Great Depression

Great Depression

7th Grade

20 Qs

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Great Depression

Great Depression

Assessment

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History

7th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RI.6.8, RL.7.9, RI.7.1

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What were the 3 causes of the Great Depression?

FDR, The New Deal, The Second New Deal

Herbert Hoover, Hobos, Riding the Rails

Borrowing too much money, Stock Market Crash, Poor farm prices

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Explain the Stock Market Crash.

People purchased stocks with credit, got scared and sold their stocks. There was no money to for people to pay back their loans

Too many people tried to purchase stock at the same time and the stock market was overwhelmed.

People threw their money away on unstable stocks with poor companies.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

The president who promised the people a "New Deal" during the Great Depression.

Jesse Owens
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George Washington

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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During the Great Depression people were worried because the economy was doing poorly. How did this fear affect their consumption of goods?

People bought more things because they thought they wouldn't be able to buy them later.

People bought fewer things because they wanted to save as much money as they could.

People bought more things because they wanted businesses to do better.

People bought fewer things because the government was limiting purchases.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

Month and Day that Stock Market Crashed

October 28, 1929
October 29, 1928
October 29, 1929
October 29, 1939

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

After the Stock Market Crash, many people lost their life savings because _______________.

banks closed
banks gave away their money
they couldn't remember where they put it
someone stole it

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which was NOT a LONG-TERM cause of the Great Depression?

Buying stock on margin

Stock market crash (Black Tuesday)

too much production and consumer spending

farmers growing more food than needed

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