Worldwide depression
  • 1. What year did the Great Depression begin?
A) 1935
B) 1950
C) 1929
D) 1945
  • 2. Which country was hit hardest by the Great Depression?
A) United States
B) Germany
C) Japan
D) United Kingdom
  • 3. What event triggered the Great Depression?
A) Black Death
B) Stock market crash
C) Industrial Revolution
D) World War I
  • 4. Which book by John Steinbeck depicted the struggles of the Great Depression?
A) To Kill a Mockingbird
B) The Grapes of Wrath
C) East of Eden
D) Of Mice and Men
  • 5. Which president introduced the New Deal program to address the Great Depression?
A) Calvin Coolidge
B) Herbert Hoover
C) Woodrow Wilson
D) Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • 6. What was the unemployment rate during the Great Depression?
A) 10%
B) 5%
C) 25%
D) 50%
  • 7. What were shantytowns called during the Great Depression?
A) Depression villages
B) Hoovervilles
C) New Deal towns
D) Roosevelt camps
  • 8. Which country experienced hyperinflation during the Great Depression?
A) Germany
B) United States
C) Japan
D) United Kingdom
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