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