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The Great Depression

Authored by Taylor Davis

History

9th - 10th Grade

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The Great Depression
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Great Depression began in

1925
1929
1932
1940

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was president at the time of the Stock Market Crash of 1929?

Abraham Lincoln
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover

3.

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

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What tool - passed during the Hoover Administration -  designed to protect American manufacturers actually ended up creating a worldwide depression?

Reconstruction Finance Committee
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
New Deal
Second New Deal

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did "bank runs" impact the American people during the Great Depression?

Banks eventually ran out of money to loan, and people's life savings were gone.
Banks made loans throughout the Great Depression, helping people pays bills until they could find work.
Banks were able to people's deposits safe, but they could not loan out any more money.
Banks were not at all involved in the Great Depression because people did not use them.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of these statements is true of the 1932 presidential election?

Franklin Roosevelt won in a landslide.
Hoover lost by a narrow margin.
Huey Long ran a strong third-party campaign.
Roosevelt won a third term.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

FDR addressed the American public in weekly broadcasts known as:

FDR Hour
Hangin' With Franklin
Fireside Chats
Around the Fire

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