1920s and Great Depression - 5th Grade

The ________Amendment started Prohibition.  

• 10th 
• 19th 
• 20th 
• 18th 

What is the prohibition?

• illegal to sell alcohol

• illegal to transport alcohol

• illegal to manufacture alcohol

• all of the above

What is Bootlegging?

• the illegal production and sale of liquor and speakeasies

• A boot and a leg

When African Americans began to move from the rural South to the urban North, this was called what?

• The Great Awakening
• The Great Migration
• The Great Pumpkin
• The Trail of Tears

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Places where people went to drink illegal alcohol and listen to Jazz were called:

• Night clubs
• Speakeasies
• Public houses
• Dive bars

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What was the impact of the Harlem Renaissance? 

• promoted the growth of New York cities
• promoted culture identity of African Americans 
• it fought discrimination in southern cities
• it established programs such as the NAACP

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The Harlem Renaissance can best be described as:

• The time period in which African Americans joined the war effort during World War I
• A time period when African Americans came to the city to look for jobs
  
• A time period in which African Americans fought against the discrimination in New York City
• A time period where African Americans celebrated their culture and roots through music, art, and literature

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 high price of oil
• the end of the gold rush
• the ending of WWII
• the crash of the stock exchange (stock market)

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 helped farmers by buying their land and equipment.
• Many farmers and their families lost their farms and moved west. 
• The government built large dams in the West for irrigation. 

The __________________  was the longest period of unemployment and low economic activity in the 1900's.

• New Deal
• Great Depression
• Dust Bowl
• Civil War