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Great Depression Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are 3 factors that contributed to the Great Depression? CHOOSE 3

a)

Stock Market Crash

b)

Prohibition

c)

The Dust Bowl

d)

Bank Failures

2.

How did the stock market contribute to the Great Depression?

a)

People lost their money and went into debt

b)

People made money because stocks were cheap

c)

People got jobs as journalists

3.

What does "buying on a margin" mean?

a)

When you buy stocks at a high price

b)

Buy now, pay later

c)

When you make more money that you spend

4.

How did bank failures contribute to the Great Depression?

a)

They donated too much money to minority groups

b)

They caused inflation (the increase of prices)

c)

They loaned more money than they had

5.

How did deflation impact individuals?

a)

Individual income went up

b)

Individual income went down

c)

Individual income stayed the same

6.

How did deflation impact businesses?

a)

Businesses made less money

b)

Businesses made more money

c)

Businesses had more customers

7.

How did deflation impact banks?

a)

Banks had more money in reserve

b)

Banks were not affected by deflation

c)

Banks had less money in reserve

8.

Which of the following is a cause of the Dust Bowl?

a)

Overproduction of wheat

b)

Flooding

c)

Farmers let their fields rest instead of using all the land

9.

Which of the following is a cause of the Dust Bowl?

a)

Flooding

b)

Drought

c)

Too many factories being built in the region

10.

Which of the following is a cause of the Dust Bowl?

a)

Farmers planted too much native grasses

b)

Flooding

c)

Farming techniques dried up the land

11.

Why were people migrating West during the Great Depression?

a)

Poor living conditions and unemployment in the Dust Bowl

b)

To escape Prohibition (law that made alcohol was illegal)

c)

To harass minority groups

12.

What are 2 impacts of the Great Depression? CHOOSE 2

a)

Homelessness

b)

Better treatment for minorities

c)

High unemployment

13.

What are 2 impacts of the Great Depression? CHOOSE 2

a)

Stronger US military

b)

Low stock values

c)

Low house prices

14.

What was the New Deal?

a)

A set of laws meant to help the US recover from the Great Depression

b)

A set of laws that helped African Americans during the Great Depression

c)

A law that made alcohol illegal to buy, sell, and transport.

15.

What was deflation?

a)

When prices stay the same for a long time

b)

The overall increase in prices in an economy

c)

The overall decrease in prices in an economy