President Hoover and the 1932 presidential election | History

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.
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  Wall Street Crash leads to share prices plummeting.
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  Many shareholders bankrupted.
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  Banks begin to fail.
- 4
  
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  Ordinary Americans lose their savings.
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  Consumers spend less of their income.
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  Company profits fall and businesses fail.