Unit Exam -1920's

This was a series of programs passed by President Franklin Roosevelt in order to combat high unemployment during the 1930s

• Fair Deal
• Square Deal
• New Deal

What is Social Security?

• A program that employed young men to work on environmental and conservation projects
• A program that created a social safety net for older Americans approaching retirement
• A program that built hydroelectric dams to to control river flooding and provide electricity to rural southern states
• A program that provided economic and agricultural relief to farmers who were struggling to get by during the 1930s

What was the Tennessee Valley Authority?

• A program that created a social safety net for older Americans approaching retirement
• A program that employed young men to work on environmental and conservation projects
• A program that provided economic and agricultural relief to farmers who were struggling to get by during the 1930s
• A program that built hydroelectric dams to to control river flooding and provide electricity to rural southern states

During the 1930s, many farmers on the Great Plains experienced widespread drought and crop failures know as the Dust Bowl. What was a factor that contributed to this?

• Insects such as locusts ate their way through crops
• Over-farming of the topsoil and draining of its nutrients.
• Water relocation projects drained the rivers and lakes to provide water for farmers
• Widespread tornadoes destroyed grain storage supplies

During the 1920s, more Americans began to move and live in the cities centers instead of the rural areas as cities began to expand. This is an example of

• Industrialization
• Immigration
• Urbanization
• Ruralization

What is the significance of the Harlem Renaissance?

• It was a period beginning in the 1920s when African American culture was thriving and creating the idea that "black is beautiful"
• It was one of the first times when African Americans began to celebrate and embrace their own cultural identity
• The arts from the Harlem Renaissance, including music, art, and literature, are still influencing the mass media that we consume today
• All of the above

Which of the following was not a New Deal program?

• Works Progress Administration
• Social Security
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Federal Interstate Highway Act

What were the 3' R's" for FDR in trying to fight the Great Depression?

• Roosevelt, Regulation, and Resistance
• Resistance, Reform, and Regulation
• Relief, Recovery, and Reform
• Reform, Recovery, and Regulation

What was a name given to women in the 1920s who pushed the boundaries of gender norms

• Speakeasies
• Modernists
• Flappers
• Bootleggers

Which New Deal program is featured in the poster below?

• Social Security
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• Securities and Exchange Commission
• Works Progress Administration