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1
What was the cause of the Dust Bowl?
Drought/Lack of Rain
Overplowing
Greed
All of the above
2
The Great Depression ends as a result of
The Election of 1940
The Election of 1936
The New Deal
World War II
3
What was President Hoover’s thoughts about helping the country during the Great Depression?
He thought the depression would fix itself
He blamed it on Communism
He thought government should provide relief
He wanted the government to get involved
4
Which was not New Deal a program to create jobs
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Social Security (SSI)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
5
This Airship crashed in New Jersey in 1937
Led Zeppelin
Heidelberg
Graf Zeppelin
Hindenburg
6
Which program did Hoover implement?
Tennessee Valley Authority
Social Security
Home Loan Bank Act
Agricultural Adjustment Act
7
FDR's plan for recovery was known as the
New Frontier
Fair Deal
New Deal
Let's Make a Deal
8
What effects did
Hoover's
actions with the
Bonus Army
have on the American public?
The Army got it's bonus
Americans were pleased with his decision
Americans were against him, causing him to lose the election
Americans did not care what Hoover did
9
This became the biggest information medium in the 1930's
Television
Movies
Newspapers
Radio
10
Buying stocks and bonds on the chance of a quick profit, while ignoring the risk.
Credit
Speculation
Buying on Margin
Marketing
11
What was the unemployment rate during the Great Depression?
75%
40%
50%
25%
12
When did the Stock Market Crash occur?
October 29, 1929 "Black Sunday"
October 24, 1928 "Black Tuesday"
October 24, 1929 "Black Tuesday"
October 27, 1929 "Black Friday"
13
__________________was especially deadly to the children and elderly during the Dust Bowl.
Dust Disease
Dust Plague
Dust pneumonia
Static Electricity
14
What was the
social
impact on Americans?
Diversions,frivolity
Stress, famine, migration
Unemployment, lost fortunes and forclosures
A call for government action
15
Who was President 1929-1933
Theodore Roosevelt
J. Edgar Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
16
______Paying a small percentage of a stock's price as a down payment and borrowing the rest?
Market Capitulation
Buying on Margin
Speculation
Credit
17
The biggest star of the 1930's
Clark Gable
Micky Mouse
Bing Crosby
Shirley Temple
18
What was the negative name given to the people who left/migrated the Dust Bowl?
Okies
Dakoties
Carpetbaggers
Hoboes
19
Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the 1932 election..
by a landslide
he lost
by a recount
in a close race
20
What was
NOT
a cause for the Great Depression?
U.S had to pay reparations for WWI
Uneven disribution of income
Living on credit
Overproduction