Great Depression - Test Review

Great Depression - Test Review

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11th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What were the villages full of shacks located in cities filled with unemployed Americans called?
Hoovervilles
Okies
Bonus Army Bases
Rooseveltowns

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What was one effect of dust storms that occurred during "the Dust Bowl"?
loss of farms and livestock
homes were destroyed
Texans moved to other states
ALL of these are effects of the dust storms

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why were the 1920s called the "Roaring Twenties"?
There were lions in the United States for the first time
One could hear the roar of all of the new airplanes
Music became very popular
People felt life was "roaring" forward like a speeding car.  Women began doing things they never did before and there was a ton of new technology and inventions.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What is the Harlem Renaissance?
A time when African American musicians, artists, and writers began creating new art, literature, music
A party to celebrate the end of World War 1
When New York left the Union
A parade thrown for the victorious Harlem Globetrotters

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Who was Langston Hughes?
He was a singer
He was an astronaut
He was a farmer
He was a famous African American poet

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How did mass media help make athletes popular in the 1920s?
most movies were about sports
many newspaper articles were paid for by sports teams
many athletes starred in radio dramas
radio made it possible for fans to listen to sports games

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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In what way did mass production change the economy?
Our economy failed
We became a command economy
It made industries grow, gave people jobs, and allowed people to buy consumer goods
It slowed down the way we made things

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