The Great Depression Quiz

What year did the stock market crash that signaled the beginning of the Great Depression?

• 1928

• 1930

• 1929

• 1931

Who was the President of the United States when the Great Depression began?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Calvin Coolidge

• Harry S. Truman

• Herbert Hoover

What was the unemployment rate by early 1933?

• 25%

• 20%

• 15%

• 30%

What natural disaster exacerbated the plight of farmers during the Great Depression?

• The Great Flood

• The Dust Bowl

• San Francisco Earthquake

• Hurricane Katrina

Which President was elected in November 1932?

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Harry S. Truman

What was the primary goal of the New Deal?

• To reduce government spending

• To offer a new approach to the Great Depression & put citizens back to work

• To increase tariffs on imported goods

• To privatize government assets

What were makeshift hovels built by the unemployed called?

• Depression Dens

• Roosevelt Rooms

• New Deal Dwellings

• Hoovervilles

Which of the following was not a cause of the Great Depression?

• Stock market speculation

• Low farm prices

• A strong banking system

• Industrial overproduction

Which New Deal program was designed to provide jobs through public works projects?

• Social Security Act

• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

• Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

What was the primary effect of the Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act) of 1935?

• It made child labor illegal

• It granted workers the right to form unions and bargain collectively

• It established minimum wage laws

• It provided unemployment insurance