The Great Depression: Causes and Hardship

The Great Depression: Causes and Hardship

11th Grade

20 Qs

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The Great Depression: Causes and Hardship

The Great Depression: Causes and Hardship

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Overproduction and underconsumption

High tariffs restricting trade

buying stocks on the margin

high income taxes

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was President Herbert Hoover's response to the Great Depression?

He believed "rugged individualism" would solve the economy

He created mass welfare

He increased infrastructure to create jobs

He violated his policy of laissez-faire

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did many midwestern farmers migrate from the Great Plains to California?

There was no unemployment on the West Coast

California was experiencing a gold rush

The Dust Bowl pushed farmers out of the Great Plains

The Stock Market crash led farmers to lose their homes on the Great Plains

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Americans feel about Hoover's approach to the Great Depression?

They accepted his "hands-off" approach and policy of "rugged individualism"

They were glad that Hoover did not increase federal programs and therefore increase taxes

They expected Hoover and the federal government to help them, and nicknamed shantytowns "Hoovervilles" in anger

They began promoting radical communism in an attempt to overthrow Hoover's capitalist policies

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following did NOT contribute to the Great Depression crisis?

The Dust Bowl

Bank Failures

Black Tuesday

National government debt

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which event marked the end of the Roaring 20's and the started of the Great Depression in the 1930s?

The election of Herbert Hoover

The Stock Market Crash

The Dust Bowl

The Election of Franklin D. Roosevelt

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What economic practice became popular in the 1920s and eventually contributed to the crash of the stock market?

Paying only cash for stock purchases

Selling stocks in very rapid succession

Buying stocks with only a down payment

Sharing insider information on stock trades

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