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Chapter 23/24.1: Great Depression & Beginning of WWII

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
President during the 1930s who was considered a failure because he couldn't fix the Great Depression.
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Herbert Hoover
c)
Margaret Mitchell
d)
Jessie Owens
2.
The president who promised the people a "New Deal" during the Great Depression.
a)
Jesse Owens
b)
Herbert Hoover
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
George Washington
3.
Which of the following is NOT a role that individuals play in the economy? 
a)
Buying food, clothing, and other things that they need.
b)
Working to receive a paycheck.
c)
Taxing their fellow citizens.
d)
Starting businesses which offer services and goods to other individuals. 
4.
Which of the following is the government's role in the economy? 
a)
Providing stocks to people who need to invest. 
b)
The  main provider of loans to people who want to buy homes.
c)
Giving interest to people who put their money into savings accounts. 
d)
Building roads, schools, hospitals, and more with tax money.
5.
Which of the following was NOT a problem facing the United States from 1929-1939.
a)
Many banks were closing because they ran out of money.
b)
The economy struggled because of all the money that had been  spent fighting in Europe.
c)
A drought hit the U.S. for several years causing many farmers' crops to fail.
d)
The stock market crashed causing people to lose millions and businesses to struggle.
6.
Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
a)
Stock Market Crash
b)
Credit
c)
Advertisment
d)
Prohibition
7.
Did the New Deal bring the United States out of The Great Depression?
a)
Yes
b)
No
8.
The Great Depression only took place in the cities.
a)
True
b)
False
9.

On which day did people lose a lot of cash when the stock market crashed?

a)

October 31, 1929

b)

May 7, 1929

c)

January 14, 1929

d)

October 29, 1929

10.

What was the WPA?

a)

The Worker's Protected Administration

b)

The Worker's Probation Administration

c)

The Works Progressive Administration

d)

The Works Progress Administration

11.

How did the WPA help with employment?

a)

It employed millions to work in factories.

b)

It employed millions to build public buildings.

c)

It employed millions to work for car companies.

d)

It employed millions to work for the military.

12.

What did the Social Security Act guarantee?

a)

Pensions for retired elderly.

b)

Unemployment pay for those who lost their job.

c)

Both options.

d)

Neither options.

13.

Which war did the US enter when The Great Depression was over?

a)

The Vietnam War

b)

The Korean War

c)

The Star Wars

d)

World War II

14.

Which type of political philosophy gave rise to dictators with total power, who denied other individuals freedoms?

a)

Socialism

b)

Communism

c)

Anarchism

d)

Fascism

15.

Winston Churchill was to Great Britain as Joseph Stalin was to--

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

the Soviet Union

d)

Japan

16.

The policy of avoiding involvement in the affairs of other countries is--

a)

nationalism

b)

socialism

c)

isolationism

d)

imperialism

17.

What was the primary difference in opposing governments at the beginning of World War II?

a)

Strong vs weak

b)

Neutral vs involved

c)

Isolationist vs imperialist

d)

Dictatorships vs democracies

18.

What did Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini have in common?

a)

They established command-based economies

b)

They established dictatorships

c)

They were communists

d)

They followed racist ideologies

19.

Democratic Nations:

Canada

Soviet Union

Great Britain

United States

Which member of the Allies was NOT a democratic nation during World War II?

a)

Canada

b)

Soviet Union

c)

Great Britain

d)

United States

20.

The dictatorships of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini are described as fascist because--

a)

each shared his power with several leaders and individual freedoms were encouraged.

b)

each gave total power to the wealthy men of the country and individual freedoms were denied.

c)

each allowed the people to have total power and individual freedoms were encouraged.

d)

each assumed total power and individual freedoms were denied.

21.

How did the results of World War I cause World War II?

a)

The League of Nations declared war on Italy because World War I created problems between Germany and Italy.

b)

The war debt from World War I that Germany had to pay was one of the causes of the political and economic instability of Europe.

c)

President Wilson's peace plan called for the invasion of Germany if the country failed to pay its war debt.

d)

When Great Britain was blamed for World War I, Great Britain invaded France to demand payment for the war.

22.

Germany is to Adolf Hitler as Great Britain is to--

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Hideki Tojo

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Benito Mussolini

23.

What is Nazism?

a)

A German group that supported war.

b)

A German group that hated Americans.

c)

A German group that hated communism and supported racial and religious hatred.

d)

A German group that enjoyed books.

24.

What was Germany like after World War I?

*Choose all that apply*

a)

Germany's economy rebounded and the country quickly recovered.

b)

Germany was in severe debt from the Versailles Treaty.

c)

Germans were blamed entirely in Europe for the war.

d)

Germany's political system was weakened leaving it open to the rise of a dictator.

25.

What is the best description for Communism in the USSR?

a)

A democratic government where everyone has a say in laws and government actions.

b)

A totalitarian government where the community shares wealth equally.

c)

Another word for Nazism.

d)

A monarchy (king/queen) in power making ALL of the decisions for a country and its people.

26.

What was the Nazi-Soviet Pact?

a)

An agreement between Russia and Germany not to attack one another.

b)

An agreement between Russia and Germany not to go to war with anyone in Europe.

c)

Germany and Great Britain's official declaration of war

d)

An agreement between Russia and the United States to avoid going to war.