Great Depression/WWII Quiz

What event helped end The Great Depression?

• Black Tuesday

• The Dust Bowl

• The Okie Migration

• World War II

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What decade did the Dust Bowl take place?

• 1920s

• 1930s

• 1940s

• 1950s

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This event marked the beginning of the Great Depression

• Stock Market Crash of 1929

• End of the Great War WWI

• Start of World War II

• National Origins Act

When companies make more goods than people can buy, causing a decrease in sales

• overproduction

• buying on margin

• speculation

• short-selling

What caused millions to lose their family wealth during The Depression?

• Bank closures

• Foreclosures on their farms and homes

• Stockmarket

• All of the above

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.

• Many farmers and their families lost their farms and moved west.

• The government built large dams in the West for irrigation.

• The government helped farmers by buying their land and equipment.

Many Americans “bought on margin.” What does this mean?

• To lower stock prices

• To charge consumer purchases

• To buy stock on credit

• To buy up farm surpluses

An accurate statement about the Great Depression of the 1930s is that

• agriculture was the only sector of the economy to escape the effects of the Depression.

• the trade barriers erected by major nations helped to keep the Depression confined to the United States.

• failed banking policies, consumer demand, and excessive use of credit, combined to bring about the economic collapse.

• a massive response by the Federal Government under the Hoover administration failed to bring about recovery.

Which combination of factors contributed most to the start of the Great Depression of the 1930s?

• immigration restrictions and a lack of skilled workers

• high taxes and overspending in social welfare programs

• United States war debts and the declining value of the dollar

• overproduction and the excessive use of credit

“When faced with economic and political chaos, the people will choose security over freedom, even if this choice involves an almost complete loss of liberty.”

Which is the best example of a society that made the choice described in this quotation?

• the United States during the 1770s

• the United States during the 1930s

• Germany between World Wars I and II

• Japan since the end of World War II