Global Economic Crisis — Quiz

Question 1

Following the Great Depression, in which country did economic recovery occur most quickly?

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Germany

Question 2

After the Great Depression, France could best be described as

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politically unstable.

Question 3

Why did people demand not just banking and stock market reform but also new forms of government after the Great Depression?

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The Depression shattered people’s confidence in the government.

Question 4

When Germany experienced inflation, prices for goods

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increased.

Question 5

In which way did Great Britain’s leaders try to recover from the Great Depression?

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by lowering interest rates to help business

Question 6

During the Great Depression, the United States demanded repayment of loans it made to European nations for

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World War I expenses.

Question 7

The term “on margin” means

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paying the down payment on an asset and borrowing the balance.

Question 8

In France, how did Socialists attempt to fight the effects of the Great Depression?

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They passed worker reforms.

Question 9

To spur US recovery after the Great Depression, President Roosevelt

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enacted numerous relief and welfare programs.

Question 10

In what year did the US economic recovery begin?

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1933

Global Economic Crisis — Quiz Answers