WorksheetsTopic 6, Lessons 1 & 2 Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What kind of leader was Herbert Hoover?
a)
Laissez-faire Republican
b)
Laissez-faire Democrat
c)
Progressive Republican
d)
Progressive Democrat
2.
Which of the following was NOT one of the economic problems of the 1920s that contributed to the Great Depression?
a)
Low tariffs
b)
Wealth/income inequality
c)
People buying on credit
d)
Hard times for farmers
3.
The "Great Depression" was an economic catastrophe that affected the United States from 1921 - 1937.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Which of the following is NOT a reason why the stock market crashed in the 1920s?
a)
Stock prices got "artificially high," based mostly on investor confidence that prices would just keep going up
b)
Prices eventually got so high that everyone wanted to sell their stocks, but no one really wanted to buy them
c)
People holding the stocks at the high prices eventually panicked, and started selling off their stocks for much lower prices than they'd paid for them
d)
Government interference (in the form of new regulations) made it far more difficult to buy stocks than it had been before
5.
The stock market crash __________ the Great Depression.
a)
caused
b)
contributed to
c)
is the same thing as
6.
Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons why so many banks "failed" and shut down in the early Great Depression?
a)
People stopped paying back money they owed to the banks
b)
People went to the banks to withdraw all of their money
c)
Congress implemented the "gold standard" after the stock market crash
7.
The Great Depression was a global economic problem, affecting countries throughout the world.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
"Hoovervilles" were encampments of homeless people living in houses made from scrap materials.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
At its worst, U.S. unemployment during the Great Depression reached...
a)
25%
b)
33%
c)
45%
10.
The reason farmers had such a hard time during the 1920s was mainly because of _____ crop prices and _____ debt.
a)
low/high
b)
high/low
c)
low/low
d)
high/high
11.
During the Great Depression, the number of tenant farmers went...
a)
up
b)
down
c)
stayed the same
12.
What kind of natural disasters caused the "Dust Bowl?"
a)
Droughts
b)
Floods
c)
Freezes
13.
The "Dust Bowl" was centered on which region?
a)
Southern Great Plains
b)
Northern Great Plains
c)
Central Rockies
d)
Mojave Desert
14.
In which decade did the "Dust Bowl" happen?
a)
1920s
b)
1930s
c)
1910s
15.
Humans contributed to the "Dust Bowl" by plowing up huge tracts of _____ grass.
a)
buffalo
b)
saw
c)
Indian
d)
blue
16.
What crop were farmers trying to grow that led to the "Dust Bowl?"
a)
wheat
b)
corn
c)
oats
d)
barley
17.
Because of the "Dust Bowl," the trend of "urbanization" in the U.S....
a)
continued
b)
declined
c)
stopped completely
18.
Even though black Americans had it _____ than whites during the Great Depression, they often felt like the Depression _____ have a huge effect on them because life for black Americans had been so hard for them to begin with.
a)
worse/didn't
b)
worse/did
c)
better/didn't
d)
better/did
19.
The Great Depression led to __________ in immigration in the U.S.
a)
an increase
b)
a decrease
c)
no change
20.
The Great Depression led to the U.S. government "repatriating" many people, which means the government sent people--sometimes even U.S. citizens--back to their "home countries."
a)
True
b)
False
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