Great Depression / Lead Up to WW2 Test Review

When did the Stock Market crash?

• October 31, 1929
• September 29, 1931
• August 29, 1991
• October 29, 1929

What is another name for the Stock Market Crash?

• Black Friday
• Taco Tuesday
• Black Tuesday
• Throwback Thursday

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Who was elected president because he had a plan to pull America out of the Great Depression?

• William McKinley
• Woodrow Wilson
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Franklin D. Roosevelt

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What was the name of FDR's plan to reconstruct America following the Great Depression?

• No Deal
• New Deal
• Reconstruction
• FDR's Plan

During the Great Depression, there was a severe drought in the Great Plains. Strong prairie winds picked up the topsoil and spread dust everywhere. Many farm families packed everything up and moved west. What was this event called?

• Dust Bowl
• Salad Bowl
• Great Plains Panic
• Depressing Dust

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Charities that provided bread and soup to homeless and jobless people during the Depression were called _______?

• Priest Palace
• Soup and Salad Bowls
• Soup Kitchens
• Goodwill

True or False: The New Deal plan completely fixed the broken American economy.

• True
• False

How did the Stock Market Crash lead to the beginning of the Great Depression?

• 16 million stocks were shared in a single day that led to the loss of billions of dollars

• banks closed their doors to try to prevent a run on banks

• prices for goods increased so much that people couldn't buy basic items

• Herbert Hoover blamed the Stock Market Crash for the Great Depression

What is a soup kitchen?

• place where food is offered to hungry people for free or low cost

• area of homes built out of scraps of wood and pieces of cardboard

• government program that built roads, parks, and bridges

• period of severe drought and high winds

Which of the following would NOT be a characteristic of the Great Depression?

• High Unemployment

• Low levels of production

• increasing income

• lack of confidence in banks