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Understanding the Great Depression: A Quiz on Economic and Political Impacts

This quiz tests your knowledge on the Great Depression, focusing on its economic and political impacts, key figures, and significant events.

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1 The crisis had many political consequences, among which was the abandonment of classic economic liberal approaches, which Roosevelt replaced in the United States with ________ policies.

2 In some states, the desperate citizens turned toward nationalist demagogues—the most infamous being ________—setting the stage for World War II in 1939.

3 Businessmen ignored the mounting ________ and heavy new taxes, redoubling their efforts for greater output to take advantage of generous government contracts.

4 Australia's extreme dependence on agricultural and industrial exports meant it was one of the hardest-hit countries in the ________, amongst the likes of Canada and Germany.

5 ________ 2077848. http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/meltzer/bermac95.pdf.

6 Recessions and ________ are thought to be a normal part of living in a world of inexact balances between supply and demand.

7 Steinbeck's ________ is another important novel about a journey during the Great Depression.

8 Indeed, the first major American economic crisis, the Panic of 1819, was described by then-president James Monroe as "a depression",[13] and the most recent economic crisis, the Depression of 1920–21, had been referred to as a "depression" by then president ________.

9 These reforms, together with several other relief and recovery measures, are called the ________.

10 Quarter by quarter the economy went downhill, as prices, profits and employment fell, leading to the political realignment in 1932 that brought to power ________.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the cheese dream was popularized during the Great Depression as "an inexpensive company supper dish".
  • the early 1980s recession was the most serious recession in the United States since the Great Depression.
  • the Cessna 165 aircraft was instrumental in the recovery of the Cessna Aircraft Company in the years following the Great Depression.
  • the Scotia, New York, post office was one of the last to be built in the state under Depression-era relief programs.
  • the oligopoly formed in Minneapolis by Pillsbury, Northwestern Consolidated (pictured) and General Mills before the Great Depression was the world's largest flour miller.
  • the East Texas Historical Association was founded in 1927, disbanded during the Great Depression, and reborn in 1962.
  • the Mineola, New York post office has no public art in its lobby, which is unusual for post offices of its size built during the Great Depression.
  • the store that would eventually become Waldenbooks was started during the height of the Great Depression.
  • unlike most Depression-era armories in New York, the Schenectady Armory was built in the center of its city rather than on its outskirts.
  • the forty-six Recreational Demonstration Areas, built as model parks near urban areas in the United States during the Great Depression, later became national and state parks, and in one case, Camp David.
  • the body of Fr. Solanus Casey, a candidate for sainthood, was exhumed and reinterred at Detroit's St. Bonaventure Monastery where he had comforted and fed the hungry during the Great Depression.
  • the asymmetrical facade of the Granville, New York, post office (pictured) is unusual for a five-bay Depression-era post office in the state.
  • most of the land that makes up the Santiam State Forest today was acquired by Oregon authorities because of delinquent taxes or purchases at minimal costs prior to foreclosure during the Great Depression.
  • in one year during the Great Depression of the 1930s, the coal mine at Midlandvale, Alberta, operated for only 52 days.
  • Petrillo Music Shell was commissioned by Mayor of Chicago Anton Cermak to help lift the spirits of the citizenry with free concerts following the Great Depression.
  • St Mary's Cathedral (pictured) in Perth, Western Australia, is expected to be completed in 2009, almost 80 years after expansions were halted due to the Great Depression.
  • Museum Wharf in Boston has a 40' (12 m) tall milk bottle (pictured) that was built during the Great Depression and transported to the wharf by barge in the 1970s.
  • Clement O. Miniger, founder of the Electric Auto-Lite Company, lost $5 million in 1931 due to the economic effects of the Great Depression.
  • American comics writer and artist Don Rico started his creative career in the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project during the Great Depression.
  • during the Great Depression confidence man Oscar Hartzell defrauded thousands of people with false promises of access to the estate of Sir Francis Drake.
  • during the Great Depression, attorney George C. Butte devised regulations for the conservation of Texas petroleum and natural gas.
  • during the Great Depression, violence in Seattle's Smith Cove between longshoremen, strikebreakers and police ultimately resulted in the loss of much of the city's maritime traffic to the Port of Los Angeles.
  • gaming fads such as Bank Night contributed more than any other tactic to the resiliency of the U.S. film industry during the Great Depression.
  • during the Great Depression, the New Order of Cincinnatus, accused by its opponents of fascist tendencies, successfully placed three candidates on the Seattle City Council.
  • during the Great Depression, R. C. Nueske used a panel truck to market Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Meats, including bacon, sausages, hams and smoked turkeys, at little resorts across northern Wisconsin.
  • during the Great Depression, Wisconsin dairy farmers conducted a series of strike actions aimed at increasing the prices paid to milk producers.
  • Omaha, Nebraska's Peony Park became famous after the Lawrence Welk Band made it their official headquarters during the Great Depression.
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