What was one major cause for the stock market crash of 1929?

Citizens borrowed money from banks to buy stocks.

Which of the following was a cause of the dust storms of the 1930s?

over planting on the same soil year after year

How did the dust storms add to the problems of the Great Depression for those living in the Dust Bowl?

Farmers could not grow crops to sell to others to make a living.

How were the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) similar?

both worked to improve public places like parks and airports

How did Jesse Owens help Americans forget their problems during the Great Depression?

He won gold medals in the 1936 Olympics.

What was the MAIN purpose of soup kitchens during the Great Depression?

to provide meals for unemployed people

What did President Hoover believe would eventually happen to the U.S. economy?

He believed that the U.S. economy would fix itself over time.

Use the image to answer the question.Which of the following BEST completes the chart?

More electricity to farming areas

Which New Deal program provided electricity to this farm family so they could buy a refrigerator?

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Which New Deal program provided Americans jobs teaching children to play instruments?

Works Progress Administration (WPA)

What was the goal of the New Deal programs?

to bring an end to the Great Depression

Use the image to answer the question. Which of the following BEST describes what happened next?

The business closes its factories.

Which New Deal program had young men work to prevent forest fires?

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Which New Deal program was created for young men ages 18 to 25 whose purpose was to plant trees on public lands?

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

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1
Who wrote a popular Civil War romance novel during the Great Depression?
Jesse Owens
Eleanor Roosevelt
Duke Ellington
Margaret Mitchell
2
What was one major cause for the stock market crash of 1929?
Citizens quit buying stocks
Citizens borrowed money from banks to buy stocks.
Citizens did not buy enough stocks
Citizens lost their jobs after the stock market crashed.
3
Which of the following was a cause of the dust storms of the 1930s?
over the construction of assembly lines year after year
over use of the Chisholm Trail year after year
over production of steel year after year
over planting on the same soil year after year
4
How did the dust storms add to the problems of the Great Depression for those living in the Dust Bowl?
Farmers could not make enough soup to sell to the government.
Farmers could not mine for iron ore to make steel to sell.
Farmers could not grow crops to sell to others to make a living.
Farmers could not get to the banks to buy more stocks.
5
How were the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) similar?
both were causes of the dust storms
both hired women to build dams to create electricity for rural areas
both worked to improve public places like parks and airports
both encouraged Americans to spend money to help the U.S. economy
6
How did Jesse Owens help Americans forget their problems during the Great Depression?
He brought jazz music to the radio.
He fought for workers’ rights in the CCC.
He won gold medals in the 1936 Olympics.
He wrote a popular novel in 1934.
7
What was the MAIN purpose of soup kitchens during the Great Depression?
to provide meals for cowboys working the Chisholm Trail
to provide meals for people working in banks
to provide meals for men working in the CCC
to provide meals for unemployed people
8
What did President Hoover believe would eventually happen to the U.S. economy?
He believed that Americans should work two jobs to help the economy.
He believed that New Deal programs would fix the economy.
He believed that the U.S. economy would never recover.
He believed that the U.S. economy would fix itself over time.
9
What did people call camps for homeless people during the Great Depression?
Roosevelthomes
Hoovervilles
Rooseveltvilles
Hoovertowns
10
Use the image to answer the question.Which of the following BEST completes the chart?
More drought in rural areas
More electricity to farming areas
More banks in rural areas
More soup kitchens in rural areas
11
Which New Deal program provided electricity to this farm family so they could buy a refrigerator?
Social Security Administration (SSA)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
12
Which New Deal program provided Americans jobs teaching children to play instruments?
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
13
What was the goal of the New Deal programs?
to improve trade with countries after WWI
to end the bombing of ships in the Atlantic Ocean
to punish President Hoover
to bring an end to the Great Depression
14
Use the image to answer the question. Which of the following BEST describes what happened next?
The business gives employees more income.
The business hires more employees.
The business closes its factories.
The business builds more factories.
15
Who contributed to American culture during the Great Depression by singing and performing the blues,
Langston Hughes
William McKinley
Duke Ellington
Jesse Owens
16
Which New Deal program had young men work to prevent forest fires?
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Social Security Administration (SSA)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
17
Which New Deal program was created for young men ages 18 to 25 whose purpose was to plant trees on public lands?
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

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