click on each blank box and select a ohrase to complete the sentences about the great depression
1. The Great Depression was a severe economic downturn that began in __________. (phrase options: "October 1929", "1939", "the early 1900s")
2. The stock market crash of __________ is often seen as the starting point of the Great Depression. (phrase options: "1929", "1933", "1945")
3. Many Americans lost their jobs during the Great Depression and struggled to find __________. (phrase options: "employment", "financial stability", "government assistance")
4. The Great Depression caused widespread __________ and poverty across the United States. (phrase options: "unemployment", "inflation", "economic growth")
5. President __________ implemented the New Deal in an attempt to combat the effects of the Great Depression. (phrase options: "Franklin D. Roosevelt", "Herbert Hoover", "Woodrow Wilson")
6. The Dust Bowl, a period of severe drought and dust storms in the Midwest, exacerbated the hardships faced by farmers during the Great Depression. (phrase options: "Dwight D. Eisenhower", "Harry S. Truman", "Franklin D. Roosevelt")
7. The Great Depression had lasting effects on American society and the economy and was only fully resolved with the onset of __________. (phrase options: "World War II", "the Korean War", "the Cold War")