A Short History of the Great Depression Multiple Choice Questions Name: Date: Directions: Clearly mark out any questions that do NOT meet the multiple choice standards. Use the article to answer the other questions on your own. 1. What does W.P.A. stand for? A. Works Progress Administration B. A deep recession 2. When did unemployment rates soar 20%? A. 1932 B. 1941 3. When did W.P.A. begin? A. 1935 B. 1736 4. When did W.P.A. end? A. 1943 B. 1954 5. What is this article about? A. The great depression B. Stock market and crash 6. What year did the great depression start? A. 1932 B. 1929 7. Who was the president during the great depression? A. Hoover B. Franklin 8. What happened in December of 1941? A. Bombing of Pearl harbor B. Start of the depression 9. What is the W.P.A.? A. Women protection agency B. Workers protections agency C. World War II C. 1929 D. 1935 C. 1941 D. 1943 C. 1939 D. 1932 C. Unemployment D. All of the above C. 1933 D. 1959 C. Hitler D. Roosevelt C. Draft D. W.P.A. war created C. White people association D. War protection agency 10. What was the tone of the author throughout the story? A. Humorous C. Direct B. Personal D. Sad 11. What happened on October 29, 1929? A. Market crashed B. Collapse of food price C. The presidential campaign D. The unemployment rate went up 1
12. What was the unemployment rate in 1932? A. 27% B. 20% 13. What happened on March 4, 1933? A. George took office B. Roosevelt took office 14. What date was Pearl Harbor attacked? A. 1941 B. 1931 15. What is the tone of the article? A. Informative B. Persuasive 16. Who was the president at this time? A. Franklin D. Roosevelt B. Herbert Hoover 17. What is the passage about? A. The Great Depression B. FDR 18. How many times was Roosevelt elected? A. 2 B. 3 19. What is the Great Depression? A. Worldwide crisis B. Probation 20. What was Roosevelt s famous speech? A. I have a dream B. The only thing to fear is fear itself 21. What is the tone of the article? A. Direct B. Humorous 22. What is the article about? A. The great depression B. Social security act 23. Who was the president during the era? A. Franklin B. Hitler 24. When did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? A. 1940 B. 1941 C. 30% D. 35% C. Obama took office D. Hoover took office C. 1947 D. 1950 C. Humorous D. Sad C. Hitler D. JFK C. WWII D. Market C. 4 D. 10 C. Stock market D. Businesses C. The 3 rd right D. Speech of pearl harbor C. Persuasive D. Exclamatory C. 1940 election D. W.P.A. C. Roosevelt D. Hoover C. 1954 D. 1932 2
25. When did the depression start? A. 1929 B. 1932 26. When did the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor? A. October 29, 1929 B. March 4, 1933 C. 1933 D. 1934 C. December 1941 D. Winter of 1933-34 27. By 1932 the unemployment soared over what percent? A. 20% B. 23% C. 24.9% D. 89% 28. What was the Great Depression? A. Large-scale temporary jobs program B. Worldwide economic crisis that in the United States was marked by widespread unemployment, near halts industrial production and construction C. Backdrop D. Presidential campaign 29. In what country is the main focus of the passage? A. Poland B. Japan 30. What year did the W.P.A. end? A. 1943 B. 1938 31. What is the Great Depression? A. A time of thriving people B. A worldwide economic crisis 32. What happened in 1932? A. Unemployment rose past 20% B. Roosevelt took office 33. What was Black Tuesday? A. Soldiers were drafted B. stock market crashed 34. What happened in December 1941? A. Hitler died B. The depression ended 35. When did the Great Depression end? A. 1931 B. 1939 36. When was Pearl Harbor? A. 1941 B. 1942 C. England D. United States C. 1935 D. 1954 C. Homeless people D. Election of presidents C. Roosevelt created a temporary jobs program D. Farmers were caught in the depression C. Holocaust D. Pearl harbor C. Pearl harbor D. World war I C. 1941 D. 1954 C. 1943 D. 1944 3
