America’s Great Depression – Flex Your Economic Knowledge! Which event in 1929 marked the beginning of the Great Depression, causing a severe economic downturn in the United States and around the world? The Prohibition era The Wall Street Crash The Dust Bowl The Bonus Army March None What term is used to describe the makeshift communities of homeless people during the Great Depression, often consisting of shantytowns built from scrap materials? Hoovervilles New Deal Camps Roosevelt Villages Depression Shanties None What was the name of the New Deal program that aimed to provide employment to millions of Americans during the Great Depression by focusing on infrastructure projects? Social Security Act Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Works Progress Administration (WPA) Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) None What severe environmental disaster during the Great Depression affected the Southern Plains, leading to massive dust storms and agricultural devastation? The Tennessee Valley drought The Mississippi River flood The Dust Bowl The Great Lakes blizzard None Which president implemented the New Deal programs in response to the Great Depression, aiming to provide relief, recovery, and reform? Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt Calvin Coolidge Woodrow Wilson None Time's up Most Popular Most Popular
