The Great Depression

The Great Depression

9th Grade

20 Qs

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The Great Depression

The Great Depression

Assessment

Quiz

Social Studies

9th Grade

Easy

Created by

Brian Canard

Used 203+ times

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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What happens when there is a bank run and a bank begins to collapse?

depositors lost their money if they didn't get to the bank before it shut down.

the government covered the bank's debts.

depositors were repaid if their accounts were insured.

the government stepped in to run the bank

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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When more goods are produced than people can afford to buy and one of the reasons for the Great Depression...

Deflation

Inflation

Overconsumption

Overproduction

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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Farmers who had already seen overproduction and bankrupt farms in the 1920s, were later ruined because of...

Bank failures

Drought and the Dust Bowl

Migration and Repatriation

Unemployment and bank closures

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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During the Great Depression, many people's homes were foreclosed upon and became homeless. To show displeasure with the President they named their new shacks and shantytowns...

Hotels

Veteran Camps

Hoovervilles

Retirement Homes

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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Over a three year period in the 1930s, a drought occurred across Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. As a result, the wind would pick up a lot of dry soil and create what was called .....

Black Tuesday

The Rose Bowl

The Dust Bowl

The Hunger Bowl

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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After the stock market crashed, what did President Hoover do?

He gave bonus checks to Americans to help them pay bills

He created a government safety net to help jobless Americans

He created the Social Security Administration to give retired and disabled people a guaranteed income

He offered no help as he believed Americans should "pull themselves up by their bootstraps"

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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When the stock market crashed in October 1929, the overall market lost between 10 and 15 billion dollars because...

banks were being forced to close

companies were being forced out of business

investors were selling stocks off as quickly as possible to avoid losses

the government was getting involved in the stock market

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