WorksheetsGreat Depression Pre Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of the following increased in the 1920s
Farmer's debts
prices for farm products
foreign demand for the U.S farm products
domestic demand for the U.S farm products
which was Not a cause of the Great Depression
tariffs on foreign goods
the availability of easy credit
a growing number of homeless people
a crisis in the farm sector
Which was not a cause of the Dust Bowl?
drought
High winds
Thick layers of prairie grasses
overproduction of crops
after the stock market crash, how did President Hoover try to help the economy?
by closing banks
by lowering foreign tariffs
by funding handouts of food and clothing
by asking businesses not to lay off employees
who made up the Bonus Army that marched on Washington?
World War I veterans and their families
farmers forced off their land by dust storms
unemployed industrial workers and their families
business and labor leaders who agreed to work together
what does buying a stock on margin mean?
purchasing the stock outside the regular stock exchange
buying the stock for someone else
paying less than the market price of the stock
borrowing money to help pay for the stock
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Great Depression?
Many children had a poor diet
Many families became homeless
Many men became unemployed
Many people started farming
What name was given to the men and boys who rode the rails as they searched for work?
Bonus Marchers
speculators
Hoboes
Okies
Which of the following describes a government system for giving payments or food to the poor
Rugged individualism
Direct relief
Bonus Army
Price support
In calling shantytowns "Hoovervilles." people conveyed their
patriotism
trust in Hoover
Disgust with Hoover
Grudging respect for Hoover
Herbert Hoover's approach to the Depression economy was based on a belief in
Voluntary cooperation
separation of church and state
the golden rule
direct government relief
during the Great Depression, the overall unemployment rate was about
100 percent
50 percent
25 percent
10 percent
one long-range effect of the Great Depression was that many people
grew to like President Hoover
Became risk-takers in the stock market
Developed habits of saving and thriftiness
Came to believe in small government
within a few years, the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act led to
A dramatic drop in world trade
Hoover's reelection as president
More demand for American manufactured goods
An unequal distribution of income in the United States
Causes of the farming crisis of the 1920s included the fact that
Demand for crops fell after World War One
Most people did not own electric refrigerators
the Dust Bowl took much land out of production
Federal price- supports of corn and wheat were not effective
