THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND NEW DEAL
UNIT PREPARATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
● How did the stock market crash? Answer: -big business overproduced
-great unemployment
-more $ for poor people
-worthless stocks=lost money
-people lost money from stocks
-installment buying
-Government can't keep a closer eye on all of the banks
● How did the stock market crash effect people? Answer:
Unemployment was high, homelessness rose
● How was unemployment part of the Great Depression? Answer: If
people didn't have jobs then they couldn't spend money which is what
the economy needed
● Who did Americans blame for the Great Depression? Answer: Herbert
Hoover
UNIT PREPARATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
● How did the stock market crash? Answer: -big business overproduced
-great unemployment
-more $ for poor people
-worthless stocks=lost money
-people lost money from stocks
-installment buying
-Government can't keep a closer eye on all of the banks
● How did the stock market crash effect people? Answer:
Unemployment was high, homelessness rose
● How was unemployment part of the Great Depression? Answer: If
people didn't have jobs then they couldn't spend money which is what
the economy needed
● Who did Americans blame for the Great Depression? Answer: Herbert
Hoover