American Life in the Great Depression

Question 1

Many Americans faced social consequences of the Depression, but one direct economic consequence was

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unemployment.

Question 2

How were farmers and banks connected in the 1930s?

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Farmers lost their farms, and then banks lost money.

Question 3

How did Hoover’s belief that Americans should maintain their individualism affect his response to the Depression?

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He wanted to provide indirect aid to people.

Question 4

Which of the following led to dust storms during the 1930s?

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both farming and drought

Question 5

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Millions of acres of productive farmland became barren desert.

Question 6

After the stock market crash,

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Americans panicked and rushed to banks for their money.

Question 7

Who was Herbert Hoover?

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the president during the beginning of the Great Depression

Question 8

A main indicator of the spread of homelessness during the Great Depression was

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Hoovervilles.

Question 9

About how many people moved away from the Great Plains states during the Depression?

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2.5 million

Question 10

In what year did the Great Depression begin?

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1929

American Life in the Great Depression Answers