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1. 
What was the effect of the stock market crash of 1929?
A.
People opened new businesses to try to make more money.
B.
It improved communication between countries.
C.
Europe became wealthier than the US.
D.
People around the world lost their jobs and money.
2. 
How did the New Deal create a "welfare state"?
A.
The government did nothing to help people during the depression.
B.
The government took control of people's private property.
C.
The government provided jobs to people who needed them.
D.
The government provided help to impoverished foreign countries.
3. 
Why did the Nazi Party become popular during the Depression?
A.
Germans believed that the Nazis could fix the economy.
B.
There were no other political parties in Germany at the time.
C.
The Nazis joined with the Communist Party to gain votes.
D.
The Nazis promised to make peace with the rest of Europe.
4. 
How did many countries respond to the depression?
A.
They limited government power.
B.
They gave the government more control.
C.
They gave their people more rights and freedoms.
D.
They all created totalitarian governments.
5. 
What caused the end of the Great Depression in the US?
A.
The New Deal fixed the economy by bringing full employment to the US.
B.
WWII created a need for men in the military and created factory jobs.
C.
Britain began to loan money to the US.
D.
Germany began paying its reparations from WWI.
6. 
The worldwide economic depression of the 1930's was triggered by:
A.
the collapse of communism in Europe.
B.
a stock market crash in the US.
C.
a volcano eruption in Italy.
D.
the beginning of WWII.
7. 
From a PBS "American Experience" article: "Of all of President Roosevelt’s... programs, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) is the most famous, because it affected so many people’s lives. Roosevelt’s work-relief program employed more than 8.5 million people. For an average salary of $41.57 a month, WPA employees built bridges, roads, public buildings, public parks and airports." This quote describes:
A.
the Meiji Restoration.
B.
the German Economic Miracle.
C.
the New Deal.
D.
the Marshall Plan.
8. 
Germany was hit particularly hard by the depression. Poor conditions there led to the rise of:
A.
Miguel Hidalgo.
B.
the Nazi Party.
C.
Otto von Bismarck.
D.
the Italian Mafia.
9. 
The New Deal in the US and the "German Economic Miracle" both reflected:
A.
the adoption of totalitarian governments.
B.
a rejection of Enlightenment philosophy.
C.
a reliance on laissez-faire capitalism.
D.
increased government control of the economy.
10. 
In both the US and Germany, a significant factor in reducing unemployment was:
A.
military preparation for WWII.
B.
the introduction of communist thought.
C.
the adoption of "blue laws."
D.
a law prohibiting discrimination.