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2020-2021 HCS 6th Grade Unit 6b The Great Depression

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

What three nations fell under the control of totalitarian leadership as a result of the worldwide depression of the 1930s?

a)

France, Germany and Italy

b)

Germany, Italy, and Japan

c)

Germany, Great Britain, and Italy

d)

Russia, France, and Great Britain

2.

What was Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan for rebuilding the economy of the United States in the 1930s?

a)

The Good Deal

b)

The New Deal

c)

The Marshall Plan

d)

The Dust Bowl

3.

Which event is credited with starting the Great Depression?

a)

the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt as US President

b)

the Senate's failure to ratify the Treaty of Versailles

c)

adoption of the New Deal programs

d)

the stock market crash on Black Tuesday

4.

Why did totalitarian leaders gain power in the years following WWI?

a)

They offered plans to rebuild their nations economically

b)

They offered more political rights to citizens

c)

They advocated for the creation of limited monarchies

d)

They offered plans to create democracies

5.

How did the governments of democratic nations work to improve economic conditions in their countries?

a)

by starting WWII to gain more territory

b)

by passing laws to rebuild their economies

c)

by building weapons of mass destruction

d)

by imperializing underdeveloped nations

6.

What contributed to the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany during the depression of the 1930s?

a)

Economic hardships increased political instability

b)

Five-year plans of the communists failed

c)

The Reichstag released private property for public use

d)

The people waste oppressive leadership

7.

How did the depression in the United States contribute to the worldwide depression?

a)

Merchants exported too many products overseas and did not import anything

b)

The United States only traded with countries willing to pay tariffs

c)

Business owners refused to sell mass-produced goods to European nations

d)

Investors began calling in loans they had made to European nations and discontinued lending to them

8.

What caused the Stock Market crash of 1929 (Black Tuesday)? (Choose ALL that apply)

a)

buying stocks on margin

b)

overproduction of goods

c)

expansion of buying on credit

d)

entering World War II

9.

What was Germany's response to France taking over Ruhr Valley

a)

They revolted against France

b)

They began printing money causing hyperinflation

c)

They bought it back from France

d)

Germany went to the League of Nations

10.

Which totalitarian leaders took over during the economic hard times? (Choose ALL that apply)

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Julius Caesar

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt