The Role Of Soup Kitchens During The Great Depression
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- 1.When did soup kitchens begin to appear in the United States?
- A.
Shortly before the stock market crashed
- B.
Shortly after the stock market crashed
- C.
On the day the stock market crashed
- D.
A year after the stock market crashed
- 2.Why was there a sudden need for soup kitchens to feed the Americans?
- A.
When the stock market crashed, all the McDonalds restaurants closed.
- B.
When the stock market crashed, the government forced the American people to work in soup kitchens.
- C.
When the stock market crashed, millions of Americans went on strike and quit working.
- D.
When the stock market crashed and millions of Americans lost all of their money and their jobs, they didn’t have enough money to buy food to feed their families.
- 3.Approximately how many Americans lost their jobs when the stock market crashed?
- A.
12 million
- B.
1 million
- C.
5 million
- D.
120 million
- 4.Which group(s) originally started soup kitchens to feed the Americans affected by the stock market crash?
- A.
Churches and charities
- B.
McDonalds and Burger King
- C.
The White House
- D.
Campbell’s Soup Company
- 5.In addition to serving soup, soup kitchens would also provide ___________________.
- A.
Pasta
- B.
Rice
- C.
Bread
- D.
Potatoes
- 6.Who was able to get free food from soup kitchens?
- A.
Only government workers
- B.
Anyone (people who were poor, unemployed, homeless and/or hungry)
- C.
Americans who had a soup kitchen “free-food” card to show.
- D.
The people who volunteered to work in the soup kitchens.
- 7.Why was soup chosen to be made and given to the people rather than other types of food?
- A.
They polled the people and the majority of them voted for soup as being their favorite food.
- B.
They wanted to serve something hot because it was cold outside.
- C.
Soup was cheap and could be watered down to serve large amounts of people.
- D.
Bowls were cheaper to buy than plates, so they wanted to cook something that could be served in a bowl.
- 8.Where were soup kitchens set up and run?
- A.
In the train stations
- B.
In closed down restaurants
- C.
In the streets, in churches, in cafeterias and service centers
- D.
In the Campbell’s Soup warehouse
- 9.Millions of Americans used soup kitchens as their primary source of food during the Great Depression.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Without soup kitchens, much of the American population would have had no way to provide food for their families and many would have possibly starved to death.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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