
Great Depression Challenge
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which one of the following was used by presidents Harding and Coolidge to help grow the U.S. economy in the 1920s?
encouraging foreign imports
reducing taxes on businesses
funding benefits for retired Americans
increasing taxes on corporations
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
America’s foreign policy from the end of World War I until Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941:
imperialism
globalism
expansionism
isolationism
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
October 29, 1929 is known as “Black Tuesday” because it’s the day that:
the US stock market crashed
the Yankees lost the World Series
Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles
FDR was elected
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which U.S. president was blamed for making the Great Depression worse?
Calvin Coolidge
Teddy Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
One major cause of the Stock Market crash was:
war in Europe
communism
assembly line manufacturing
overproduction of goods
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
President Hoover responded to the Bonus Army by:
agreeing to pay veterans’ bonuses ahead of schedule
resigning his presidency
calling out the army to force an end to the protest
choosing FDR as his running mate in 1932
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In 1933, the percentage of unemployed Americans was approximately:
25%
50%
75%
100%
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