Great Depression and the New Deal

When did the Stock Market Crash and the Great Depression begin?

• 1919

• 1929

• 1930

• 1941

The Great Depression can BEST be described as _______________.

• financial and economic instability and high unemployment

• financial and economic instability and low unemployment

• financial and economic stability and high unemployment

• financial and economic stability and low unemployment

Which of the following relief helped feed those suffering in the Great Depression?

• Victory Gardens

• Soup Kitchens

• WPA

• CCC

What created the Dust Bowl?

• Poor farming practices, windstorms, and drought

• Broken tractors and crop disease

• Hurricanes and windstorms

• Drought, windstorms, and crop disease

Who did some Americans blame for not helping them more in the Great Depression?

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin D Roosevelt

• Stock Brokers

• Banks

Read the newspaper headline and answer the prompt. To which event is this headline referring?

• The New Deal

• The Stock Market Crash

• The Mortgage Crisis

• The Dust Bowl

Examine the photograph and answer the prompt. What MAIN event contributed to the Americans standing in line in the photograph?

• Collapse of the Soviet Union

• Rationing during World War II

• The Stock Market Crash

• The Dust Bowl

Who was president of the United States when the event in #7 occurred?

• Herbert Hoover

• John F Kennedy

• Lyndon B Johnson

• Franklin D Roosevelt

Look at the map. In which region did the Dust Bowl occur?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which event is the most likely cause of the Great Depression?

• The New Deal

• The Stock Market Crash

• The Mortgage Crisis

• The Dust Bowl