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Social Studies Unit 2: Pre/Post Test

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Social Studies

5th Grade

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Social Studies Unit 2: Pre/Post Test
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following was NOT a problem facing the United States from 1929-1939?

Many banks were closing because they ran out of money.

The economy struggled because of all the money that had been spent fighting in Europe.

A drought hit the U.S. for several years causing many farmers’ crops to fail.

The stock market crashed causing people to lose millions and businesses to struggle.

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The Dust Bowl was a problem with farmland that happened during the Great Depression. The Dust Bowl happened for two MAIN reasons. What were the two reasons? (choose the best 2 responses)

When people became wealthy and started new businesses in the Midwest.

Farmers overplanted their fields.

A time when people migrated to the Midwest to find gold.

There was a drought in the land.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

How did the Harlem Renaissance impact Americans after WWI?

Harlem was the only place that African Americans were recruited for war.


African Americans increased the productivity of cotton.

African Americans were recognized for their contributions to the visual arts, music, poetry, theater, sports, and politics.

Harlem became a city in New York.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What was NOT an effect of the Great Depression?

People lost their jobs during the Great Depression.

Banks closed during the Great Depression.

People lost their homes during the Great Depression.

Big growth in the economy happened during the Great Depression.

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following are true of the 1920’s? Click ALL that apply.

People loved their heroes such as Babe Ruth and Charles Lindbergh.

The stock market boomed.

Jazz music was very popular.

The Wright Brothers invented the airplane, which changed how people in America traveled.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The Great Depression happened for many reasons? Why does President Franklin D. Roosevelt get credit for helping Americans survive the Great Depression?

He loaned money to millions of Americans.

He helped to create the government programs known as the New Deal.

He came from a wealthy family.

He gave people farms and told them to stand in soup lines for food.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What was Henry Ford’s invention?

Henry Ford invented the assembly line.

Henry Ford invented the telephone.

Henry Ford invented the light bulb.

Henry Ford invented the airplane

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