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Worksheets1920's-1930's
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 27mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This president thought the federal government should not get involved in the economy. As a result, many Americans blamed him for the Great Depression. This caused him to lose the election in 1932.
a)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
b)
Theodore Rooselvelt
c)
Herbert Hoover
d)
Calvin Coolidge
2.
While most people didn't have money to spend on cultural events, this musician kept jazz popular in the 1930s.
a)
Woody Guthrie
b)
Duke Ellington
c)
Harry Styles
d)
Louis Armstrong
3.
Which of the following is NOT a role that individuals play in the economy?
a)
consuming (buying) goods
b)
providing labor (doing work)
c)
taxing other citizens
d)
becoming entrepreneurs and starting businesses
4.
What is the role of banks in the economy?
a)
tax people and decide how you should spend your money
b)
open businesses and provide labor
c)
provide loans and help people invest their money
d)
produce goods and services people need
5.
Whose role in the economy is it to build schools, roads, fire and police departments, and more with tax money?
a)
individuals
b)
private businesses
c)
banks
d)
the government
6.
Hundreds of thousands of people couldn’tfind jobs during the great depression. Many people who couldn’t find work couldn’t affordto buy food so they had to go to____________________.
a)
homeless shelters
b)
TVA
c)
food stamps
d)
soup kitchens
7.
Which of the following was NOT a problem facing the United States from 1929-1939?
a)
Many banks were closing because they ran out of money.
b)
The economy struggled because of all the money that had been spent fighting in Europe.
c)
A drought hit the U.S. for several years causing many farmers’ crops to fail.
d)
The stock market crashed causing people to lose millions and businesses to struggle.
8.
Which of the following was not a cause of the Dust Bowl?
a)
The Great Plains suffered a drought.
b)
The invention of the tractor resulted in fields that were much too large.
c)
Powerful tornadoes ripped through the area.
d)
Over plowing left the ground vulnerable to erosion causing massive storms.
9.
This program provides unemployment insurance, disability insurance, and pensions to people who have retired.
a)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
b)
Social Secuirty (SS
c)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
10.
This program insures bank deposits and protects people's money.
a)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
b)
Social Secuirty (SS
c)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
d)
Federal Deposit and Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
11.
President Franklin Roosevelt won the election of 1932. The country was in the Great Depression, and Roosevelt introduced the New Deal. Which was the MOST important goal of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs?
a)
to improve public education
b)
to avoid going to war
c)
to end racial discrimination
d)
to
strengthen the economy
12.
What was the "New Deal" of the 1930s?
a)
a government program that gave free land to homesteaders
b)
a government program that spread civil rights throughout the country
c)
a government program designed to help people during the depression
d)
a government program that helped women get the vote
13.
What was the cause of the Stock Market Crashing?
a)
Americans were buying to many stocks and it couldn't keep up
b)
Factories were overproducing and began to lay off workers
c)
Factories were overproducing goods and employment rates increased
d)
Factories were not producing goods and people couldn't buy them
14.
What was NOT a Goals of the New Deal?
a)
Assist in feeding and housing Americans
b)
Create jobs for consumers so they can buy goods
c)
Help businesses recover and reform the system so the economic crisis will not happen again
d)
Create jobs for consumers and increase taxes
15.
What was the result of the governments response to the Great Depression?
a)
The role of the federal government increased.
b)
The role of the federal government decreased
c)
There was no change to the federal government.
d)
The government's response ended quickly after the Great Depression.
16.
In the 1920s, America experienced an economic ______.
a)
boom
b)
bust
c)
build
d)
breakdown
17.
Only a few Americans were able to enjoy the higher standards of living in the 1920s.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
The 1920s are referred to as
a)
the Roaring Twenties.
b)
the Dust Bowl.
c)
the economic twenties.
d)
the jazz twenties.
19.
New technologies such as automobiles, airplanes, radios, and movies were
a)
mass produced on assembly lines
b)
were handmade one by one
c)
were invented before World War I
d)
were cheap and everyone could afford them
20.
The assembly line
a)
helped goods to be produced faster and cheaper
b)
helped goods to be produced slower and more profitably
c)
helped goods to be produced only in America
d)
helped goods to be produced in a safer maner
21.
With the new inventions, Americans became more reliant upon
a)
electricity
b)
new houses
c)
more money
d)
steam power
22.
Most of the new inventions improved the lives of
a)
men
b)
women
23.