37. When was black Tuesday? A. Sep. 29, 1924 B. Nov. 29, 1924 38. What is the title of this article? A. History of the short depression B. A short history of the great depression 39. What was the civilian conservation corps? A. Parks, forest B. Government 40. When did the stock market regain its levels? A. 1941 B. 1933 41. Who was elected in 1932? A. Franklin Delano Roosevelt B. Obama 42. What was the Great Depression? A. city crisis B. United States crisis 43. When did the Great Depression start? A. 1839 B. Black Tuesday Oct. 29, 1929 44. What is the title of the story? A. Great Depression B. Roosevelt elected in the great depression C. Oct. 29, 1929 D. June 24, 1929 C. Great history D. Depression and stuff C. CIA D. Congress C. 1954 D. 1929 C. George Bush D. Bill Clinton C. A worldwide crisis D. A mood set C. 1932 D. 1933-1934 C. A Short History of the Great Depression D. The stock market crash 45. What was the declaration that was made in March 4, 1933? A. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself? C. On margin B. new deals for the American people D. 8.5 million people spending $11 billion 46. When was Roosevelt elected? A. 1933 B. 1954 47. What is Black Tuesday? A. Unemployment rate went up B. Stock market crash 48. What is this article about? A. Hitler B. Farmer s depression 49. Who attacked the Pearl Harbor? A. Japanese B. Germans C. 1944 D. 1929 C. Roosevelt won the election D. Hitler s invasion of Poland C. The Great Depression D. Roosevelt C. Italians D. Americans 4
50. When did they regain depression levels? A. 1954 B. 1928 51. When was Black Tuesday? A. Oct 29, 1929 B. June 29, 1929 52. How many terms did Roosevelt have? A. 1 B. 2 53. What is this article about? A. President B. The depression 54. What was the great depression? A. Stock market crash B. Stock market growth 55. When did the stock market recover? A. 1954 B. 1955 C. 1934 D. 1926 C. September 29, 1924 D. Nov. 29, 1929 C. 3 D. 4 C. War D. The campaign C. Campaign D. New deal C. 1953 D. 1956 56. What was causing Roosevelt to take action, trying to get people who didn t have jobs to get jobs and some money for food? A. The recession through 1938 C. The great depression B. World war II D. The attack on pearl harbor 57. What was the passage trying to do for the reader? A. Entertain B. Persuade 58. What was the unemployment rate in 19323? A. 25% B. 20.8% 59. Who was elected in the great depression? A. Abraham Lincoln B. Franklin Roosevelt 60. What was Black Tuesday? A. The day the stock market crashed B. The day Hitler invaded Poland 61. Who was elected president in 1933? A. Franklin Roosevelt B. Adolf Hitler 62. Who won the presidential election in 1936? A. Franklin Roosevelt B. Adolf Hitler 5 C. Inform C. Past 20.8% C. George Washington C. The day the Japanese bombed pearl harbor D. The end of the depression C. Nick Taylor D. Dow Jones C. Nick Taylor D. Dow Jones
63. When was Pearl Harbor? A. December of 1941 B. 1936 64. What is this article about? A. The great depression B. Adolf Hitler 65. What happened on October 29, 29129? A. The unemployment rate soared past 20% B. The presidential campaign 66. What was the Great Depression? A. A worldwide economic crisis B. High unemployment rate 67. Which statement is a fact? A. Roosevelt was a great President B. The great depression was very sad C. 1954 D. 1937 C. Germany invading Poland D. Franklin Roosevelt C. Black Tuesday D. Banks regained equilibrium C. The period which Roosevelt was elected D. All of the above C. Farmers were caught in a depression of their own through the 1920 s D. Hitler was amazing 68. March 4, 1993 took office? A. Lincoln C. Hitler B. Roosevelt D. Japan 69. The overall point of this article is? A. To talk about Roosevelt s time as president B. The great depression was bad time period C. To talk about pearl harbor D. To tell how Hitler started WWII 6