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The Great Depression
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This Quiz! is based on the Georgia Standards of Excellence SS5H3, SS5E2, SS5E4
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1
Why did people blame Herbert Hoover for the Great Depression?
None of the above
He did not think it was the government's job to help people.
He was the president during the depression.
Both A and B
2
What was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
Paid young men to work outdoors to prevent erosion
Paid artists to paint murals.
Provided benefits to the elderly and disabled.
Built roads and bridges
3
What was the New Deal?
FDR's plan to get the economy going again and create jobs.
A card game invented during the depression.
Hoover's plan to help with the depression
What it was called when the stock market improved.
4
What major event happened in 1932?
The Great Depression began
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president
WWII began
The stock market crashed
5
What were "Hoovervilles"?
Town where a vacuum cleaner factory was built.
Community of homeless people who built shanties to live in.
Herbert Hoover's hometown.
Camps set up by the CCC.
6
What event ended the Roaring Twenties in 1929?
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
World War II
World War I
The Dust Bowl
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What happened to banks after the stock market crashed in 1929?
All of these answers are correct.
Banks closed
Banks ran out of money.
People wanted their money out of the banks.
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What was a soup kitchen?
Place set up by churches and charities to feed the poor
A new kind of restaurant in the 1930s
9
What was Jesse Owens famous for?
Writing poetry during the Harlem Renaissance.
Winning 4 gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympics in track
Playing professional baseball
Being a famous jazz singer
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What was the Works Progress Administration (WPA)?
Provided assistance for the elderly and disabled.
Provided jobs to millions. Built and beautified facilities.
Created hydroelectric power using dams.
Regulated banks
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What were the
causes
of Dust Bowl?
farmers lost their income
drought, erosion, and poor farming techniques
crops were destroyed
livestock died
12
What was the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)?
Planted trees to prevent erosion
Built public facilities
Employed men to build dams to provide hydroelectric power
Law passed to regulate banks
13
Why were people losing their jobs after the stock market crash and during the run on banks?
People were spending lots of money.
Many people were not doing their jobs well.
People were not spending, so many people were laid off.
People were late to work, so they were fired.
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Who was Duke Ellington?
A novelist in the 1930's
A famous jazz musician
Competed in track and field in the 1936 Berlin Olympics
A baseball player
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What was Margaret Mitchell's greatest accomplishment?
She wrote "Gone with the Wind" in 1936
She was a famous jazz singer
She was a famous actress in the movie "Gone with the Wind"
She was the voice of Snow White