The high number of automobiles sold during the decade of the 1920s suggests which of the following?
a)
people had money to spend on things other than food, shelter, and clothing
b)
Only the very rich could afford the automobile
c)
most of the country was connected by paved roads
d)
the automobile was not very popular
24.
Why was going to the movies, to theaters, and to concerts popular during the 1920s?
a)
movies and theaters were brand new forms of entertainment
b)
these events were free to the general public
c)
people had more money and leisure time than ever before.
d)
people wanted to keep their minds off of the Great Depression
25.
African-American writing, art, and music was celebrated during a rebirth of African culture called the
a)
Dust Bowl
b)
Harlem Renaissance
c)
New Deal
d)
Roaring Twenties
26.
What type of music became popular during the 1920s?
a)
classical
b)
country
c)
jazz
d)
rock
27.
Whose lives did not change for the better during the 1920?
a)
women, children, and immigrants
b)
immigrants, farmers, and women
c)
sharecroppers, farmers, and overpaid factory workers
d)
sharecroppers, farmers, and underpaid factory workers
28.
Only extremely wealthy Americans were able to take advantage of
a)
the automobile
b)
air travel
c)
sharecropping
d)
electricity
29.
______ is the set of ideas and values that develop from a common exposure to the same media, news sources, music, and art.
a)
communism
b)
democracy
c)
education
d)
mass culture
30.
American families became more ________ during the 1920s.
a)
standardized
b)
poor
c)
varying
d)
private
31.
Because the US goverment acknowledged the contributions of women during World War I, the _____was passed.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
20th Amendment
32.
This amendment made it legal for women to vote.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
19th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
20th Amendment
33.
Except in the ______ United States, women rarely had a "voice" in government.
a)
eastern
b)
western
c)
southern
d)
northern
34.
The 19th Amendment was a major step to a more ____ society because more people were now represented.
a)
discriminatory
b)
communistic
c)
republican
d)
democratic
35.
The years from about 1910 to 1940 when great numbers of African American moved away from the South was called
a)
The Roaring Twenties
b)
The Great Migration
c)
The Jazz Age
d)
The Harlem Renaissance
36.
The hardships of sharecropping, Jim Crow laws and lynchings, the effects of the boll weavil, and a lack of economic opportunites caused
a)
many African Americans to leave the South.
b)
many African Americans to return to the South.
c)
many African Americans to join the KKK.
d)
many African Americas to move to Europe.
37.
World War I offered many African Americans opportunites to work in ____ in the North.
a)
soup kitchens
b)
farms
c)
factories
d)
plantations
38.
___ was brought to France by African American soldiers in WWI.
a)
Jazz music
b)
"Talkie" movies
c)
Country music
d)
Soul food
39.
Seperating the races is called ___.
a)
immigration
b)
desegregation
c)
segregation
d)
formation
40.
People who were commonly the "last hired and the first fired" from jobs were the _____.
a)
Italian Americans
b)
Chinese Americans
c)
poor Americans
d)
African Americans
41.
_____ World War I, riots aimed at insulting African Americans happened in some cities.
a)
After
b)
During
c)
Before
42.
White citizens didn't want African Americans to have the _____ that whites wanted.
a)
cars
b)
factories
c)
jobs
d)
movies
43.
Rioting, insults, and hate groups aimed to reduce African Americans' desires to expect equality.
a)
True
b)
False
44.
African Americans were not allowed to fight in World War I.
a)
True
b)
False
45.
Discrimination against immigrants decreased at the end of the 1800s.
a)
True
b)
False
46.
More Catholic and Jewish immigrants came from the ____ parts of Europe after WWI.
a)
northern and eastern
b)
southern and eastern
c)
northern and western
d)
southern and western
47.
Laws establishing ______ were designed to limit the number of immigrants coming to America from Europe.
a)
immigration passes
b)
immigration quotas
c)
immigration schools
d)
immigration shanties
48.
The 18th and the 21st Amendments were about _______
a)
the prohibition of alcohol.
b)
slavery.
c)
the Harlem Renaissance.
d)
flappers.
49.
Prohibition's purpose was to
a)
control the African American population.
b)
control the immigrant population.
c)
prove that women were not allowed to vote.
d)
to prove that the government was in charge.
50.
______ lead to the increase of speakeasies, bootleg liquor, and an increase in organized crime.
a)
Immigration
b)
The KKK
c)
The Great Migration
d)
Prohibition
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