Great Depression Quiz

Who was an African American athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics?

• Duke Ellington

• Jesse Owens

• Herbert Hoover

• Margaret Mitchell

Who is an African American musician, composer, and bandleader during the 'Swing Era'?

• Jesse Owens

• Duke Ellington

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Margaret Mitchell

Who wrote the book 'Gone With The Wind'?

• Herbert Hoover

• Margaret Mitchell

• Duke Ellington

• Jesse Owens

Who was the president at the beginning of the Great Depression?

• Herbert Hoover

• Margaret Mitchell

• Duke Ellington

• Jesse Owens

Who was elected as president in 1932 and made promises to pull America out of the Great Depression with his 'New Deal'?

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Jesse Owens

• Margaret Mitchell

• Duke Ellington

When did the Stock Market Crash, also known as Black Tuesday, happen?

• December 1929

• November 1929

• October 1929

• September 1929

What event started the Great Depression?

• The New Deal

• The Roaring Twenties

• The Dust Bowl

• The Stock Market Crash

What caused many people to lose their money and jobs during the Great Depression?

• The Roaring Twenties

• The Stock Market Crash

• The New Deal

• The Dust Bowl

What were Hoovervilles?

• Charity organizations

• Bread lines

• Soup kitchens

• Makeshift homeless communities

What were soup kitchens during the Great Depression?

• Charity organizations that provided food to the homeless

• Government programs that created jobs

• Organizations that helped farmers

• Makeshift homeless communities