Unit 9: 1920's & 1930's

This natural disaster served to worsen the effects of the Great Depression on Farmers in the Midwest 

• Tornados
• Dust Bowl
• Black Tuesday 
• Hurricanes

The President who was mostly blamed for worsening the Great Depression 

• Roosevelt 
• Eisenhower
• Hoover
• Jefferson

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The Red Scare following World War I was caused primarily by

• an outbreak of infectious diseases
• General Palmer's raids
• fear of communists coming into the US
• an invasion of very aggressive fire ants

This prohibition amendment banned the production and sale of alcohol in the US

• 17th
• 18th
• 19th
• 21st

Socialist and union leader Eugene Debs was imprisoned for criticizing war policies in WWI due to: 

• The Alien and Sedition Acts
• The Emergency Quota Act
• The Espionage Act
• The Homeland Security Act

The price of a Ford Model T dropped in the years after it was first introduced in 1908. One of the reasons for this was

• The Great Depression drove down all prices
• A reduction in wages paid to nonunion workers
• The lack of competition from other automakers
• Improved manufacturing techniques, including improvements in the assembly line

What significant change did Henry Ford bring to U.S. factories at the beginning of the 20th century?

• Labor unions
• Assembly line
• Employment of women
• Conversion to a war product

The fear of ____________ became known as the Red Scare in the US

• Fascism 
• Democracy 
• Totalitarianism 
• Communism 

The stock market crash of 1929 directly led to 

• Great Depression 
• Dust Bowl 
• Great Recession 
• Independence Day 

As a result of the Great Depression, millions were left homeless and unemployed. Shanty towns began forming outside of cities known as

• Shantyvilles
• Ghettos
• Hoovervilles
• Rooseveltvilles