SSUSH17a The Great Depression

SSUSH17a The Great Depression

By Gail Watkins

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

• Stock Market Speculation

• Overproduction

• Under-consumption

• Overconsumption

Multiple Choice

One reason the Depression of 1929 was so severe in the United States was

• Franklin Roosevelt believed that the government should not interfere in the economy.

• American industry had failed to modernize and expand following World War I.

• the Depression affected only the US, leaving European economies strong.

• the economy had become primarily industrial and most Americans were affected by business variations.

Multiple Choice

What event would cause the trend seen in the graph above?

 

• Dust Bowl

• Panic of 1919

• Stock Market Crash

• Red Scare

Multiple Choice

What was the main reason why the Great Depression was felt so financially in Europe, even before the actual Stock Market Crash of 1929?

• Too many nations were spending and investing money in the United States

• The financial cost of World War I left many nations with no money and high unemployment.

• The financial cost of building up the military to defeat Hitler.

• Too many industries moved to the United States after World War I and never returned to Europe

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Work Session​

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