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Challenging Times: Unit 3- Lesson 5
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1
Why did crop prices drop in the late 1920s?
Many people borrowed money from banks
Many people used money to buy stocks
There were extra farm products because Europe no longer needed to buy them
Factories produced cars, glass and steel
2
When did the Allies win the war?
1945
1943
1944
1941
3
What were gardens called that Americans planted to lessen the food shortages?
Victory Gardens
Allied Gardens
American Gardens
Grow it yourself
4
Indiana Governor Paul V. McNutt started programs to feed the hungry and help the unemployed
True
False
5
Ernie Pyle was a war journalist, but he didn't focus on battles. What did he focus on?
Generals and Allied leaders
The homefront
The WPA
ordinary soldiers
6
What was the name of the plan Franklin D. Roosevelt had to help the nation during the Depression?
The Great Migration
The New Deal
The Great Deal
The Stimulus Plan
7
The Allied Powers were Germany, Italy and Japan.
False
True
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What did the Work Progress Administration (WPA) do to help Americans?
Provided clothes to children
Gave people jobs to build and hired artists and writers
Opened closed banks
Fed hungry people
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During the Great Depression, how many Hoosiers were unemployed?
1 in 8
1 in 2
1 in 12
1 in 4
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Because the armed forces needs large amounts of food and fuel, the government called for...
stock
depression
rationing
shortage
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At first, the US did not fight in WWII. What event brought the US into the war?
The attack on Ft. Sumter
The attack on the World Trade Center
The sinking of the Lusitania by the German Navy
The attack on Pearl Harbor
12
What caused the stock market crash in October 1929
The internet went down
People rushed to sell stocks, causing them their price to fall very low.
People bought way too many stocks at once
WWII started
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Women took many of the jobs left behind by men who became soldiers during WWII.
False
True
