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1
What was one cause of the Dust Bowl?
Okies moving to California
The Stock Market Crash
Locusts eating all the crops
Overplowing
2
Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Langston Hughes, and Duke Ellington are all...
Artists of the Harlem Renaissance
Leaders of Prohibiton
Artists of the Avant Guarde
Jazz Age Musicians
3
What was FDR's plan for pulling America out of the Great Depression?
The New Deal
Big Stick Diplomacy
The Square Deal
Alphabet soup
4
Which of these was NOT a New Deal Program?
Social Security
Civilian Conservation Corps
Alphabet Soup Agency
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
5
_________ were shanty towns named after President Herbert Hoover.
Hoover blankets
Herbertvilles
Hoover flags
Hoovervilles
6
How did FDR communicate with Americans during the Great Depression?
Wrote letters to the public
Broadcasted his fireside chats on the radio
Invited them over for dinner
Sent them telegrams
7
Why were some people skeptical or critical of the New Deal?
thought it an Old Deal
Thought Hoover would do a better job
They thought it would give the government too much power
Thought it gave FDR too much power
8
Which of these was NOT an effect of the Stock Market Crash in 1929?
The Dust Bowl
Unemployment
Bank Runs
Homelessness/Hunger
9
High ______ limited trade with other nations and led to the Great Depression.
unemployment
Stocks
Tariffs
Crop surplus
10
How did automobiles change life in America 1920's?
Unemployment Rose
More Rail Roads were built
More People moved to the city
Provided Jobs and Greater Mobility
11
Who was President FDR's Eyes and Ears during his presidency?
Herbert Hoover
The Vice President
The Poor
Eleanor Roosevelt
12
____ were most affected by the Stock Market Crash because they couldn't pay back the banks
People who bought on the Margin
people who sold stocks
People who bought stocks
Farmers
13
Which of the following is NOT a relief and recovery program of the New Deal?
Social Security
Women's Suffrage
Public Works Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
14
An organized system of buying and selling of shares of businesses and corporations is a
speculation
Stock Exchange
buying on the margin
Hoover sharing
15
What were the three main goals of the New Deal?
Bank Holidays, Stock Market Regulation, Soup Kitchens
Relief, Recovery, and Reform
End the Dust bowl, Provide Jobs, and Stay out of WWII
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
16
Why did the
Okies
move to California?
They wanted to make it big in Hollywood
They wanted to work in the factories
They lost their farms and searched for work there
The dust storms were more frequent in California.
17
This photo, "Migrant Mother" by Dorthea Lange represents what time period?
Westward Expansion
The Spanish American War
Jazz Age
The Great Depression
18
Why did FDR get reelected for four terms back to back?
He was good at public speaking
Eleanor threatened Americans
He gained Americans trust
He blackmailed Congress
19
The day the Stock Market Crashed, Oct. 29th 1929, is known as?
Red Sunday
Black Tuesday
Black Friday
Bank Run Tuesday
20
What was the one thing that
truly
pulled America out of the Great Depression?
WWII
the Hoover Dam
The Stock Market
the New Deal
21
What happened to farmer's income during the 1920's?
increased with the growing popluations
turned into dust
Increased due to investments in the Stock market
decreased due to crop surplus that couldn't be sold
22
_________ wrote about migrant workers in
The
Grapes of Wrath.
Langston Hughes
JK Rowling
F. Scott Fitzgerald
John Steinbeck
