The Impact of the Great Depression

Another name for the "Roaring Twenties" was _____________.

• the Rise of Women's Rights

• the Model T Generation

• The Jazz Age

• Party Times

Global demand for manufactured goods continued to increase during the 1920's & 1930's.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which Amendment changed the lives of American Women?

• the 18th

• the 19th

• the 21st

• the 26th

Which of these was a cause of the Great Depression in the United States?

• Demand for manufactured products was lower.

• There was an uneven distribution of wealth.

• Factories & farmers were overproducing goods.

• All of these are correct.

One reason the fall of the U.S. Stock Market led to a global depression was that the US had to stop sending aid money to rebuild Europe because they had to help their own country.

• TRUE

• False

Which of these was NOT a part of Roosevelt's New Deal help to end the Great Depression in the US.?

• It created large public works projects like the WPA.

• It provided money for welfare & relief programs such as Social Security.

• It handed out $1,000 dollar checks to all unemployed Americans.

• It created regulations for the stock market & banks.

The French were less affeced by the gloal depression because they had more economic equality, and gave workers more rights.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What was the impact of the global depression on Great Britain?

• Parliament failed to use deficit spending (going into debt) to help their people & the Depression worsened.

• England enacted a conservative approach, allowing their country to recover in only a few months

• England created their own "New Deal" which ended the Great Depression quickly

• There was no impact because England was an island & isolated from the European economy.

Why did so many countries turn to fascist, totalitarian dictators during the global depression?

• Fascists used propaganda to gain people's trust & fear to gain their cooperation.

• Democracies had to follow the rules to enact changes & that took time.

• Fascist leaders such as Mussolini and Hitler made promises & did whatever it took to carry them out.

• All of these are correct.