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The Great Depression

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The time after World War I was known as-

a)

The Roaring Twenties

b)

The Roaring Nineties

c)

World War I History

d)

The Era of Jazz

2.

What event started The Great Depression?

a)

The Dust Bowl

b)

The New Deal

c)

Stock Exchange Crashed

d)

The President, Herbert Hoover

3.

During the Roaring Twenties, what did people spend their money on?

a)

Farm Equipment

b)

New Technologies

c)

Stocks and Bonds

d)

Nothing, people saved

4.

Which of these invention helped to increase Americans debt?

a)

The Radio

b)

The Federal Reserve

c)

Credit

d)

The Car

5.

Which event can cause a recession?

a)

A President being elected

b)

More supplies than demand

c)

The banks giving free money

d)

The beginning of a war

6.

Who was the president during The Great Depression?

a)

Donald Trump

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Herbert Hoover

7.

Which event pulled America out of the Depression in the early 1940s?

a)

World War I

b)

World War II

c)

The Roaring Twenties

d)

The Dust Bowl

8.

During The Great Depression, in the 1930s high winds and chocking dust caused livestock and crops to fail. This was known as-

a)

The Dust Bowl

b)

The Civil War

c)

The Homestead Act

d)

Manifest Destiny

9.

What was the name given to the date the New York Stock Exchange crashed in 1929?

a)

World War I

b)

Black Tuesday

c)

The Dust Bowl

d)

The New Deal

10.

What year was the stock market crash that was one of the causes of The Great Depression?

a)

1920

b)

1989

c)

1929

d)

2020

11.

How much money did the stock market loose in one day during the stock market crash?

a)

$14 billion

b)

$14 thousand

c)

$14 hundred

d)

$14 million

12.

The dust storms destroyed 100 million _________ of land.

a)

acres

b)

borrowing

c)

products

d)

economy

13.

During the Roaring Twenties, people bought things they could not afford by_________________money.

a)

acres

b)

borrowing

c)

products

d)

economy

14.

During the Great Depression, the entire world_________was struggling.

a)

economy

b)

borrowing

c)

acres

d)

products

15.

During the Great Depression companies were making more_______________than they could sell.

a)

economy

b)

products

c)

acres

d)

borrowing