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The Great Depression 1

Quiz by Denise Paxton

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  • Q1
    Hoovervilles are
    a shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless
    the projects where poor African Americans lived
    a ghetto of Jews in Germany
    30s
  • Q2
    People affected by the Dust Bowl migrated to
    Texas
    California
    Kansas
    30s
  • Q3
    People migrating from the Dust Bowl to the west faced
    new opportunities with jobs waiting for them.
    many obstacles; shelter, food, employment, medical care.
    30s
  • Q4
    What states were affected by the Dust Bowl?
    Colorado, Kansas, California
    Canada and Mexico
    Colorado, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico
    30s
  • Q5
    President Hoover believed that
    private businesses and individuals should lead the United States out of the Great Depression.
    the Federal Government should do a lot more to get the country out of the Great Depression.
    30s
  • Q6
    President Roosevelt believed that
    the Federal Government should do a lot more to get the country out of the Great Depression
    private businesses and individuals should lead the United States out of the Great Depression.
    30s
  • Q7
    Why was Social Security created by the Federal Government?
    Tax every American
    to give away tax payer's money to those who don't want to work.
    to take the responsibility for citizen's well being (elderly, disabled, children, unemployed)
    30s
  • Q8
    Which is a cause of the Great Depression?
    factories making too much, farms growing too much
    Buying on the Margin
    All of the above.
    Black Tuesday
    30s
  • Q9
    Which are effects of the Great Depression?
    all of the above
    Bank Holiday
    New Deal
    Hoovervilles
    30s
  • Q10
    What is Buying on the Margin?
    buying stocks with borrowed money.
    writing in an area of the paper without text
    paying for stocks with savings
    30s
  • Q11
    How did bank panics contribute to the Great Depression?
    all of the above
    businesses borrowed more money than they normally would have
    bank stock increased
    more bank failures
    30s
  • Q12
    What is the New Deal?
    A card game
    a set of federal programs (Social Security, Emergency Banking Act, Civil Works Administration, Housing Authority) to help the country recover from the Great Depression.
    Allowed unemployed people to stay home and not look for work.
    30s
  • Q13
    What is the Bonus Army?
    43,000 marches which included 17,000 veterans and their families who demanded cash payment for their service certificates from WWI.
    43,000 civil right marchers who demanded desegregation of the South.
    30s
  • Q14
    What is a Fireside Chat?
    President Hoover used the radio to help persuade the public to reelect him.
    President Roosevelt the radio to address the citizens of the United States between 1933-1944.
    When the presidents roast marshmallows with their families.
    30s

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