The Great Shake Up Video Quiz
Brief quiz
- 1.Tuesday, October 29th, 1929 was known as ?
- A.
Dark Tuesday
- B.
The Evil Day
- C.
Black Tuesday
- 2.Why did the farmers dump milk in the streets?
- A.
To wash down the streets
- B.
There were no stores willing to buy the milk
- C.
Because there was no way or money to transport the milk
- 3.What happened to the stock market?
- A.
It began to grow slowly
- B.
It had a great fall
- C.
It was able to recover and do all right
- 4.All of a sudden, what kind of 'marathon' was catching on?
- A.
Running
- B.
Walking
- C.
Dancing
- 5.Who was the president during most of the Great Depression?
- A.
Hoover
- B.
Taft
- C.
Roosevelt
- 6.Which direction did people start moving to?
- A.
North
- B.
West
- C.
East
- 7.Who were the "Gentlemen of the Road"?
- A.
Taxi drivers
- B.
Hoboes
- C.
Cowboys
- 8.What are 'boxcars'?
- A.
Cars that were made out of boxes
- B.
Carts pulled by horses
- C.
Carts pulled by train
- 9.What was the difference between hoboes and bums?
- A.
Hoboes begged and bums played guitar
- B.
Bums slept all the time and hoboes worked
- C.
Hoboes wanted to work and bums just begged for money
- 10.What was the depression like in California/
- A.
About the same as every where else
- B.
Worse than every where else
- C.
Better than every where else
- 11.Why was California better off than most states during the Depression?
- A.
California had more cars
- B.
California had sea ports
- C.
California had more movie stars
- 12.What did people with a college education end up doing during this time?
- A.
Wash cars
- B.
Dig ditches and work with their hands
- C.
Write newspapers
- 13.What kind of work were you doing for the Conservation Corps.?
- A.
Collecting cans
- B.
Clearing out trees and brush for the forrest
- C.
Working in the military
- 14.What did people do to reward themselves after getting their paychecks?
- A.
Gamble
- B.
Buy ice cream
- C.
Buy a house
- 15.What was a hoboes heaven called?
- A.
Tutty Fruity Hills
- B.
Train of Gold
- C.
Rock Candy Mountain
- 16.FDR brought America 100% out of the Great Depression
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.Upton sinclair wrote the book, The Jungle
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.Upton Sinclair won the vote for Governor of California
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.People were scared of Upton Sinclairs views because he was considered a communist.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.During the depression 1/3 of people were ot of a job
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 21.People did not blam President Hoover for allowing America to slide into the Great depression
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 22.People were not paid to dance in the Dance Marathons
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 23.Banks during the great depression did not run out of money
- A.
True
- B.
False
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