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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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Class
Date
1.
On what date did the stock market crash?
a)
Oct. 29, 1929
b)
Nov. 26, 1926
c)
Jan. 5, 1905
2.
Before the 1920s, what would best describe the spending habits of Americans?
a)
Spent money using credit to buy stocks
b)
Saved their money until they could afford to buy a need
c)
Saved their money until they could afford to buy a want
3.
Who was the president that had a laissez-faire attitude toward the recovery of the Great Depression ?
a)
Calvin Coolidge
b)
Herbert Hoover
c)
Warren Harding
d)
Franklin D Roosevelt
4.
Which event is known as “Black Tuesday”?
a)
The storming of the Bastille
b)
Armistice day
c)
The stock market crash of 1929
d)
The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
5.
The __________________ was the longest period of unemployment and low economic activity in the 1900's.
a)
New Deal
b)
Great Depression
c)
Dust Bowl
d)
Civil War
6.
-borrowing more money than could be repaid
-speculating in the stock market
-overproducing farm products
-overproducing industrial products
These events led to
-speculating in the stock market
-overproducing farm products
-overproducing industrial products
These events led to
a)
World War II
b)
The Great Society
c)
Hoover's re-election
d)
The Great Depression
7.
What factor did NOT play a major role in shaping Georgia’s agriculture industry?
a)
Overproduction
b)
Overgrazing
c)
Producing only cotton
d)
Boll Weevil
8.
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
9.
The movement of African-Americans from the South to the North in large numbers
a)
Immigration
b)
Migration
c)
The Great Migration
d)
The Great Immigration
10.
What were the villages full of shacks located in cities filled with unemployed Americans called?
a)
Hoovervilles
b)
Okies
c)
Bonus Army Bases
d)
Rooseveltowns
11.
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
19th
12.
What happened to the farmers of the Great Plains who were affected by the Dust Bowl?
a)
They became migrant workers hoping to find work in cities.
b)
They became unemployed hoping to find work on the farms in Georgia.
c)
They became Hoovervilles hoping to find work on the farms in Texas.
d)
They became migrant workers hopping to find work on the farms in New York.
13.
During the Roaring Twenties, what was the most popular musical form which was influenced by African American musical edition?
a)
blues
b)
pop
c)
jazz
d)
hip hop
14.
The climate of fear and suspicion that came about as immigration increased and many began to fear rising communism and socialism.
a)
Yellow Journalism
b)
Chinese Exclusion Act
c)
Red Scare
d)
Jingoism
15.
Illegal bars during Prohibition were called:
a)
Basement bars
b)
Juke Joints
c)
Password Pubs
d)
Speakeasies
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