What did the Public Works Administration (PWA) do?

Hired thousands of people to work on public projects.

What did Harriet Tubman do?

Freed slaves using the Underground Railroad.

Which was a major cause of the Great Depression of the 1930's?

speculation on the stock market in the 1920's

Harriet Beecher Stowe

She Published Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1852.

Why did the Dust Bowl happen?

a series of droughts and unsuitable plowing techniques

Why was the Hoover Dam built?

To bring water and power to the desert

What was the Underground Railroad?

a group of people that helped slaves escape

Which was an effect of the Erie Canal?

People were able to settle out West easier, Some goods dropped in price 95%.

What did Fredrick Douglass do?

Wanted black men a chance to vote as well as black women

The stock market drops dramatically

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1
What did the Public Works Administration (PWA) do?
Gave aid to state and local governments to for cars.
Remade the University of Tennessee, built cars.
Hired thousands of people to work on public projects.
Hired single men to build farms and plant trees/forests.
2
What did Harriet Tubman do?
Ran away from home.
Flew around the world solo.
Freed slaves using the Underground Railroad.
Talked to people about Women's Rights.
3
Which was a major cause of the Great Depression of the 1930's?
new global competition in manufacturing
speculation on the stock market in the 1920's
the spread of new consumer goods
investments in roads, bridges, and other infrastructure
4
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Yo Momma
Some lady that did something??
Jaiden's Great Great etc. Grandmother
She Published Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1852.
5
Unemployment was rapid during the _______.
Industrious Revolution
Great Depression
Industrial Revolution
Agricultural Revolution
6
How many states were without banks by 1933?
52
30
25
28
7
Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation
True
False
8
What time was the unemployment at its highest?
1935
1941
1933
1929
9
Why did the Dust Bowl happen?
because everybody kicked up too much dust with their shoes
a truck full of dust got in a car accident
people wouldn't dust their shelves
a series of droughts and unsuitable plowing techniques
10
When did the Stock Market Crash?
1928
1932
1939
1929
11
Why was the Hoover Dam built?
To bring water and power to the desert
To make money for the US Government
To make a sanctuary for animals
To make a giant car wash
12
What was the Underground Railroad?
a train that took slaves to safe places
a group of people that helped slaves escape
a tunnel where people bought slaves
the home where Harriet Tubman grew up
13
Which was an effect of the Erie Canal?
People began settling near the Atlantic Ocean
Railroads became less important.
People were able to settle out West easier
Some goods dropped in price 95%.
14
What did Fredrick Douglass do?
Wanted black men a chance to vote as well as black women
Wanted to change the education to women
Was unjustified through the whole thing
Acted based on his own beleifs
15
Who signed the New Deal
Franklin Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Harry Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
16
What lead to the stock market crash?
a car crash
who knows
long period of speculation
borrowed money
17
October 1929
The stock market remains the same
The stock market drops dramatically
The stock market is erased from US history
The stock market rises

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