GREAT DEPRESSION 1929-1939

Hoovervilles became the name of?

Groups of hobos who begged for food

Groups of shacks or makeshift houses that poor people lived

Groups o ffarmers who destroyed or wasted their crops

The New Deal was?

A group of government programs by president FDR to try and end depression

Laws to increase installments buying of expensive items

The way investors purchased shares of stock on margin

Approximately what years did the Great Depression take place?

From 1929 to 1949

From 1939 to 1949

From 1919 to 1929

From 1929 to 1939

The stock market crashed on what date in history?

October 29, 1939

October 29, 1919

October 29, 1949

October 19, 1929

The average unemployment percentage during the Great Depression

10%

50%

75%

30%

The Great Depression had an impact on the American in ways listed below Except

Large numbers of people were without jobs

Large numbers of people registered to Vote

Farmers income fell to low levels and many were forced to waste their crops

Large numbers of people were hungry and homeless

How many more registered unemployed workers were there in 1932 than in 1928

12 million

14 million

10 million

9 million

The major causes of the dust bowl were

High winds

Drought

Overgrazing by cattle and plowing by farmers cause soil to be loose

All of the above

The single event that led America out of the Depression

The roaring 20's

World War 1

World War 2

Nothing we are still depressed

Who said to America " the only thing we have to fear it fear itself

Herbert Hoover

Woodrow Wilson

Barack Obama

Franklin Delano Roosvelt

GREAT DEPRESSION 1929-1939

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