End of Course Assessment

What was a major result of Prohibition in the United States during the 1920s?

• growth of communism

• destruction of family values

• increase in organized crime

According to the map, which part of the country had the most strikes in the 1930s?

• Southeast

• Southwest

• Northeast

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This excerpt shows that the intent of President Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points was to...

• make the United States, Great Britain, and Germany into leading world powers

• give Germany’s African colonies to the Allied nations

• prevent international tensions from leading to another major world war

What point is Steinbeck making about migrants during the Great Depression?

• Migrants were so desperate for work that they traveled vast distances to find it.

• Migrants wanted food more than they wanted anything else.

• Migrants, called Okies, came mostly from Oklahoma.

Why were Americans not able to remain as neutral as they wanted during WWI from 1914 to 1916?

• United States membership in military alliances required the country to fight.

• United States newspapers encouraged a policy of imperialist expansion.

• The warring powers interfered with the United States’ right to freedom of the seas by sinking passenger and merchant ships.

What was a significant cultural impact of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s?

• It led to the establishment of the United Nations

• It resulted in the decline of jazz music

• It promoted African American cultural expression and pride

Which of the following was a significant impact of the New Deal on American society?

• It reduced the national debt significantly

• It expanded the role of the federal government in the economy

• It led to the immediate end of the Great Depression

Which event marked the beginning of the Great Depression?

• The election of Franklin D. Roosevelt

• The signing of the Treaty of Versailles

• The stock market crash of 1929

What was one of the main effects of the Great Migration during the early 20th century?

• Decline in industrial jobs in the North

• Growth of African American cultural influence in Northern cities

• Increased agricultural production in the South

Where did the Farmers’ strikes occur in 1932?

• Arkansas & Oklahoma

• Alabama & Georgia

• Iowa & Minnesota