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The Great Depression
The Great Depression
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I used this for my American History class.
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1
True or False. Suicide rates increased during the depression
True
False
2
Who was the president when the great depression started?
Grover Cleveland
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
3
What was the cause of the great depression?
people not spending money
The stock market crash
Credit
The Russians
4
Small cash down payment as low as 10% for the purchase of stocks.
<p>A steal</p>
Broker buys
A loan
Buying at the margin
5
Which was NOT a program started by Roosevelt?
Civilian Conservation Corps
<p>Social Security Act</p>
Big Brothers Big Sisters
The Works Progress Administration
6
What was the Dust Bowl?
<p>An old fashion desert</p>
<p>A severe drought that caused crop failures</p>
A dusty bowl
Wind storms throughout the midwest
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what `percentage of people were unemployed during the depression?
10%
25%
15%
20%
8
What was Hoover's plan?
Create work programs
<p>To create social welfare programs</p>
To give people money
To let the economy right itself
9
What was Roosevelt's plan called?
The Great Society
The New Deal
The great stimulus
The Bracero Program
10
How did popular attitudes toward the government shift during the Great Depression?
People wanted more government involvement
<p>People grew to hate the government</p>
People wanted less governement involvment
11
What type of jobs did the WPA provide?
Jobs within the steel industry
Office jobs
Repairing and creating infrastructure
Farming jobs
12
What is social security?
A work program
<p>Money donated to the government</p>
A home security system
Old age retirement system
13
Which group helped build buildings, bridges and roads?
The AAA
The WPA
The CCC
The FDIC
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Where were people leaving the dust bowl most likely to go?
Nevada
California
Virginia
Ohio
15
Homeless people who wandered the country and "rode the rails" to get from one place to another.
Vagrants
Hobos
Railroaders
"Cool"
16
Which program worked in parks and forests?
The AAA
The WPA
The NIRA
The CCC
17
What did the FDIC do?
<p>Provide public works jobs</p>
Provide food for the homeless
It was similar to the FBI
Create faith in banks again
18
Who was elected President in 1932?
Herbert Hoover
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry Truman
Franklin Roosevelt
19
What was one effect of the dust storms across the Great Plains?
<p>improved economic conditions</p>
Crop failures
strengthening of people
Lower costs of food
20
This is the established system for companies and individuals to buy and sell shares.
Stock Market
<p>Super market</p>
Bull Market
System of trade
