Great Depression

Great Depression

5th Grade

20 Qs

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Great Depression

Great Depression

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Social Studies

5th Grade

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CCSS
RL.7.9, RL.8.9

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Unemployment is the number of people without.....

money

children

jobs

food

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Which event occurred on Black Tuesday?

many factories closed

many banks closed

many people lost their homes

the stock market crashed

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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What was the "New Deal" of the 1930s?

a government program that gave free land to homesteaders

a government program that helped women get the vote

a government program that spread civil rights throughout the country

a government program designed to help people during the depression

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

President Franklin Roosevelt won the election of 1932. The country was in the Great Depression, and Roosevelt introduced the New Deal. Which was the MOST important goal of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs?
to strengthen the economy 
to avoid going to war 
to improve public education 
to end racial discrimination 

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

President Franklin Roosevelt asked Congress to pass a series of acts called the New Deal. Which is one way the New Deal helped people during the Great Depression?
It gave all people the right to vote. 
It created programs to put people back to work.    
It let all new immigrants become American citizens. 
It let people travel around the country freely. 

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

The Great Depression was an economic slowdown in the 1920s and 1930s. Which of the following was one cause of the Great Depression in the United States?

the end of the gold rush

the crash of the stock market

the ending of World War II

the high price of oil

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Great Depression that began in 1929 hit farmers especially hard. Farmers had not been doing well in the 1920s and several years of severe drought turned the land into a "dust bowl." What was an immediate result of this?
Many farmers decided to grow crops that did not use as much water. 
The government built large dams in the West for irrigation. 
Many farmers and their families lost their farms and moved west. 
The government helped farmers by buying their land and equipment. 

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