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WorksheetsGreat Depression and WWII
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What economic activity were many Americans participating in during the 1920s, which helped lead to the Great Depression?
a)
Saving money in jars
b)
Buying items with credit
c)
Trading for goods and services
d)
Starting new businesses
2.
Who was the President at the beginning of the Great Depression?
a)
Herbert Hoover
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
William McKinley
3.
The day the Stock Market crashed in 1929 is officially known as...
a)
Black Monday
b)
Black Tuesday
c)
Black Wednesday
d)
Black Friday
4.
Because many people lost their jobs during the Great Depression, special locations were set up to feed people.
What were these locations called?
What were these locations called?
a)
Soup Kitchens
b)
Food Kitchens
c)
Help Kitchens
d)
Hunger Kitchens
5.
Many Americans felt that President Hoover did not do enough to assist the American people during the Great Depression. After losing their homes, people moved into shanty towns called...
a)
Hoovervilles
b)
Cartervilles
c)
Freevilles
d)
Roosevilles
6.
What natural disaster hit the Great Plains region, destroying much of the country's farmland?
a)
The Dust Bowl
b)
Yellow Fever
c)
Hurricane Katrina
d)
Superstorm Sandy
7.
Who was elected President based on his New Deal plan to help Americans out of Depression?
a)
Herbert Hoover
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
William McKinley
8.
Which New Deal program helped create dams and use hydroelectric power for city power?
a)
Civilian Conservation Corps
b)
Tennessee Valley Authority
c)
Works Progress Administration
d)
Social Security Administration
9.
The main purpose of many New Deal programs was...
a)
To give unemployed Americans jobs
b)
To make America a world power
c)
To extend public transportation
10.
What did the young men hired by the Civilian Conservation Corps do?
a)
Build dams to harness a rivers' power
b)
Create art work about various New Deal programs
c)
Plant trees and build parks
11.
What African American athlete won four gold medals for track and field events during the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany, which frustrated Adolf Hitler?
a)
Babe Ruth
b)
Jackie Robinson
c)
Jesse Owens
d)
Langston Hughes
12.
Which New Deal program hired men to construct public buildings and roads?
a)
Civilian Conservation Corps
b)
Tennessee Valley Authority
c)
Works Progress Administration
13.
What famous African American jazz musician and band leader was awarded a special Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1999, due to his contributions to music?
a)
Jesse Owens
b)
Louis Armstrong
c)
Duke Ellington
14.
Many of these had to close after the Stock Market Crash of 1929, due to insufficient funds...
a)
Soup Kitchens
b)
Parks
c)
Libraries
d)
Banks
15.
Many families moved from the Great Plains region to what U.S. state after their homes and farms were destroyed during the Dust Bowl?
a)
California
b)
Texas
c)
Nevada
d)
Arizona
16.
Who is this leader?
a)
Hirohito
b)
Mussolini
c)
Hitler
d)
Stalin
17.
Adolf Hitler blamed Jews for many of the economic problems in Germany. He later decided to attempt to eradicate (get rid of) the race through which event?
a)
The Occupation
b)
The Holocaust
c)
The Red Scare
d)
The Star of David
18.
Which U.S. President began World War II but died while in office, before the end of the war?
a)
William McKinley
b)
Harry S. Truman
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
Winston Churchill
19.
What was the name of the British Prime Minister during WWII?
a)
Winston Churchill
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Franz Ferdinand
d)
Harry S. Truman
20.
During WWII, segregation continued in the U.S. military. What African American pilots never lost a single plane throughout the course of the war?
a)
The 112th Squadron
b)
The Red Baron
c)
The Allied Flyers
d)
The Tuskegee Airmen
21.
What was the purpose of Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii?
a)
To force the U.S. to leave the Allies
b)
To limit the strength of the U.S. Navy
c)
To set up a base on U.S. soil
d)
To destroy the U.S. Army base located there
22.
What individual gained popularity and then power in Germany due to his speeches and promises of restoring the country to its former glory after the devastating reparations from the Treaty of Versailles?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Adolf Hitler
d)
Nikita Khrushchev
23.
What was the purpose of this propaganda poster?
a)
To encourage women to join the U.S. Army
b)
To encourage women to join the workforce
c)
To encourage women to ration supplies like gas and coffee
24.
This photograph shows U.S. troops raising the U.S. flag on which Pacific Island during WWII?
a)
Iwo Jima
b)
Philippines
c)
Guam
d)
New Zealand
25.
Which leaders made up the Axis alliance of WWII?
a)
Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito
b)
Hitler, Hirohito, Truman and Stalin
c)
Mussolini, Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
d)
Hirohito, Mussolini, and Hitler
26.
Which book about life in America during the Civil War, did author Margaret Mitchell publish during the Great Depression?
a)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
b)
Gone with the Wind
c)
War and Peace
d)
A Country Divided
27.
Which event is depicted in the following photo?
a)
The Dust Bowl
b)
Desert Storm
c)
The Cloud Cup
d)
The Dark Storm
28.
Roosevelt didn't want to enter the U.S. in WWII with the country already facing the Great Depression. Which event forced him to officially declare war on an Axis nation?
a)
The sinking of the Lusitania
b)
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
c)
The invasion of Poland
d)
The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
29.
The phot below displays Allied forces invading the German occupied beaches of Normandy. What is the event also known as?
a)
VJ Day
b)
VE Day
c)
D-Day
d)
VN Day
30.
Why did President Truman decide to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
a)
He wanted to save American lives and force an end to the war
b)
He wanted to punish Japan for their deliberate attack of Pearl Harbor
c)
He wanted to stop Communism in Japan
31.
Germany was unable to defend itself against attacks from the Allies occurring from the North, West and East. This ultimately led to what event?
a)
VJ Day
b)
VE Day
c)
D Day
d)
VN Day
32.
What event occurred the day after the second bomb was dropped on a Japanese city?
a)
VJ day
b)
VE Day
c)
D Day
d)
VN Day
33.
What occurred in the U.S. military before occurring in US schools?
a)
Women were admitted into the military as soldiers, before girls were allowed to attend public schools
b)
Segregation between black and whites ended
34.
Identify the dictator of Italy seated next to Adolf Hitler
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Benito Mussolini
d)
Harry S. Truman
35.
After WWII ended, what group was formed with the only purpose of helping countries settle differences diplomatically without the use of force?
a)
The League of Nations
b)
The National Convention
c)
The World Peace Coalition
d)
The United Nations (UN)
36.
What U.S. province (country) did Japan overtake at the beginning of WWII that was previously given to the U.S. after winning the Spanish American War?
a)
Guam
b)
Puerto Rico
c)
Cuba
d)
The Philippines
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