Great Depression Study Guide

Which event is demonstrate in this photo since the title is MIGRANT MOTHER

To fight the Depression, Hoover did all of the following EXCEPT

October 29, 1929 is also known as

True/False: The stock market crash was the only cause of the Great Depression.

True/False: Hoover's public image suffered from the events surrounding the Bonus Army.

What are the dates (years) of the Great Depression?

True or False: During the 1920s there were no signs of economic trouble

The Dust Bowl created a migration of people moving

All of the following are long term causes of the Depression EXCEPT

Why did Americans call shantytowns "Hoovervilles?"

Term used for migrant farmers who left the Great Plains to find work

What does it mean when a stock market "crashes?"

Who gave the order to remove the Bonus Army from Washington D.C.?

By 1933, the unemployment rate had reached what percentage?

Which group of Americans was most dramatically affected by the stock market crash?

The Dust Bowl was caused be all of the following EXCEPT

All of the following increased during the Great Depression EXCEPT

The Bonus Army consisted of

Where Americans would go during the Depression, especially men, for free food

Borrowing money to buy stock is known as

During the Depression, soup kitchens and bread lines were run by the following EXCEPT

Buying and selling of stock to make a quick profit

Group of World War I veterans who wanted payment for services in 1932, not 1945

What was a consequence of the Hawley Smoot Tariff?

True/False: Hoover built the Boulder (Hoover) Dam to try to help the nations economy.

Severe drought that took place in 1930s on the Great Plains and caused migration of farmers