Great Depression Quiz

Example Questions From the Test

• 1An economist argues that when households and businesses sharply reduce spending, the government should temporarily increase expenditure to support employment and demand. Which idea does this most closely reflect?
  • A return to mercantilist limits on finished-goods exports
  • A policy of balancing the budget through immediate spending cuts
  • Keynesian support for countercyclical government spending
  • A belief that monetary policy must always remain unchanged
• 2Which statement best summarizes African Americans’ experiences with the New Deal?
  • Some programs provided assistance or jobs, but discrimination and unequal access persisted
  • Every program required complete racial equality from its first year
  • African Americans were legally barred from all New Deal employment nationwide
  • The New Deal immediately ended segregation in every state
• 10Which event is most commonly used to mark the beginning of the Great Depression in the United States?
  • The peak of Dust Bowl migration in the mid-1930s
  • The national bank holiday of March 1933
  • The Wall Street crash of October 1929
  • The United States entering World War II in 1941