1920's and Great Depression Review

For many Americans, the 1920s were a time of

• muckraking and reform movements

• unemployment and insecurity

• rising living standards

• fear of bank closings

The New Deal program that still exists today and that provides income for many retired Americans is

• Social Security Act

• Agricultural Adjustment Act

• Works Project Administration

• Tennessee Valley Authority

What group of American's gained the right to vote from the Nineteenth Amendment?

• Children

• women

• African Americans

• immigrants

What happend on "Black Tuesday," October 29, 1929?

• Hundreds of banks closed their doors after running out of money

• The stock market crahed in a panicked wave of selling

• Prohibition began and the nation went completly dry

• The Ku Klux Klan marched on the streets of the nations capital

Which of the following is TRUE of the Great Depression?

• It was over by the time Franklin Roosevelt started his presidency

• It was the longest-lasting economic depression in US history

• It triggered a wave of immigration out of the United States

• It was cured during Roosevelt's first 100 days in office

What neighborhood of New York City became a center of African American culture during the 1920s.

• Harlem

• Brooklyn

• Queens

• Manhatten

What genre of music became extremely popular during the 1920s?

• Rock and Roll

• Ragtime

• Blues

• Jazz

Which of the following best describes credit?

• borrowed money that can be paid off at a later date

• portion of a company's total ownership

• a ban on certain goods

• international lending given after World War I

Why were some New Deal reforms referred to as "safety net" program?

• They were intended to rescue the nations economy

• They were intended to help the nations neediest people

• They were designed to protect American from Communism

• They were created to prevent illegal immigration

The Prohibition movement led to the ban of what goods in the United States?

• foreign imports

• socialist movements

• tobacco products

• alcoholic beverages