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The Great Depression
Test Description: Review the causes effects of the Great Depression, along with the presidents of the 1930s.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Shantytowns in which homeless families lived during the Great Depressions were called _____________
A
Roosterville
B
Shantytown
C
Hooverville
D
Cardboard Town
2) The stock Market Crash of 1929 was the beginning of _____________.
A
WW I
B
the Great Depression
C
WW II
D
the Dust Bowl
3) The president during the beginning of the Great Depression was ______________.
A
Herbert Hoover
B
Woodrow Wilson
C
Franklin D. Roosevelt
D
Theodore Roosevelt
4) Which section of the county was most affected by the Dust Bowl?
A
Southeast
B
Northeast
C
Midwest
D
Northwest
5) President Franklin Roosevelt's plan to end the Great Depression was called ______________.
A
Winning Deal
B
Depression Deal
C
New Deal
D
Hoover Deal
6) What was the Civilian Conservation Corp responsible for doing?
A
growing new forests
B
building new roads
C
helping farmers
D
building dams to generate electricity
7) What was the Works Progress Administration responsible for?
A
building roads
B
building dams to generate electricity
C
growing forests
D
helping farmers
8) What was the Tennessee Valley authority responsible for?
A
growing forests
B
helping farmers
C
building dams to generate electricity
D
building new roads
9) _________________ was president at the end of the Great Depression.
A
Theodore Roosevelt
B
Herbert Hoover
C
Franklin D. Roosevelt
D
Woodrow Wilson
10) _________________ was known for their accomplishments in music during the 1930's.
A
Margaret Mitchell
B
Jesse Owen
C
Duke Ellington
D
Clyde Williams
11) _________________ were the most popular new forms of technology.
A
telephones and telegraphs
B
radios and motion pictures
C
phonographs and televisions
D
antennas and microphones
12) The Little White House, where FDR often visited, was located in _________________, Georgia
A
Savannah
B
Warm Springs
C
Atlanta
D
Macon
13) Identify the statement that is TRUE about the New Deal plan.
A
The state government is responsible for ensuring economic prosperity.
B
The local government is responsible for ensuring economic prosperity.
C
The government is not responsible for ensuring economic prosperity.
D
The federal government is responsible for ensuring economic prosperity.
14) _______________________ was one of ten black men to participate in the 1936 Olympic Games.
A
Charles Williams
B
Margaret Mitchell
C
Duke Ellington
D
Jesse Owen
15) __________________ was the author of Gone with the Wind, a best selling book about the Civil War.
A
Margaret Mitchell
B
Duke Ellington
C
Charles Williams
D
Jesse Owen
16) After the Dust Bowl, many people living in the midwest moved _______________.
A
south
B
east
C
west
D
north
17) Choose the statement that DOES NOT describe the Great Depression.
A
Herbert Hoover was credited for helping America recover from the Great Depression
B
Prairie land in the midwest was damaged by major dust storms
C
The New Deal helped America recover from the Great Depression.
D
Soup kitchens provided food for families in need
18) Choose the statement that is TRUE about the Great Depression.
A
Herbert Hoover was credited for helping America recover.
B
Southern farm land was damaged by major dust storms.
C
President Roosevelt's New Deal helped America recover.
D
The Stock Market Crash of 1929 was the beginning of major economic growth.
19) Choose the statement that is NOT TRUE about the New Deal.
A
The Civilian Conservation Corp was a work program for unemployed, unmarried men.
B
The New Deal provided loans to families in need.
C
The Works Progress Administration employed people to build roads and new buildings.
D
The Tennessee Valley Authority provided economic development for those living in western Tennessee.
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