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WWI/Great Depression Assessment

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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?

a)

Great Recession

b)

Tennessee Valley Authority

c)

CCC

d)

Dust Bowl

2.

The Treaty of __________ formally placed the blame for WWI on Germany, and assigned harsh punishments towards them

a)

Versailles

b)

Paris

c)

Brest-Litovsk

d)

London

3.

Which of the following is considered a DIRECT cause of WWI?

a)

Assassination of Kaiser Wilhelm I

b)

Sinking of the Lusitania

c)

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

d)

The Russo-Japanese War

4.

What was World War I called at first?

a)

War against the World

b)

War that started Wars

c)

The Great War

d)

The Amazing War

5.

When nations join sides with other nations, and promise to defend each other:

a)

Imperialism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Militarism

d)

Alliances

6.

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:

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Jesse Owens

d)

Margaret Mitchell

7.

Which of the following BEST describes America's "isolationist" attitude at the beginning and after the end of World War I?

a)

Wanting to avoid war - "stay out of it"

b)

Most Americans wanted to get involved

c)

Americans wanted to severely punish Germany

d)

Wanting to join the war on the Central Powers' side

8.

What was considered a PRIMARY cause of the Great Depression?

a)

The Stock Market crashed in 1929

b)

The election of Herbert Hoover

c)

The "New Deal"

d)

The assassination attempt towards Teddy Roosevelt

9.

Why was it a problem that people were buying stocks "on credit"?

a)

Banks were buying stocks using money without permission

b)

A law made buying stocks on credit illegal

c)

The Government shut down the stock market

d)

When the value of stocks went down, people lost money they needed to pay back

10.

What was "Black Tuesday"?

a)

A group of government programs meant to end the Depression

b)

No improvement in the economy. FDR encouraged Congress to take an active role in the economy

c)

October 29, 1929. The Stock Market crash, caused banks and other businesses to run out of money and close

11.

Russia, France, England, the United States (in WWI)

a)

Good Guys

b)

Allied Powers

c)

Central Powers

d)

Axis Powers

12.

WWI began in ____ and ended in ____

a)

1914, 1918

b)

1912, 1917

c)

1917, 1918

d)

1939, 1945

13.

What new military technology did Germany use to sink British and American ships in the Atlantic Ocean?

a)

ICBMs

b)

Cruise Missiles

c)

A-Bombs

d)

U-Boats

14.

Condition placed on Germany after WWI, required them to pay money to the Allied nations

a)

Alliance

b)

Reparations

c)

Armistice

d)

Propaganda

15.

What nation refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

Germany

b)

France

c)

The United States

d)

Great Britain

16.

The belief that a nation must build a large, powerful military:

a)

Militarism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Imperialism

d)

Socialism

17.

True or False: Trench conditions were cold, damp, and dirty, leading to many more deaths in WWI due to disease

a)

True

b)

False

18.

The ______ Telegram was a message from Germany to Mexico encouraging them to attack the U.S.

a)

Zimmer

b)

Mexican

c)

Zimmerman

d)

Zelenskyy

19.

The President of the U.S. during WWI?

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

George Washington

d)

Teddy Roosevelt

20.

The President elected DURING the Great Depression, promised a "New Deal" for Americans

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

George Washington

d)

Woodrow Wilson