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Causes of the Great Depression

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the title of the map?

a)

Great Depression 1929 - 1939

b)

The effects of The Great Depression

c)

The American Depression

d)

It's Not Given

2.

What element is missing on the map?

a)

Compass Rose

b)

Grid

c)

Key / Legend

d)

Scale

3.

Who was the President at the start of The Great Depression?

a)

John Quincy Adams

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

John F. Kennedy

4.

In what year did The Great Depression begin?

a)

1909

b)

1919

c)

1929

d)

1939

5.

What name was given to the new areas being set up by the recently homeless due to The Great Depression?

a)

Rooseveltburgs

b)

Kennedy Centers

c)

Adams Outskirts

d)

Hoovervilles

6.

Who proposed a New Deal in attempts of pulling America out of The Great Depression?

a)

John Quincy Adams

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

John F. Kennedy

7.

What was not a cause of The Great Depression?

a)

Banks Begin to Close

b)

Great Migration to Large Cities

c)

The Uneven Distribution of Wealth

d)

Mistakes by the Federal Reserve

8.

True or False:

The Great Depression was strictly an American issue.

a)

False

b)

True

9.

The Hawley-Smoot _____, raised the price of foreign goods. Another cause of The Great Depression.

a)

Act

b)

Referendum

c)

Policy

d)

Tariff

10.

What color is associated with Tuesday (and Thursday), show severity of The Great Depression?

a)

Black Tuesday

b)

Red Tuesday

c)

Blue Tuesday

d)

Gray Tuesday