Unit 7-SS5H3 Great Depression and New Deal

Question 1

Which event resulted in the creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps?

Accepted Answer

the Great Depression

Question 2

What was a result of investors selling stocks at much lower prices than they bought them?

Accepted Answer

Investors who borrowed couldn't pay back their loans

Question 3

Duke Ellington is best known for his accomplishments in what area?

Accepted Answer

music

Question 4

What was the most notable about Jesse Owens' participation in the 1936 Olympics in Germany?

Accepted Answer

He was one of ten black Americans on the Olympic track team

Question 5

These are describing what athlete?

Accepted Answer

Jesse Owens

Question 6

Which work of Margaret Mitchell's sold over one million copies in 6 months?

Accepted Answer

Gone with the Wind

Question 7

The "Dust Bowl" affected which area most?

Accepted Answer

2

Question 8

Which New Deal agency helped provide electricity to areas far outside of big cities?

Accepted Answer

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Question 9

All of these were direct causes of what event?

Accepted Answer

the Great Depression

Question 10

This was the longest-serving president of the US & the only president elected more than twice.

Accepted Answer

Franklin Roosevelt

Question 11

These facilities were organized by churches or charities in an effort to feed the needy.

Accepted Answer

Soup Kitchens

Question 12

Which number represents the decade in which the Stock Market Crash took place?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 13

All of these are describing what "big band" leader and jazz great?

Accepted Answer

Duke Ellington

Question 14

He was the 31st President of the US, but lost favor with Americans due to the Great Depression.

Accepted Answer

Herbert Hoover

Question 15

This was a famous loss of value in the shares of stock in corporations that hit the US in 1929.

Accepted Answer

Stock Market Crash

Question 16

What was the most important factor for FDR's defeat of Hoover in the 1932 election?

Accepted Answer

Most Americans blamed Hoover for the Great Depression

Question 17

Which President helped guide the United States out of the Great Depression in the 1930s?

Accepted Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 18

All of these are describing what author?

Accepted Answer

Margaret Mitchell

Question 19

Which of these is the best description of "Hoovervilles"?

Accepted Answer

shantytowns where homeless lived during the Great Depression

Question 20

This was a period of global economic crisis that lasted from 1929 to 1939.

Accepted Answer

Great Depression

Question 21

Which New Deal program was responsible for providing jobs for road & building construction?

Accepted Answer

Works Progress Administration

Question 22

This was the term given to the area that was most affected by the drought of the 1930s.

Accepted Answer

Dust Bowl

Question 23

Which job would most likely be performed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?

Accepted Answer

improving the soil

Question 24

Who was the President of the United States at the time of the stock market crash in 1929?

Accepted Answer

Herbert Hoover

Question 25

How did Roosevelt use his power while president?

Accepted Answer

He started programs to help the poor.

Question 26

All of these programs are associated with the presidency of ___.

Accepted Answer

Franklin Roosevelt

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