Great Depression Quiz Review

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Which of the following best explains a significant cause of the Great Depression?

Why was buying on margin riskier than other ways of investing in the stock market?

Insulting name given to workers from the Dust Bowl seeking jobs on farms and orchards

The many programs created by FDR designed to rebuild the United States economy were called?

People who hopped on trains to look for work

Insulting name given to workers from the Dust Bowl seeking jobs on farms and in orchards

Which of the following provided relief for starving families during the Great Depression?

The Social Security Act created a system that provided all workers over 65 years old with a…

What does the FDIC stand for?

Which term describes the following… unemployed veterans who wanted their money following WWI?

Which act best summarizes the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act?

Which President did the American people blame for the Great Depression?

Which of the following terms refers to the dust storms during the Dust Bowl?

Which of the following groups saw an increase in their workforce during the Great Depression?

Central bank of the United States

The day the Stock Market Crashed

How did hobos communicate and find work during the Great Depression?

Sprawling neighborhoods where people lived in rickety shacks were known as?

How did President Roosevelt effectively communicate with American citizens?

Secret Saloons

Which New Deal program focused on providing jobs through public works projects like building roads and schools?

How did President Roosevelt effectively communicate with American citizens?

Which of the following was a New Deal program?

Term for the Great Plains area that was hardest hit by the 1930s drought

What were the three main goals of the New Deal?

What was the reason Women and other people wanted to prohibit alcohol?

Gives you ownership in a company and it’s sold as shares

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Why did some people criticize New Deal programs during the Great Depression?