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Dust Bowl and Great Depression
Dust Bowl and Great Depression
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1
The day the stock market crashed is called...
Black Friday
Black Thursday
Black Tuesday
Black Wednesday
2
Which of the following is not a cause of the Dust Bowl?
Drought
Overharvesting
Growing potatoes
Exploitation of the Homesteaders
3
What artist is singing this song?
Tommy Dorsey
Glenn Miller
Woody Guthrie
Franklin Roosevelt
4
What crop did most farmers grow in the Dust Bowl area?
Corn
Wheat
Grapes
Potatoes
5
What animals population grew to unbelievable numbers?
Rabbits
Coyotes
Cows
Cockroaches
6
What government policy led to the Great Depression?
High interest rates
Limit on loans
Easy money
Business Competition
7
This was occuring at the same time as the Dust Bowl.
The Great Disaster
World War I
The Great Depression
Prohibition
8
What day did the first significant dust storm occur?
January 21, 1932
March 3, 1933
May 9, 1934
April 14, 1935
9
The government bought and killed over 8,000,000 of these?
Pigs
Ducks
Cows
Horses
10
What program created government jobs during the Great Depression?
The Square Deal
The New Deal
The Monroe Doctrine
Pax Americana Act
11
All of the following were built by the WPA except...
Bridges
Schools
Dams
Banks
12
What happened to many banks during the Great Depression?
They ran out of money and closed
They had lots of money on hand
They moved to different countries
They opened more branches
13
The Dust Bowl took place in all of the states except...
Nebraska
New Mexico
Missouri
Oklahoma
14
What president is credited with getting the U.S. out of the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Conrad Meis
Teddy Roosevelt
15
Which state did most people from the Dust Bowl move to?
California
Oregon
Washington
Florida
16
What act raised tariffs on imports to the United States?
Hooverville Act
Roosevelt-Smith Act
Foreign Import Act
Smoot-Hawley Act
17
When was Black Sunday?
January 21, 1932
December 23, 1930
May 9, 1934
April 14, 1935
18
How high did the unemployment rate reach during the Great Depression?
15%
3.8%
25%
37.7%
19
Which of the following is not a result of a depression?
Fall in economic growth
Reduction of employment
Fall in production
Increase in employment
20
Which of the following is not a new farming technique introduce to solve the Dust Bowl?
Sustaniable Farming
Contour plowing
Terracing
Crop rotation
21
Which of the following is a cause of the Great Depression?
Increase of the money supply
Increase of world trade
Banks failing
Stock Market Crash of 1939
22
What act brought many farmers to the Dust Bowl area?
Relocation Act
Manifest Destiny
Homestead Act
United Farmers Act
23
How long was the Dust Bowl?
1 year
10 years
25 years
100 years
24
What year did the drought start?
1922
1918
1932
1945
