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The Great Depression
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1
At the end of the 1920s, the _________________ began to decline.
railroads
government
schools
economy
2
People lived in tents that were nicknamed _______________.
Roosevelt Residences
Depression Villages
Tent City
Hoovervilles
3
During the Great Depression, one in four Americans were ____________________.
homeless
rich
farmers
employed
4
Which of the following was NOT LIKELY to happen during the Great Depression?
new businesses opening
people selling their homes
banks closing
children attending school
5
____________________ was the president at the beginning of the Great Depression.
McKinley
Adams
Hoover
Roosevelt
6
A ____________ caused the earth to dry up.
crop rotation
locust storm
tornado
drought
7
People bought _________________ in companies that they could not afford.
stocks
businesses
homes
cars
8
The ____________________ caused farms to fail, livestock to die, and the destruction of houses.
dust bowl
transcontinental railroad
great depression
stock market crash
9
Homesteaders and farmers in the Great Plains practiced poor ______________ techniques.
watering
harvesting
ploughing
planting
10
How did the 1929 stock market crash affect the United States economy in the 1930s?
Stock prices went way up and people couldn't afford to purchase stocks.
Congress rejected offers from businesses to help.
Unemployment rates were the highest they had ever been.
People turned to farming as a way of life since factories closed.
11
Which pair of words BEST describes what people lost during the Great Depression?
cars and radios
jobs and homes
radios and homes
cars and jobs
12
The stock market crash impacted
farmers
all options are correct
workers
business owners
13
Soup Kitchens were set up by which two groups?
government and businesses
churches and businesses
churches and charities
governments and churches
14
People who lost their jobs were most likely to take advantage of ___________ during the Great Depression.
free train rides
soup kitchens
Hoovervilles
crop rotation
15
Hoover believed that the economy would ________________.
need some help to recover
recover if people saved their money
never recover so the stock market should close
eventually fix itself
16
_______________________ began to suffer when people lost their money.
Government
Economy
Churches
Businesses
17
What was high since businesses couldn't afford to pay their workers?
pay
opportunities to make money
unemployment
wages