The Great Depression Quiz: questions and answers

The Great Depression Quiz: questions and answers
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Free online printable quiz with multiple-choice questions (MCQ) without registration.

The Great Depression is a period in the world's history started right after the Wall Street Crash of 1929, characterized by decreasing of the economics and rising of unemployment.

The Great Depression quiz includes ten multiple-choice questions and answers about this historical period.

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1. When did the Great Depression take place?

2. Where did the Great Depression start?

3. How much did worldwide gross domestic product (GDP) fall between 1929 and 1932?

4. How much did crop prices fall during the Great Depression?

5. What is the name of the monetary system where the standard economic unit of account is based on a fixed quantity of gold?

6. Who argued that the predominant factor leading to the Great Depression was a vicious circle of deflation and growing over-indebtedness?

7. How many US banks failed during the first 10 months of 1930?

8. Which of the following Latin American countries was hit the hardest by the Great Depression?

9. Which country was the first to leave the Gold Standard?

10. Which US president instituted the New Deal?

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