Unit 11 Review: Boom & Bust

In the late 1800s women gained new opportunities. Which of the following is NOT one of these new opportunities?

• Women formed organizations
• Women became lawyers
• Women won the right to vote
• Women entered new professions

The first region to give women the right to vote was

• North
• East
• South
• West

Women have the right to vote.  Which amendment is this?

• 18th
• 19th
• 10th
• 12th

Which election did women first vote in?

• 1916
• 1920
• 1924
• 1928

The booming stock market in the 1920s 

• Made Americans wealthy
• Discouraged people from borrowing money
• Encouraged the borrowing of money to buy stocks
• Ended unemplyment

The Great Depression was an economic slowdown in the 1920s and 1930s. Which of the following was one cause of the Great Depression in the United States?

• the end of the gold rush 
• the crash of the stock exchange 
• the ending of World War II 
• the high price of oil 

October 29, 1929, the day the stock market crashed, is also known as

• Red Monday
• Orange Wednesday
• Neutral Friday
• Black Tuesday

The Great Depression that began in 1929 hit farmers especially hard. Farmers had not been doing well in the 1920s and several years of severe drought turned the land into a "dust bowl." What was an immediate result of this?

• Many farmers decided to grow crops that did not use as much water. 
• The government built large dams in the West for irrigation. 
• Many farmers and their families lost their farms and moved west. 
• The government helped farmers by buying their land and equipment. 

Which of the following DID NOT contribute to the Dust Bowl?

• A surplus of migrant workers
• High winds
• Drought
• Removal of sod by modern farming methods

How did the Great Depression affect women?

• More left the work force
• More entered the work force
• More got a pay raise
• More bought stocks