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WorksheetsGreat Depression, WWII Post War #1
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
All of the following were causes of the Great Depression EXCEPT
a)
Over-valued stocks
b)
Over-production
c)
Debt
d)
Prohibitionof alcohol
2.
The main goal of the New Deal was to:
a)
increase worker wages and benefits.
b)
increase the number of labor union members
c)
put people to work and end the Depression
d)
end child labor, prohibition, and racism
3.
The U.S. president who promised "a new deal" for the American worker was
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
Herbert Hoover
d)
Calvin Coolidge
4.
The Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) created millions of jobs and put people to work
a)
building state parks
b)
building schools, libraries, and other public buildings
c)
on public farms and agricultural communities
d)
building electric cooperatives
5.
In S.C., the Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) was responsible for building
a)
state parks
b)
public buildings like libraries and schools
c)
roads and bridges
d)
electric cooperatives
6.
The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) was innovative because it hired
a)
farmers and factory workers
b)
artists, writers, and musicians
c)
immigrants and women
d)
African-Americans and women
7.
The Rural Electrification Administration helped bring electricity to
a)
urban communities
b)
suburban areas
c)
rural communities
d)
major cities
8.
The largest New Deal program in S.C. and it provided electricity to the Low Country was the
a)
Civilian Conservation Corps
b)
Public Works Administration
c)
Social Security Administration
d)
Santee Cooper Project
9.
The Civilian Conservation Corps hired and gave educational opportunities to
a)
young men
b)
unmarried women
c)
farmers and factory workers
d)
women and African-Americans
10.
The New Deal program that is still in operation today is the
a)
Civilian Conservation Corps
b)
Works Progress Administration
c)
Social Security Administration
d)
Rural Electrification Act
11.
The Social Security Act was important in S.C. because the state
a)
had a large percentage of retired workers
b)
did not have an old age pension system
c)
did not offer health insurance
d)
had few workers lived to retirement age
12.
One positive effect of the Santee Cooper Project was the creation of
a)
the massive lakes Marion and Moultrie
b)
Nuclear Power Plants
c)
16 state parks
d)
a state library system
13.
The event that finally ended the Great Depression was
a)
World War I
b)
World War II
c)
The Progressive Movement
d)
The Cold War
14.
What S.C. Senator was so important to Franklin Roosevelt that he was called "the assistant president"?
a)
Harry Truman
b)
James F. Byrnes
c)
Mary McLeod Bethune
d)
Strom Thurmond
15.
The General Textile Strike of 1934 took place because
a)
mill owners found ways around minimum wage and maximum
hour laws.
b)
low cotton prices reduced the amount workers
could make.
c)
S.C. outlawed labor unions in the state
d)
mill owners used physical punishment against some workers
16.
The lasting result of the General Textile Strike of 1934 was
a)
the end of the labor union movement in S.C.
b)
growth of labor unions in S.C.
c)
textile workers got higher pay and 2 week vacations
d)
the textile industry died out in S.C.
17.
What effect did the 21st Amendment have?
a)
It enacted prohibition
b)
It ended prohibition
c)
It gave women suffrage
d)
It gaveAfrican-American men suffrage
18.
What group of pilots trained in Columbia, S.C. and showed bravery in bombing Japan?
a)
Doolittle Raiders
b)
Tuskegee Airmen
c)
Black Sheep Squadron
d)
Fighting Fire-flies
19.
What group of African-American pilots showed great courage in bombing Germany?
a)
Black sheep squadron
b)
Tuskegee Airmen
c)
Doolittle Raiders
d)
Fighting Fire-flies
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