towns
Hooversvilles
Harding Heights
Wilson Way
5
Which of the following was NOT a cause for the “Dust Bowl” during the Great Depression era?
Clearing sod for wheat farming
A Severe drought
Building roads in the midwest
New technology such as tractors and disc plows
6
The stock market crash of 1929…
Caused The Great Depression
Had no effect on the onset of the Great Depression
Was the result of the Great Depression
Triggered a chain of events that led to economic crisis
7
The Dust Bowl...
Was caused solely by a particularly bad drought
largely a result of farming practices in the great Plains
Caused the dust from the Plains to blow as far as Chicago
Only lasted for a year
8
What were the effects of the Dust Bowl?
The Great Depression ended
People built cities in the midwest
Farmers thrived
People migrated west to California
9
Over expansion of credit and unsound banking policies led to:
Workers' Strikes
Prohibition
The Great Depression
The Stock Market Crash
10
What 1938 event did African Americans revel in as a gain for the culture& the U.S. as a whole?
Jackie Robinson helped the Yankees win the World Series
FDR mentioned contribution of African Americans to the war
Joe Louis defeats Max Schmelling for the Heavyweights title
Jesse Owens was triumphant at the Berlin Olympics
11
There were several causes of the Great Depression, including:
The stock market crash, overconsumption, WWII
WWII, National Debt, The Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl and the Dust Bowl
Weak economy (from WWI), overproduction, and more
12
Hoover’s first efforts to control the Depression focused on…
Creating millions of federal jobs
A recovery program for the banking industry
Cooperation by leaders in restoring public confidence
A massive federal relief bill
13
this environmental disaster had a lasting economic strain on the US
The Great San Francisco Earthquake
The Dust Bowl
The Johnstown Flood
The Great Chicago Fire
14
___ is controlled by the FDIC&states guidelines for the percentage of deposits?
Banks
Movie Industry
Stock Market
Radio
15
The Great Depression had a large impact on families in the United States. This could be seen by
Children quit school to work and support families
250,000 teenagers traveled the country looking for work
All of the above
The decline in birthrates

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