Economic and Social Transformations during the Great Depression Quiz

Explore key events, causes, and impacts. Test your knowledge on the 1929 stock market crash, New Deal, Dust Bowl, and more!

#1

Which event is often considered the starting point of the Great Depression?

Stock Market Crash of 1929
World War I
Black Tuesday
The New Deal
#2

Which of the following contributed to the economic boom of the 1920s before the Great Depression?

Expansion of consumer credit
Decrease in industrial production
Increase in unemployment rates
Rise of labor unions
#3

What term refers to the period of intense dust storms that greatly damaged the agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s?

Dust Bowl
Black Tuesday
Hooverville
Breadlines
#4

Which industry experienced a significant decline in production and sales during the Great Depression, leading to widespread unemployment?

Automobile
Textile
Steel
Telecommunications
#5

What was the name given to the makeshift communities of homeless people during the Great Depression, named after President Hoover?

Shantytowns
Hoovervilles
Depression camps
Tent cities
#6

Who was the President of the United States during the beginning of the Great Depression?

Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge
#7

Which of the following was a major cause of the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression?

Overfarming and drought
Heavy industrial pollution
Excessive rainfall
Global warming
#8

Which country experienced hyperinflation during the Great Depression, leading to social and political upheaval?

Germany
France
United Kingdom
Japan
#9

Which program, enacted during the New Deal, aimed to provide employment opportunities for millions of unemployed Americans?

Social Security Act
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
#10

During the Great Depression, what was the unemployment rate in the United States at its peak?

25%
10%
50%
75%
#11

What was one of the main objectives of the New Deal policies implemented during the Great Depression?

To increase income tax rates
To reduce government intervention in the economy
To provide relief, recovery, and reform
To privatize social security programs
#12

Who authored the influential book 'The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money' during the Great Depression?

John Maynard Keynes
Adam Smith
Milton Friedman
Friedrich Hayek
#13

Which of the following was a significant factor contributing to the end of the Great Depression?

The start of World War II
The implementation of austerity measures
The repeal of the New Deal policies
The decrease in government spending
#14

Who was the first woman to serve in the United States Cabinet, appointed during Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency?

Eleanor Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Mary McLeod Bethune
Hattie Caraway
#15

Which of the following countries did not experience significant economic downturn during the Great Depression?

United States
Germany
Canada
Soviet Union

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