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The Great Depression
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1
Woody Guthrie most famous song is titled _____.
God Bless America
This Land is Your Land
Anti Hero
Over the Rainbow
2
What should the Federal Reserve have done during the Roaring Twenties?
lowered interest rates
printed more money
raised interest rates
tickled the president
3
Who produced the first feature length animated film?
Pixar
Disney
Loony Toons
Hannah Barbara
4
Teenage hobos were called ____.
crazy kids
bulls
hobo jr.
Hoover Tourists
5
The stock market crash on October 29, 1929 is known as ______.
Black Friday
Ruby Tuesdays
Black Tuesday
Black Sunday
6
A period of rising stock prices is called a _____ market.
eagle
whale
bull
bear
7
As thousands of farmers fled West, Californians nicknamed them ______.
Dustys
Okies
hobos
Texans
8
The highest grossing movie of all time is _____.
Gone with the Wind
The Wizard of Oz
The Lone Ranger
The Guiding Light
9
Who was the most famous comedic star of the Depression?
Groucho Marx
Clark Gable
Marlene Dietrich
Greta Garbo
10
American perceived that President Hoover was...
doing too much
J. Edgar Hoover's brother
not doing enough
doing a great job
11
What was the most popular radio show of the Depression?
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Lone Ranger
The Green Hornet
The Guiding Light
12
A common illness many children suffered from in the Depression was _____, a bone disorder.
rickets
the brown plague
polio
yellow fever
13
The most famous Depression Era public works project was ____.
the Hoover Dam
Golden Gate Bridge
the Gateway Arch
the Statue of Liberty
14
The ______ Party looked at the depression as an opportunity to gain influence in America.
Communist
Greenback
Progressive
Democratic
15
Who is the most famous writer of the Depression?
Mark Twain
Grant Wood
Dorothea Lange
John Steinbech
16
Young men who became wanderers looking for work were known as ______.
hobos
rail riders
bums
Hooverites
17
Hoover used the _____ to remove the veterans from Washington D.C.
Secret Service
Army
FBI
National Guard
18
Which of the following is a FALSE statement about Herbert Hoover.
He was the first Catholic to be nominated for president.
He had never run for public office prior to 1928.
He served as the head of the Food Administration.
He was a dry candidate.
19
In 1933, America's unemployment rate reached the highest ever at _____%.
25
27
23
21
20
Dorothea Lange's most famous photograph was entitled ______.
Desperate Times Calls for Desperate Measures
American Gothic
Migrant Mother
The Grapes of Wrath
21
Which of the following was NOT a root cause of the Great Depression?
overproduction
credit spending
mistakes by the Federal Reserve
the loss of import sales
22
The WWI veterans that marched to the capital to demand their bonuses became known as the _____.
Bonus Boys
Bonus Army
Cross Country Marchers
Marching Army
23
What was the first feature length animated film?
Beauty and the Beast
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Cinderella
Sleeping Beauty
24
The primary reason for the loss of export sales was _____.
that America struggled to manufacture enough goods
that many countries boycotted American goods
European conflicts
the Hawley-Smoot tariff
25
What were shantytowns nicknamed during the 1930s?
Hoovervilles
Hobo Jungles
Depression Depots
Hoovertowns
26
Hoover wanted to use government financed building projects, or ______, to create jobs.
margin
speculation
relief
public works
27
The worst dust storm in 1935 became known as _____.
Black Tuesday
Black Friday
the Day the Dust Flew
Black Sunday
28
Who first sensed danger that the stock market could soon collapse?
Congress
Groucho Marx
President Hoover
Professional investors
29
Due to Hoover's lack of action, the result of the 1930 mid-term elections were _____ gains in Congress.
Communist
Republican
Progressive
Democrat
30
Buying stock with borrowed money is called _____.
speculation
margin
crazy
relief