GED Social Studies Vocab - The Great Depression A

The Great Depression spanned which years?

1929-1939

1920-1930

1920-1940

1930-1941

The Great Depression can be defined as:

A decade of economic slowdown including a stock market crash, bank runs, and home foreclosures

A basin in the Grand Canyon

An epic mental health phase an adult hits in their 30s

A time of great financial gain

The Dust Bowl can be defined as...

The bowls left to feed chickens in the barn

A great china bowl in your grandma's china cabinet that has been forgotten about for decades and is dusty

Dust storms in the Midwest of America

Aunt Edna's tuna casserole

The US President who refused assistance to Americans during the Depression was

Theodore Roosevelt

Herbert Hoover

Harry Truman

Millard Fillmore

People who lost their homes or were evicted lived in places called:

Hoovervilles or shantytowns

Shanties

Homeless shelters

Their cars

A shantytown is:

Low income housing

A lean-to or shed

A group of makeshift shelters that were made out of whatever odd materials were available

Made from trees and leaves for shelter

A Hooverville was

A place everyone wanted to live

A shantytown that was named in mocking of President Hoover for lack of government help for the large group of unemployed and homeless

A business that sold Hoover vacuum cleaners

A group of ladies demonstrating for women's rights

The WPA stands for...

Western Pioneers of America

Women's Progressive Association

Wicked People of Alabama

Works Progress Administration

The president after Herbert Hoover who pushed through legislation to support Americans was:

Thomas Edison

William Clinton

FDR or Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Harry Truman

What was the peak unemployment rate in the US during the Great Depression?

25%

65%

35%

45%

GED Social Studies Vocab - The Great Depression A

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