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Causes of the Great Depression

This classroom material helps 10th-grade students practice identifying causes and sequencing events related to the Great Depression through multiple-choice questions, ordering exercises, and matching activities focused on topics like the stock market crash, bank failures, overproduction, the Dust Bowl, and the Smoot-Hawley Tariff.

By Edform · History · Grade 10 · Published Oct 15, 2026 · New

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Questions

  1. Which event is most commonly identified as the immediate trigger of the Great Depression?
  2. Which of the following were major causes of the Great Depression? Select all that apply.
  3. Place these events in the correct chronological order as they relate to the Great Depression.
  4. Match each cause with its description.
  5. Complete the sentence with the correct term: The ___ Tariff was a law that raised taxes on imported goods, worsening the global economic crisis.
  6. The ___ was a period of severe drought and dust storms that worsened the economic situation for farmers during the Great Depression.
  7. Sort the following items into 'Economic Causes' and 'Environmental Causes' of the Great Depression.
  8. Mark each statement as True or False.
  9. Name the region of the United States most affected by the Dust Bowl.

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