Th2.6: The Great Depression

Question 1

When was the Great Depression?

Answer 1

during the 1930s

Question 2

What was unemployment in the UK during the Great Depression?

Answer 2

over 15%

Question 3

What was unemployment in the US during the Great Depression?

Answer 3

almost 25%

Question 4

What areas were most affected in the UK during the Great Depression?

Answer 4

primary industry and the manufacturing industry which relied on exports and so were impacted by the collapse of world trade

Question 5

What set off the Great Depression?

Answer 5

the Wall Street Crash of 1929 when there was a sharp fall in share prices on the New York Stock exchange