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The Great Depression
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
What was the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)?
Built public facilities
Employed men to build dams to provide hydroelectric power
Law passed to regulate banks
Planted trees to prevent erosion
2
What was Margaret Mitchell's greatest accomplishment?
She was a famous jazz singer
She wrote "Gone with the Wind" in 1936
She was the voice of Snow White
She was a famous actress in the movie "Gone with the Wind"
3
What happened to banks after the stock market crashed in 1929?
Banks closed
Banks ran out of money.
All of these answers are correct.
People wanted their money out of the banks.
4
Why did people blame Herbert Hoover for the Great Depression?
He did not think it was the government's job to help people.
None of the above
He was the president during the depression.
Both A and B
5
Why were people losing their jobs after the stock market crash and during the run on banks?
Many people were not doing their jobs well.
People were late to work, so they were fired.
People were not spending, so many people were laid off.
People were spending lots of money.
6
Who was Duke Ellington?
A baseball player
A novelist in the 1930's
Competed in track and field in the 1936 Berlin Olympics
A famous jazz musician
7
What was a soup kitchen?
A new kind of restaurant in the 1930s
Place set up by churches and charities to feed the poor
8
What were the
causes
of Dust Bowl?
farmers lost their income
drought, erosion, and poor farming techniques
livestock died
crops were destroyed
9
What was the Works Progress Administration (WPA)?
Created hydroelectric power using dams.
Regulated banks
Provided jobs to millions. Built and beautified facilities.
Provided assistance for the elderly and disabled.
10
What was Jesse Owens famous for?
Playing professional baseball
Writing poetry during the Harlem Renaissance.
Being a famous jazz singer
Winning 4 gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympics in track
11
What were "Hoovervilles"?
Community of homeless people who built shanties to live in.
Town where a vacuum cleaner factory was built.
Camps set up by the CCC.
Herbert Hoover's hometown.
12
What major event happened in 1932?
The Great Depression began
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president
WWII began
The stock market crashed
13
What was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
Provided benefits to the elderly and disabled.
Paid artists to paint murals.
Built roads and bridges
Paid young men to work outdoors to prevent erosion
14
What event ended the Roaring Twenties in 1929?
World War II
The Dust Bowl
World War I
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
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What was the New Deal?
A card game invented during the depression.
Hoover's plan to help with the depression
What it was called when the stock market improved.
FDR's plan to get the economy going again and create jobs.
