Great Depression Test Review

building the Hoover Dam, many people lived in a small town called __ and while they were there they gambled & drank.

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

People from the midwest that moved out to California were called ______________.

This program build large-scale public works such as dams, bridges, hospitals, and schools.

This programs purpose was to provide education, jobs, counseling, and recreation for the youth.

T/F Soup kitchens: Soup was economical because water could be added to serve more people, if necessary.

This occurred when people rushed to the banks to take their money out after the stock market crash.

This is noted as the day that the stock market officially crashed in the US.

__ Army referred to unemployed WWI veterans who marched Washington DC demanding their service pension before their date

____ buying is purchasing stocks with borrowed money which left to severe problems when the market crashed.

What disease did FDR contract in 1921?

______________ _______________ was the program created by FDR to bring the United States out of the Great Depression.

This program helped to prevent anyone with inside information from "fixing" the stock market for their own personal prof

T/F on Black Tuesday, stock prices fell resulting in the loss of 10 - 15 billion dollars.

T/F people ventured to breadlines and soup kitchens to receive food during the great depression.

T/F The Putnam bill was passed and gave the Bonus Army their money.

Provided federal insurance for individual bank accounts up to $5,000 and reassured customers that their money was safe.

This programs goal was to raise crop prices by reducing the supply so that farmers could make more money.

The event that signaled the beginning of the Great Depression was the

This program helped to provide loans for homeowners who faced foreclosure.

During the Great Depression, he was the first person do open a soup kitchen to aid the American people.

The _________ __________ was the severe economic downturn in the USA between 1929 and the beginning of WWI

Who was the future WWII general who helped control the riots of the Bonus Army

The _____________ market is the system for buying and selling shares of companies.

program developed the badly depressed areas of Tennessee by repairing and constructing dams, by providing electricity

Herbert Hoover believed in the term called __ __that encouraged NO government handouts and fix it yourself.

T/F While traveling around the United States hobos would leave markings to warn other hobos of their encounters.

programs goal is to provide relief through work projects which provide jobs to build roads, plant trees, and build parks

____________ were people who illegally rode on trains looking for work in the next town during the Great Depression.

To provide jobs and relief, Hoover organized the building of the __________________.

program provided old-age insurance for retirees 65 and older helped with unemployment compensation system.

______________ _______________ was the name given to the Great Plains region devastated by drought in 1930s depression.