Starter quiz

  • Write the missing word. A ______ was a long queue formed at charity-run soup kitchens during the Great Depression.
    • 'breadline' ✓
  • Write the missing number. One in ______ American workers was unemployed by 1932.
    • 'four' ✓
  • What were Hoovervilles?
    • Large cities built during the Great Depression.
    • Rural farming communities set up during the Great Depression.
    • Camps built by the homeless during the Great Depression.  ✓
  • How did African American unemployment compare to the national average during the Great Depression?
    • African American unemployment was four times higher than the average.
    • African American unemployment was double the average.  ✓
    • African American unemployment was the same as the average.
    • African American unemployment was half the average.
    • African American unemployment was a quarter of the average.
  • Why could millions of Americans living in the Midwest during the 1930s be called refugees?
    • They moved as they wanted to find better paying work elsewhere.
    • The Great Depression led to widespread conflict in these areas.
    • Environmental change destroyed their farming land, forcing them to move.  ✓
  • Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
    • 1
      ⇔
      Wall Street Crash leads to share prices plummeting.
    • 2
      ⇔
      Many shareholders bankrupted.
    • 3
      ⇔
      Banks begin to fail.
    • 4
      ⇔
      Ordinary Americans lose their savings.
    • 5
      ⇔
      Consumers spend less of their income.
    • 6
      ⇔
      Company profits fall and businesses fail.
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