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Causes of The Great Depression Quiz

Authored by Jon Abbey

Social Studies

11th Grade

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Causes of The Great Depression Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Who was the President of the United States at the beginning of the Great Depression?

Herbert Hoover

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Woodrow Wilson

Calvin Coolidge

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What percentage of the American workforce were farmers in the 1920's?

10%

20%

25%

40%

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What did farmers do to meet the increasing demands created by WWI?

Increase crop production

Invest in the stock market

Start new businesses

Join labor unions

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Farmers accumulated huge amounts of _________ by taking out loans for farming equipment and land.

Debt

Wealth

Assets

Savings

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which group experienced better financial positions throughout the 1920s?

Farmers

Laborers/business owners

sharecroppers

Government officials

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Corporate profits jumped ______% in the 1920s.

10%

20%

65%

40%

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

In 1929 the wealthiest______ % earned as much as the bottom 42% combined.

1%

5%

10%

20%

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