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The Great Depression

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11 questions

Note from the author:

Great Depression world wide

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Question 1

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What 3 nations fell under the control of totalitarian leadership as a result of the worldwide depression of the 1930s?

France, Germany, Italy

Germany, Italy, Japan

Germany, Great Britain, Italy

Russia, France, Great Britain

Question 2

2.

What was Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan for rebuilding the economy of the United States in the 1930s?

Question 3

3.

Why did totalitarian leaders gain power in the years following World War I?

They offered plans to rebuild their nations economically

They offered more political rights to citizens

They advanced for the creation of limited monarches

They offered plans to create democracies

Question 4

4.

What contributed to the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany during the depression of the 1930s?

Economic hardships increased political instability

Five-year plans of the communists failed

The Reichstag released private property for public use

The people wanted oppressive leadership

Question 5

5.

How did the depression in the United States contribute to the worldwide depression?

Investors began calling in loans they had made to European nations and discontinued lending to them

Merchants exported too many products overseas and did not import anything

The United States only traded with countries willing to pay tariffs

Businesss owners refused to sell mass-produced goods to European nations

Question 6

6.

Put the following in order.

Black Tuesday
New Deal
World War I ends
Treaty of Versailles punished Germany
World War II Starts

Question 7

7.

Place the items in the correct category.

Stock Market Crash
Hyperinflation
War Guilt Clause
The New Deal
Hitler rises to power
responsible for paying reparations
buying stocks on margin
runs on banks

The United States
Germany

Question 8

8.

Lable the following on the picture- Roaring 20's, Black Tuesday, & Market Bottom.

Question 9

9.

How did the payment of reparations following WWI impact the German economy?

The economy became weak and unstable.

The economy grew stronger and healthier.

Capitalism developed in Germany.

More jobs were created in Germany.

Question 10

10.

What caused the Stock Market crash of 1929 (Black Tuesday)? (Choose all that apply)

buying stocks on margin

overproduction of goods

expansion of buying on credit

entering World War II

Question 11

11.

Look at the picture above. Explain what is going on in Germany for the children to be playing with money.