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WorksheetsWWI/Great Depression Assessment
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following is known as the period of time characterized by drought (no rain for a long time) and dust storms that devastated farmland in the Midwest?
Great Recession
Tennessee Valley Authority
CCC
Dust Bowl
The Treaty of __________ formally placed the blame for WWI on Germany, and assigned harsh punishments towards them
Versailles
Paris
Brest-Litovsk
London
Which of the following is considered a DIRECT cause of WWI?
Assassination of Kaiser Wilhelm I
Sinking of the Lusitania
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The Russo-Japanese War
What was World War I called at first?
War against the World
War that started Wars
The Great War
The Amazing War
When nations join sides with other nations, and promise to defend each other:
Imperialism
Nationalism
Militarism
Alliances
The President of the United States at the BEGINNING of the Great Depression, was considered a failure because he was unable to solve the crisis:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Jesse Owens
Margaret Mitchell
Which of the following BEST describes America's "isolationist" attitude at the beginning and after the end of World War I?
Wanting to avoid war - "stay out of it"
Most Americans wanted to get involved
Americans wanted to severely punish Germany
Wanting to join the war on the Central Powers' side
What was considered a PRIMARY cause of the Great Depression?
The Stock Market crashed in 1929
The election of Herbert Hoover
The "New Deal"
The assassination attempt towards Teddy Roosevelt
Why was it a problem that people were buying stocks "on credit"?
Banks were buying stocks using money without permission
A law made buying stocks on credit illegal
The Government shut down the stock market
When the value of stocks went down, people lost money they needed to pay back
What was "Black Tuesday"?
A group of government programs meant to end the Depression
No improvement in the economy. FDR encouraged Congress to take an active role in the economy
October 29, 1929. The Stock Market crash, caused banks and other businesses to run out of money and close
Russia, France, England, the United States (in WWI)
Good Guys
Allied Powers
Central Powers
Axis Powers
WWI began in ____ and ended in ____
1914, 1918
1912, 1917
1917, 1918
1939, 1945
What new military technology did Germany use to sink British and American ships in the Atlantic Ocean?
ICBMs
Cruise Missiles
A-Bombs
U-Boats
Condition placed on Germany after WWI, required them to pay money to the Allied nations
Alliance
Reparations
Armistice
Propaganda
What nation refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles?
Germany
France
The United States
Great Britain
The belief that a nation must build a large, powerful military:
Militarism
Nationalism
Imperialism
Socialism
True or False: Trench conditions were cold, damp, and dirty, leading to many more deaths in WWI due to disease
True
False
The ______ Telegram was a message from Germany to Mexico encouraging them to attack the U.S.
Zimmer
Mexican
Zimmerman
Zelenskyy
The President of the U.S. during WWI?
Franklin Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
George Washington
Teddy Roosevelt
The President elected DURING the Great Depression, promised a "New Deal" for Americans
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George Washington
Woodrow Wilson
