Causes of Great Depression

Causes of Great Depression

7th - 8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What contributed to factory layoffs and unemployment during great depression

low tariffs

stock market regulations

overproduction of consumer goods

new inventions

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Europe respond to the U.S. Smoot-Hawley Tariff ( taxes)?

made investments to gold

increased their own tariffs/taxes rates

exported more to the USA

they allowed immigration from USA

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930 make Depression worse?

Limited trade between USA and world

American companies moved to Mexico

stopped Europe from helping USA banks

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What action by government helped cause Great Depression?

stopping of taxes/tariffs

removal of government deposits in private banks

cut in tax rates for the richest people

added interest rate on government loans

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did Investors try to sell their stocks on October 1929?

didn't want regulation of markets

needed fast cash for new businesses

lost confidence in stocks they owned

thought banks were a better way for profit

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of these describes credit crisis of Great Depression?

causes Americans to invest in stocks more

Americans wanted to deposit money in foreign banks

led to bankruptcies and widespread bank failures

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The United States economy in the 1920's was:

not good for all Americans who didn't have money or prosperity

most families lived well above poverty line

New inventions caused a depression

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