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Great Depression (Through 1st New Deal)

Authored by Erin Petersen

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9th - 12th Grade

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Great Depression (Through 1st New Deal)
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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following are true about the Great Depression?

It was a severe economic downturn.

It was world wide.

It originated after the 1929 stock market crash.

It only affected the US.

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which factors contributed to the Great Depression?

People stopped spending as much money.

Businesses slowed production, cut jobs, and hours.

Banks failed due to banking panics and customers failing to pay back loans.

International trade decreased substantially.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The unemployment rate reached ____ during the Great Depression.

10%

25%

50%

75%

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True/False: The unemployment rate for black Americans was double the unemployment rate for white Americans.

True

False

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

If you lost your home during the Great Depression, you might...

move in with family

migrate in the US to try to find a better place to live

build a shanty on public land out of cardboard and found wood

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What region of the US was dubbed the Dust Bowl?

Northeast

West

Southern Plains

Northwest

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is the best explanation of what caused the disaster in the Dust Bowl?

There was a bad drought for several years.

There were a lot of farms.

Farmers plowed up native grasses and replaced them with wheat

Without native grass to trap soil and moisture, the severe drought caused massive dust storms.

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