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QuizMoz offers one of the Internet's largest collection of quizzes for you to tease your brain and pit your wits against the experienced QuizMoz quiz masters. Go ahead and find out what you know about yourself and the world around you. Best of luck!! Coverage : The Great Depression quiz tests your knowledge on the economic downturn which haunted America and Europe. What were its causes and consequences? Tell us in the Great Depression Quiz.  Great Depression Discussion Forum 1.  What event do most people believe started the Great Depression? a. The Industrial Revolution b. The Decadence of the 1920’s c. The shortage of men after the first World War d. The Wall Street Crash of 1929 Please provide appropriate updations Ques What event do most people believe started the Great Depression? a. b. c. d. Your Name Please describe the changes made by you Please provide appropriate updations Your Name Please comment why is this inappropriate. 2.  Which Act of 1930 do most historians assign part of the blame for worsening the depression by reducing international trade? a. Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act b. Snooty-Hawl Tariff Act c. International Trade Embargo Act d. Desisting Trade Act Please provide appropriate updations Ques Which Act of 1930 do most historians assign part of the blame for worsening the depression by reducing international trade? a. b. c. d. Your Name Please describe the changes made by you Please provide appropriate updations Your Name Please comment why is this inappropriate. 3.  Whose picture of a migrant mother in Nipomo, California became symbolic of the Great Depression? a. Cecil Beaton b. Dorothea Lange c. Alfred Eisenstaedt d. Walker Evans Please provide appropriate updations Ques Whose picture of a migrant mother in Nipomo, California became symbolic of the Great Depression? a. b. c. d. Your Name Please describe the changes made by you Please provide appropriate updations Your Name Please comment why is this inappropriate. 4.  Who was President during the majority of Great Depression? a. Franklin D. Roosevelt b. Calvin Coolidge c. Theodore Roosevelt d. Herbert Hoover Please provide appropriate updations Ques Who was President during the majority of Great Depression? a. b. c. d. Your Name Please describe the changes made by you Please provide appropriate updations Your Name Please comment why is this inappropriate. 5.  What did ‘The New Deal’ do between 1933-1937? a. Opened new soup kitchens on Wall Street b. Raised corporate taxes c. Empowered the labor unions and farmers d. Rewrote the Constitution Please provide appropriate updations Ques What did ‘The New Deal’ do between 1933-1937? a. b. c. d. Your Name Please describe the changes made by you Please provide appropriate updations Your Name Please comment why is this inappropriate. 6.  What was one of the effects of the Great Depression in Germany? a. Buoyant economy b. Hitler’s coming to power in 1933 c. Invasion of Germany by France d. Institution of a monarchy Please provide appropriate updations Ques What was one of the effects of the Great Depression in Germany? a. b. c. d. Your Name Please describe the changes made by you Please provide appropriate updations Your Name Please comment why is this inappropriate. 7.  What did the U.S. suffer that Canada did not although it was one of the hardest hit countries? a. Bank failures b. Famine c. Poverty d. Suicides Please provide appropriate updations Ques What did the U.S. suffer that Canada did not although it was one of the hardest hit countries? a. b. c. d. Your Name Please describe the changes made by you Please provide appropriate updations Your Name Please comment why is this inappropriate. 8.  President Hoover agreed with the advice of his Secretary of the Treasury to liquidate everything in order to make people work harder. a. True b. False Please provide appropriate updations Ques President Hoover agreed with the advice of his Secretary of the Treasury to liquidate everything in order to make people work harder. a. b. Your Name Please describe the changes made by you Please provide appropriate updations Your Name Please comment why is this inappropriate. 9.  What happened to the American economy in 1937? a. Took an unexpected nosedive b. Proved to be buoyant c. Stayed the same as the previous year d. Was fuelled by Canada Please provide appropriate updations Ques What happened to the American economy in 1937? a. b. c. d. Your Name Please describe the changes made by you Please provide appropriate updations Your Name Please comment why is this inappropriate. 10.  Who wrote the ‘General Theory’ which advocated public works programs and deficits? a. Calvin Coolidge b. Andrew Mellon c. Herbert Hoover d. John Maynard Keynes Please provide appropriate updations Ques Who wrote the ‘General Theory’ which advocated public works programs and deficits? a. b. c. d. Your Name Please describe the changes made by you Please provide appropriate updations Your Name Please comment why is this inappropriate. 11.  In what year did the U.S. drop the gold standard? a. 1929 b. 1931 c. 1933 d. 1935 Please provide appropriate updations Ques In what year did the U.S. drop the gold standard? a. b. c. d. Your Name Please describe the changes made by you Please provide appropriate updations Your Name Please comment why is this inappropriate. 12.  What doubled the GNP in the U.S masking the effects of the Depression? a. Massive war spending b. Change of government c. Bumper crop d. Baby boom Please provide appropriate updations Ques What doubled the GNP in the U.S masking the effects of the Depression? a. b. c. d. Your Name Please describe the changes made by you Please provide appropriate updations Your Name Please comment why is this inappropriate. 13.  WHAT WAS THE PERIOD BEFORE THE GREAT DEPRESION a. ROARING 20S b. 1938 c. HAPPY DAYS d. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Please provide appropriate updations Ques WHAT WAS THE PERIOD BEFORE THE GREAT DEPRESION a. b. c. d. Your Name Please describe the changes made by you Please provide appropriate updations Your Name Please comment why is this inappropriate. 14.  When did the second new deal happen. a. 1933 b. 1932 c. 1935 d. 1947 Please provide appropriate updations Ques When did the second new deal happen. a. b. c. d. Your Name Please describe the changes made by you Please provide appropriate updations Your Name Please comment why is this inappropriate. Think you know more about this quiz!   Please enter your Name and what you would like to tell everyone about Great Depression  Name: Think you know more about Great Depression and would like others to know too? Whether its a great fact, a joke, a personal experience or an interesting anecdote, please share it with all the human beings on planet earth. Your contribution will help keep QuizMoz a free site for all.    (Optional)  (average submission size - 5 to 10 lines) Great Depression Discussion Forum Know the Latest News about Great Depression! What others think about Great Depression By: Paula on Feb 17, 2011    This test is missing to many important facts. By: Paula on Feb 15, 2011    There is WAY MORE to the great depression then this! By: jim on Oct 18, 2009    It gave us Social Security By: blah on Sep 16, 2009    it was the worst era of U.S History but hoopefully our leaders of America now know what to be aware of. By: M. Sweis on Jul 14, 2009    Bad financial administration By: Joan on Apr 27, 2009    Because of the Depression my mother had to leave home at the age of 14 to move to NYC and find a job. By: Simone on Apr 6, 2009    the stock market crashed and many people lost money in their savings in the bank when the banks closed. By: IMANI on Nov 23, 2008    wow look at this Quizzes for this month are sponsored by www.ExpertRating.com     Big Brother   FIFA   Soccer WAGs Quizzes   NBA 2010 Quiz   Science Quiz for Kids   Medical Terminology Quiz   Career Quiz for Kids   Home And Away Quiz   Harry Potter Quiz   Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows   US History Quiz   Am I Pregnant Quiz   Dating Etiquette Quiz   Email Etiquette Quiz   Home     About Us      Advertise     Terms of Service     Privacy Policy     Contact QuizMoz    FAQ     SiteMap Copyright © 2007.www.quizmoz.com. All rights are reserved.