1) Black Friday a) October 9, 1029 b) October 29, 1929 c) April 9, 1930 d) November 13, 1929 2) The Great Depression lasted from: a) 1929-1935 b) 1929-1939 c) 1925-1940 d) 1929-1941 3) How was President during The Great Depression? a) Herbert Hoover b) Andrew Jackson c) Franklin Roosevelt d) Henry Ford 4) Bank failures occured because Black Friday resulting in The Great Depression. a) true b) false 5) 4 events that occured after Black Friday: a) bank failures, tariffs, global economic failures, increased demand for goods/services b) bank failures, lower taxes, global economic failures, increased demand for goods/services c) increased # of banks, tariffs, global economic failures, increased demand for goods/services d) bank failures, tariffs, global economic failures, decreased demand for goods/services 6) Hawley-Smoot Tariff a) raised taxes on foreign goods b) lowered taxes on foreign goods 7) Hoovervilles were mainly in a) cities b) rural areas 8) Makeshift shanty towns a) Breadlines b) Hoovervilles c) Dust Bowls d) Tenants 9) Entertainment was a big business during The Depression. a) true b) false 10) Many Americans went to the movies during The Great Depression to escape their life for a while. a) true b) false 11) The Federal Art Project funded free musical and art performances. a) true b) false 12) Breadlines were a direct results of the stock market crash. a) true b) false 13) Themes of movies during The Great Depression included: a) everyday hardships b) gangsters c) faith in government d) dreams coming true 14) The New Deal funded arts for the first time in history. a) true b) false 15) Who wrote The Grapes of Wrath? a) Herbert Hoover b) John Steinbeck c) Woodrow Wilson d) Lillian Hellman 16) The Dust Bowl region: a) East b) West c) Midwest d) South 17) "Okies" were farmers/people only from Oklahoma that sought refuge in the West. a) true b) false 18) Repatriation was a result of Okies leaving the Dust Bowl and competing for jobs with Asian and Mexican Americans. a) true b) false

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