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Great Depression

Quiz by Jessica Thomas

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  • Q1
    What caused the stock market crash of 1929?
    World War I caused the economy to fail.
    Prices rose and investors purchased more stock.
    Farmers could not produce enough food for the USA.
    An increased number of people rapidly sold stock before the prices fell further.
    30s
  • Q2
    What was President Roosevelt's plan for getting the United States out of the Great Depression
    FDR's Deal
    The New Deal
    The Alphabet Agencies
    The Relief, Recovery, Reform Act
    30s
  • Q3
    When people went to the banks to get out their savings-
    The banks loaned them more money
    The banks had loaned the money so they could not give it back
    The government paid the people to cover the money the banks had lost
    The banks had borrowed money from businesses to pay the people
    30s
  • Q4
    Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
    The New Deal tried to start too many new programs
    Many businesses had a surplus of goods that could not be sold
    People bought stocks on credit or borrowed money
    Banks had to close because they did not have enough money
    30s
  • Q5
    Which of the following describes a way in which the Great Depression affected the lives of many Americans?
    Many people moved from the shantytowns to the suburbs
    More people got married immediately after finishing high school or colleges
    Farmers and businessmen were hurt by the effects of rising crop prices
    Many children had to quit school to help their families earn money
    30s
  • Q6
    People who lost their homes in the Great Depression sometime built shelters out of cardboard, scrap wood, or tin. Groups of these homes were called______
    Hoovervilles
    Coolidgevilles
    Shack Towns
    Roosevelt Villages
    30s
  • Q7
    What caused the Dust Bowl?
    Not enough people lived in that area
    Too much rain caused flooding
    The people did not farm the land enough
    A drought along with too much farming
    30s
  • Q8
    Which President was blamed for causing the Great Depression
    President Bush
    President Hoover
    President Roosevelt
    President Coolidge
    30s
  • Q9
    Why did farmers leave the Dust Bowl states during the 1930s?
    Because the New Deal gave everyone a job in the factories
    Because they were unable to farm the land anymore
    To try farming the north
    To join the bonus Army in Washington D.C.
    30s
  • Q10
    Which New Deal program insured that a person's money would be safe if they put it in the bank
    FDIC
    REA
    CCC
    TVA
    30s

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