4/19 Quiz: Great Depression and 1920s

Which idea does this advertisement BEST reflect?

• A

  Installment plans allowed many people to purchase the latest home appliances.

• B

  Home appliances enabled women to work outside the home.

• C

  Flappers were women who used new appliances to do housework.

• D

  Advertisements were geared towards only the wealthiest Americans.

Which of the following BEST describes the New Deal?

• A

  It relied on deficit spending to address the effects of the Great Depression.

• B

  It fixed the nation's economic problems, so political leaders did not criticize it.

• C

  Truman proposed the plan after shocking everyone by winning the 1948 presidential election.

• D

  Roosevelt proposed the plan to help the nation deal with the effects of World War II.

How did the power of the government change during the Civil War and the Great Depression?

• A

  Presidential powers were expanded.

• B

  Congress exerted greater leadership.

• C

  The Supreme Court expanded civil liberties.

• D

  Power shifted from the federal government to the states.

Match the following

• Restriction on Immigration

• Harlem Renaissance

• Jazz Music

• Consumerism

• Buying on Credit

• Nativism

How did the Red Scare and the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan impact America in the 1920s?

• A

  Socialism increased nationwide.

• B

  Racism became more widespread.

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• C

  Xenophobia grew out of nativism

• D

  Urbanization led to ethnic neighborhoods.

Why did many United States farmers fail to benefit from the economic prosperity of the 1920s?

• A

  No technological advances were made in agriculture.

• B

  Levels of farm production declined.

• C

  Farm exports were heavily taxed.

• D

  Agricultural goods were overproduced.

After World War I, which factor was a major reason many African Americans migrated to the North?

• A

  The start of the Harlem Renaissance

• B

  Decreased job opportunities in northern cities

• C

  To escape poverty and de jure segregation in the South

• D

  Federal government job training programs

Why did the Supreme Court declare some New Deal laws unconstitutional?

• A

  The laws overextended the power of the federal government.

• B

  The laws forced the federal government into heavy debt.

• C

  The laws ignored the rights of minority groups and women.

• D

  The laws failed to solve the problems for which they were intended.

What issue was addressed by the New Deal programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA)?

• A

  Excessive stock market speculation

• B

  High unemployment

• C

  Increased use of credit

• D

  Limited income of senior citizens

Which event effectively ended the Great Depression?

• A

  President Franklin D. Roosevelt's death in 1945

• B

  Massive spending in World War II

• C

  The Supreme Court's declaration that the New Deal was unconstitutional

• D

  President Herbert Hoover's failure to support Social Security