1920s & Great Depression Review

1920s & Great Depression Review

8th - 10th Grade

75 Qs

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1920s & Great Depression Review

1920s & Great Depression Review

Assessment

Quiz

History

8th - 10th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

CCSS
RL.7.9, RL.8.9

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

During the Roaring Twenties, the US had just got out of __________, and business was booming.

World War I

World War II

The Great Recession

The Great Depression

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the 1920s, many Americans invested money in the ______ market.

black

credit

share

stock

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False: The value of a share in a company hardly ever changes.

True

False

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happened in the summer of 1929?

Production of goods increased, and employment rose.

Production of goods decreased, and employment dropped.

Americans sold millions of shares, and the stock market crashed.

Americans paid back the money that they had borrowed to buy stocks.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happened on Black Tuesday in October 1929?

Factories shut down and cut millions of positions.

Companies sold millions of shares, and the stock market crashed.

Americans sold millions of shares, and the stock market crashed.

Americans paid back the money that they had borrowed to buy stocks.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The ____________ caused food shortages in the southwestern Great Plains.

Dust Bowl

Hungerville

Drought Bowl

Depression Drought

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is another term for shantytowns?

Hoovervilles

Hoover slums

Rooseveltvilles

depression houses

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