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