Question 1

What event marked the beginning of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Black Tuesday

Answer

Dorothea Lange

Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Answer

Scarcity

Question 2

What was the nickname for the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

Roaring Twenties

Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Answer

Scarcity

Answer

Great Depression

Question 3

What caused the collapse of the stock market in 1929?

Accepted Answer

The prices of companies on the stock market had skyrocketed to unrealistic amounts.

Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt's campaign

Answer

Dorothea Lange's photographs

Answer

Scarcity of food

Question 4

What was the percentage of unemployed Americans during the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

25%

Answer

75%

Answer

50%

Answer

10%

Question 5

Who was the president of the United States during the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Herbert Hoover

Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Answer

Dorothea Lange

Answer

Scarcity

Question 6

What was Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to combat the Great Depression called?

Accepted Answer

New Deal

Answer

Roaring Twenties

Answer

Black Tuesday

Answer

Scarcity

Question 7

What were the government-employed photographers hired to do during the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Capture images of people's daily life

Answer

Find jobs for people

Answer

Create a national archive of photographs

Answer

Sell their photographs

Question 8

What was the main goal of Roosevelt's government programs during the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Put people back in jobs and provide for their basic needs

Answer

Save the stock market

Answer

Reduce government spending

Answer

Promote economic growth

Question 9

When did the United States fully recover from the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Beginning of World War II

Answer

Roaring Twenties

Answer

1945

Answer

1929

Question 10

What was the overall impact of the Great Depression on the United States?

Accepted Answer

Severe economic decline and high unemployment rates

Answer

Stable economy and job growth

Answer

Massive wealth accumulation

Answer

Increased government control

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