1920's/1930's Review

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Overall, the 1920s can be described as a time of

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good times and prosperity

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What was the name for the newly "liberated" woman of the 1920s?

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flapper

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Throughout most of the 1920s, Americans were generally

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confident that business would bring continued wealth

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Which term describes an organized system for buying and selling shares in companies, which took off during the 1920s?

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stock market

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Which of the following best describes what happened on Black Tuesday (October 29, 1929)? Half a million workers lost their jobs, Hoover lost the election to Roosevelt, The stock market crashed, Over 2,000 banks simultaneously closed

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The stock market crashed

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All of the following led to the Great Depression EXCEPT: banks closing, people out of work, stock market crash.

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new businesses opening

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The part of the U.S. where millions of acres of farmland was destroyed by huge dust storms was known as the

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Dust Bowl

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All of the following are true of the Dust Bowl EXCEPT:
- It destroyed millions of acres of farmland
- It was located in the eastern part of the U.S.
- It caused millions of people to leave their farmlands
- It was caused by years of poor farming practices and little rainfall

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It was located in the eastern part of the U.S.

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The shacks and cities that sprang up where homeless families often lived during the Great Depression were called

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Hoovervilles

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During the Great Depression, what statement best reflects the daily life of the average American?

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Life got worse, as some Americans became jobless, homeless, and hungry.