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Name_____________________________ Date___________ Great Depression
Directions: Choose the best answer for each question.
1. What was a major cause of the Great Depression? 7. Which of the following was a social effect of the
a. Overproduction of goods Great Depression?
b. Lack of natural resources a. Increased government spending on social welfare
c. High taxes on businesses programs
d. Increased government spending b. A decrease in crime rates
c. An increase in homelessness and poverty
2. Which of the following contributed to the stock d. Increased access to education and job training
market crash of 1929? programs
a. Increased government regulation of the stock
market 8. How did the Great Depression affect the global
b. Decreased consumer spending economy?
c. Speculation and buying on margin a. It had no impact on the global economy
d. A decrease in the number of available stocks b. It led to increased international trade and
cooperation
3. Which of the following was a factor in the banking c. It caused a global economic downturn and
crisis during the Great Depression? decreased international trade
a. Banks investing heavily in the stock market d. It led to increased competition among nations and
b. A decrease in the number of banks a rise in tariffs
c. Bank failures due to bad loans and investments
d. Increased government regulation of banks 9. Which of the following industries was hit hardest
by the Great Depression
4. What was the impact of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff a. Agriculture
Act? b. Technology
a. It increased international trade and boosted the c. Healthcare
economy d. Retail
b. It decreased international trade and hurt the
economy 10. How did the Great Depression impact the
c. It had no impact on international trade or the housing market?
economy a. Housing prices increased due to high demand
d. It led to an increase in government revenue and b. Housing prices decreased due to oversupply
decreased the national debt c. Housing prices remained stable throughout the
Great Depression
5. Which of the following was a cause of the Dust d. Housing prices were not impacted by the Great
Bowl during the Great Depression? Depression
a. Over-farming and poor land management
practices 11. Which of the following states was most affected
b. Increased rainfall and flooding by the Dust Bowl?
c. A decrease in the number of farmers a. California
d. Government policies that encouraged farming in b. Texas
arid regions c. Oklahoma
d. New York
6. How did the Great Depression affect
unemployment rates in the United States? 12. What was the primary cause of the Dust Bowl?
a. Unemployment rates remained steady throughout a. A lack of rainfall and drought
the Great Depression b. Over-farming and poor land management
b. Unemployment rates decreased as the economy practices c. Government policies that encouraged
recovered farming in arid regions
c. Unemployment rates increased dramatically d. A decrease in the number of farmers
d. Unemployment rates were not impacted by the
Great Depression
13. How did the Dust Bowl impact agriculture in the 20. Which of the following was a famous novel
affected regions?? written about the Great Depression?
a. It led to increased crop yields and productivity a. To Kill a Mockingbird
b. It caused soil erosion and decreased crop yields b. The Grapes of Wrath
c. It had no impact on agriculture in the affected c. The Catcher in the Rye
regions d. The Great Gatsby
d. It led to the development of new farming
techniques and technologies 21. What was the goal of the National Industrial
Recovery Act (NIRA)?
14. How did the government respond to the Dust a. To provide jobs for unemployed workers
Bowl? b. To regulate industry and increase production
a. By providing financial aid to affected farmers c. To provide financial assistance to farmers
b. By implementing new land management policies d. To provide healthcare to low-income families
c. By encouraging farmers to move to urban areas
d. By ignoring the problem and allowing it to 22. Which of the following was a goal of the
continue Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)?
a. To provide jobs for unemployed farmers
15. What was the goal of the Civilian Conservation b. To regulate agricultural production and
Corps (CCC)? increase prices
a. To provide jobs for unemployed young men c. To provide financial assistance to small
b. To provide financial assistance to farmers businesses
c. To provide healthcare to low-income families d. To provide healthcare to low-income families
d. To provide housing for low-income families
23. How did the Great Depression impact the
16. Which of the following was a goal of the Works political landscape of the United States?
Progress Administration (WPA)? a. It led to increased support for the Republican
a. To provide jobs for unemployed artists and Party
writers b. To provide financial assistance to small b. It led to increased support for the Democratic
businesses c. To provide healthcare to low-income Party
families c. It had no impact on the political landscape
d. To provide housing for low-income families d. It led to the rise of third-party movements

17. What was the goal of the Social Security Act? 24. Which of the following was a famous
a. To provide financial assistance to farmers photographer who documented the effects of the
b. To provide healthcare to low-income families Great Depression?
c. To provide retirement benefits to workers a. Ansel Adams
d. To provide jobs for unemployed workers b. Dorothea Lange
c. Edward Weston
18. Which of the following was a popular form of d. Walker Evans
entertainment during the Great Depression?
a. Going to the movies 25. What were the overall effects of President
b. Attending sporting events Roosevelt’s New Deal policies?
c. Listening to the radio a. It gave relief to many but did not end the Great
d. All of the above Depression
b. a small segment of Americans were helped
19. What was the impact of the Great Depression c. Roosevelt was not re-elected as a result of the
on the banking industry? New Deal
a. Many banks failed and closed their doors d. Europeans benefited more than Americans
b. Banks experienced record profits and growth
c. The government took over all banks in the
United States
d. The banking industry was not impacted by the
Great Depression
 ANSWER KEY
1.a. Overproduction of goods
2.c. Speculation and buying on margin
3.c. Bank failures due to bad loans and investments
4.b. It decreased international trade and hurt the economy
5.a. Over-farming and poor land management practices
6. c. Unemployment rates increased dramatically
7.c. An increase in homelessness and poverty
8.c. It caused a global economic downturn and decreased international trade
9.a. Agriculture
10.b. Housing prices decreased due to oversupply
11. c. Oklahoma
12.b. Over-farming and poor land management practices
13.b. It caused soil erosion and decreased crop yields
14 b. By implementing new land management policies
15. a. To provide jobs for unemployed young men
16. a. To provide jobs for unemployed artists and writers
17.c. To provide retirement benefits to workers
18. d. All of the above
19. a. Many banks failed and closed their doors
20.b. The Grapes of Wrath
21.b. To regulate industry and increase production
22.b. To regulate agricultural production and increase prices
23.b. It led to increased support for the Democratic Party
24.b. Dorothea Lange
25.a. It gave relief to many but did not end the Great Depression