Global Economic Crisis Answers

The global economic crisis following World War I was caused by

The US economy after World War I relied in large part on

In what year did the US economic recovery begin?

To pay reparations after World War I, Germany

What made Americans so willing to engage in stock market speculation in the 1920s?

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

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

Read this excerpt from US President Franklin Roosevelt’s first inaugural address in 1933.The withered leaves of industrial enterprise lie on every side; farmers find no markets for their produce; the savings of many years in thousands of families are gone.More important, a host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of existence.

Why did European nations face financial challenges after World War I? Select two answers.They needed to recruit soldiers for the military.They needed to rebuild destroyed infrastructure.They needed to pay higher salaries to workers.They needed to repay money they had borrowed.They needed to finance students’ education.

After the Great Depression, France could best be described as