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Shantytowns in which homeless families lived during the Great Depressions were called _____________
a) Cardboard Town
b) Hooverville
c) Roosterville
d) Shantytown

The stock Market Crash of 1929 was the beginning of _____________.
a) the Dust Bowl
b) the Great Depression
c) WW I
d) WW II

The president during the beginning of the Great Depression was ______________.
a) Herbert Hoover
b) Franklin D. Roosevelt
c) Theodore Roosevelt
d) Woodrow Wilson

Which section of the county was most affected by the Dust Bowl?
a) Northwest
b) Northeast
c) Southeast
d) Midwest

President Franklin Roosevelt's plan to end the Great Depression was called ______________.
a) Depression Deal
b) Hoover Deal
c) New Deal
d) Winning Deal

What was the Civilian Conservation Corp responsible for doing?
a) building dams to generate electricity
b) building new roads
c) growing new forests
d) helping farmers

What was the Works Progress Administration responsible for?
a) building dams to generate electricity
b) building roads
c) growing forests
d) helping farmers

What was the Tennessee Valley authority responsible for?
a) building dams to generate electricity
b) building new roads
c) growing forests
d) helping farmers

_________________ was president at the end of the Great Depression.
a) Herbert Hoover
b) Franklin D. Roosevelt
c) Theodore Roosevelt
d) Woodrow Wilson

_________________ was known for their accomplishments in music during the 1930's.
a) Duke Ellington
b) Margaret Mitchell
c) Jesse Owen
d) Clyde Williams

_________________ were the most popular new forms of technology.
a) antennas and microphones
b) phonographs and televisions
c) radios and motion pictures
d) telephones and telegraphs

The Little White House, where FDR often visited, was located in _________________, Georgia
a) Atlanta
b) Macon
c) Savannah
d) Warm Springs

Identify the statement that is TRUE about the New Deal plan.
a) The local government is responsible for ensuring economic prosperity.
b) The state government is responsible for ensuring economic prosperity.
c) The federal government is responsible for ensuring economic prosperity.
d) The government is not responsible for ensuring economic prosperity.

_______________________ was one of ten black men to participate in the 1936 Olympic Games.
a) Duke Ellington
b) Margaret Mitchell
c) Jesse Owen
d) Charles Williams

__________________ was the author of Gone with the Wind, a best selling book about the Civil War.
a) Duke Ellington
b) Margaret Mitchell
c) Jesse Owen
d) Charles Williams

After the Dust Bowl, many people living in the midwest moved _______________.
a) east
b) south
c) north
d) west

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

Choose the statement that is TRUE about the Great Depression.
a) President Roosevelt's New Deal helped America recover.
b) The Stock Market Crash of 1929 was the beginning of major economic growth.
c) Southern farm land was damaged by major dust storms.
d) Herbert Hoover was credited for helping America recover.

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 Works Progress Administration employed people to build roads and new buildings.
c) The New Deal provided loans to families in need.
d) The Tennessee Valley Authority provided economic development for those living in western Tennessee.

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