What were Hoovervilles?

groups of shacks where poor people lived

What was the New Deal?

Government programs to end the Depression

A period of drought that hit the Great Plains

Causes of the Great Depression include all the following EXCEPT

President Hoover's refusal to cede the White House to FDR

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1
What is Kit's real name?
Merideth
Margaret
Mildred
Margo
2
What was the Tennessee Valley Authority?
Government Land Grant Company
Government Aid and Relief organization
Government power company
Government Reform Organization
3
For a majority of Rural America, what event marked the beginning of decline of their prosperity
The New Deal
WW2
The end of WW1
The Stock Market Crash
4
What ended the Great Depression
New Deal
WW2
WW1
Hoover
5
What didn't cause the Dust Bowl?
drought
lighting
overgrazing
high winds
6
Where did Kit live in the movie?
Chicago
Cincinnati
Colorado
Charlotte
7
Who was the most famous celebrity in the 20's
Walt Disney
Charles Lindbergh
George Gershwin
Babe Ruth
8
All of the following were New Deal programs except
Farm Assistance
Social Security
Arms Control
Federal Work
9
What were Hoovervilles?
groups of shacks where poor people lived
groups of amusement park rides
groups of sandwiches available for the poor
groups of poor people waiting in line for healthcare
10
When did the stock market crash?
Oct 29, 1929
Oct 29, 1939
Oct 29, 1919
Oct 29, 1949
11
What was the New Deal?
Government programs to encourage "margin buying" of stocks
Government programs to lower taxes
Government programs to end the Depression
Government programs to encourage car ownership
12
Who didn't participate in the Harlem Renaissance?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Paul Robeson
Langston Hughes
Louis Armstrong
13
When was the Great Depression?
1929-1939
1939-1949
1929-1949
1919-1929
14
Unemployment during the Depression averaged
50%
30%
10%
25%
15
The Dust Bowl was
A poor neighborhood in NYC
The Law for a tariff meant to curb imports
The original College Football championship game
A period of drought that hit the Great Plains
16
Who said: "The only thing to fear is Fear Itself"
Obama
Wilson
Roosevelt
Hoover
17
The 3 parts of the Deal were NOT
Reform
Representation
Relief
Recovery
18
Causes of the Great Depression include all the following EXCEPT
President Hoover's refusal to cede the White House to FDR
High tariffs decreased trade
Laissez-Faire
overspending in the Roaring 20's
19
Which was the Prohibition amendment
15
16
17
18
20
What did the Works Progress Administration do?
Hand out food assistance
Build public works
deliver mail
Conserve natural resources

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