Causes of the Great Depression (SSUSH17a)

Multiple Choice

Which most contributed to underconsumption that lead to the Great Depression?

• decreasing incomes in the Dust Bowl region

• the collapse of the European economy after World War I

• overproduction immediately before the stock market crash of 1929

• widening income disparities between the richest and poorest Americans

What is the Stock Market?

Multiple Select

Consider the economic conditions of the late 1920s in the United States. Which TWO factors most directly contributed to the onset of the Great Depression?

• The widespread adoption of agricultural innovations and the subsequent increase in farm profit.

• Conservative banking practices that limited access to credit.

• Overproduction in industries and underconsumption by consumers.

• Speculative investments that inflated stock market prices.

• The effects of tariffs on the stability of the economy during the Great Depression

Multiple Choice

The stock market crash of 1929 led to the Great Depression. Based on the graph, which statement best describes what happened to unemployment?

• Unemployment increased very quickly after the crash, but it took many years to go back down.

• Unemployment slowly decreased after the crash and then quickly returned to normal.

• Unemployment only began to decrease when the United States entered World War II in 1941.

• Unemployment rose slowly over ten years as the Great Depression gradually became worse.