The Great Depression Quiz

The Great Depression Quiz

8th Grade

26 Qs

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The Great Depression Quiz

The Great Depression Quiz

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

1928

1930

1929

1931

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Calvin Coolidge

Harry S. Truman

Herbert Hoover

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the unemployment rate by early 1933?

25%

20%

15%

30%

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

The Great Flood

The Dust Bowl

San Francisco Earthquake

Hurricane Katrina

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which President was elected in November 1932?

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Herbert Hoover

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Harry S. Truman

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What were makeshift hovels built by the unemployed called?

Depression Dens

Roosevelt Rooms

New Deal Dwellings

Hoovervilles

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