Great Depression and Dust Bowl

Question 1

When was the stock market crash the symbolized the beginning of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

October 29, 1929

Question 2

The Dustbowl occurred from

Accepted Answer

1930-1939

Question 3

Hoover, as President, was ...

Accepted Answer

became widely unpopular

Question 4

Who beat Hoover in 1932?

Accepted Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 5

By 1932 what percent of Americans were unemployed?

Accepted Answer

25 %

Question 6

The Great Dustbowl was considered a man-made catastrophe because

Accepted Answer

farmers neglected to care for the land by overfarming

Question 7

Hoover lost his popularity and negative names were used for common sights of the time

Accepted Answer

Hoover leather, Hoover flags, Hoovervilles

Question 8

The Hawley-Smoot Tariffs were considered

Accepted Answer

a disaster because they caused foreign countries to tax US exports

Question 9

What was one of Hoover's public works projects?

Accepted Answer

The Boulder Dam in Nevada

Question 10

What was the final decision that lost Hoover his second term?

Accepted Answer

Ordered break up of veteran encampment which resulted in 2 deaths.

Question 11

What were the three reasons for FDR's New Deal?

Accepted Answer

Reform, Relief, Recovery

Question 12

What added to the disaster of the Dust Bowl period?

Accepted Answer

massive dust storms, foreclosures, a severe drought

Question 13

Okies was a derogatory word for people from

Accepted Answer

the Great Plains including Oklahoma

Question 14

Banks ended up ....

Accepted Answer

failing because nobody was able to pay their loans

Question 15

Who was the President when the stock market crashed and for 3 years thereafter?

Accepted Answer

Herbert Hoover

Question 16

Why did WWI veterans camp out near the Capitol building?

Accepted Answer

They were demanding early bonuses for their service

Question 17

Roosevelt passed how many laws in the first hundred days?

Accepted Answer

15

Question 18

Hoover tried these 3 things to get the economy rolling...

Accepted Answer

asked people to give money to charities in this time of need, he gave tax breaks, he put tariffs on imported foreign goods

Question 19

What were three results of the stock market crash?

Accepted Answer

people had less money to spend, product purchases decreased, businesses laid off worker

Question 20

What are three things he enacted?

Accepted Answer

Public Works Projects, Direct Relief Payments, Loans to Prevent Foreclosure

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