WorksheetsUnit 11 Review: Boom & Bust
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In the late 1800s women gained new opportunities. Which of the following is NOT one of these new opportunities?
a)
Women formed organizations
b)
Women became lawyers
c)
Women won the right to vote
d)
Women entered new professions
2.
The first region to give women the right to vote was
a)
North
b)
East
c)
South
d)
West
3.
Women have the right to vote. Which amendment is this?
a)
18th
b)
19th
c)
10th
d)
12th
4.
Which election did women first vote in?
a)
1916
b)
1920
c)
1924
d)
1928
5.
The booming stock market in the 1920s
a)
Made Americans wealthy
b)
Discouraged people from borrowing money
c)
Encouraged the borrowing of money to buy stocks
d)
Ended unemplyment
6.
The Great Depression was an economic slowdown in the 1920s and 1930s. Which of the following was one cause of the Great Depression in the United States?
a)
the end of the gold rush
b)
the crash of the stock exchange
c)
the ending of World War II
d)
the high price of oil
7.
October 29, 1929, the day the stock market crashed, is also known as
a)
Red Monday
b)
Orange Wednesday
c)
Neutral Friday
d)
Black Tuesday
8.
The Great Depression that began in 1929 hit farmers especially hard. Farmers had not been doing well in the 1920s and several years of severe drought turned the land into a "dust bowl." What was an immediate result of this?
a)
Many farmers decided to grow crops that did not use as much water.
b)
The government built large dams in the West for irrigation.
c)
Many farmers and their families lost their farms and moved west.
d)
The government helped farmers by buying their land and equipment.
9.
Which of the following DID NOT contribute to the Dust Bowl?
a)
A surplus of migrant workers
b)
High winds
c)
Drought
d)
Removal of sod by modern farming methods
10.
How did the Great Depression affect women?
a)
More left the work force
b)
More entered the work force
c)
More got a pay raise
d)
More bought stocks
11.
In response to the Great Depression, what did African Americans from the South do?
a)
Buy a house
b)
Get a job at a local factory
c)
Move to another country
d)
Move North
12.
In the 1930s, what were homeless communities called?
a)
Little Toledos
b)
Hoovervilles
c)
Americavilles
d)
Roosevelt Towns
13.
What did FDR do the day after inauguration?
a)
Repealed Prohibition
b)
Installed a minimum wage
c)
Closed the banks for 4 days
d)
Raised the tax on the wealthy
14.
Which of the following WAS NOT part of FDR's New Deal programs?
a)
Minimum wage laws
b)
Childcare laws
c)
Laissez Faire
d)
Insurance for the elderly
15.
What were the major goals of the New Deal?
a)
no gold standard and free coinage of silver
b)
abolition and suffrage
c)
relief, recovery, and reform
d)
expanding the size and economic influence of the United States
16.
What was the "New Deal" of the 1930s?
a)
a government program that gave free land to homesteaders
b)
a government program that helped women get the vote
c)
a government program that spread civil rights throughout the country
d)
a government program designed to help people during the depression
17.
During the Great Depression, movies like "King Kong" were popular becasue
a)
People forgot their troubles
b)
Played as double features with FDR's Fireside Chats
c)
Put money back into the economy
d)
Dealt realistically with social problems
18.
Who was Langston Hughes?
a)
A popular swing dance singer
b)
Owner of a popular Speak Easy
c)
A famous poet and writer
d)
A famous actor
19.
What novel portrayed the emptiness of rich people's lives?
a)
A Farewell to Arms
b)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
c)
Babbitt
d)
The Great Gatsby
20.
Which President had the campaign slogan, "A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage."?
a)
Herbet Hoover
b)
Calvin Coolidge
c)
Warren Harding
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
21.
What led to the spreading of jazz music?
a)
The Charleston
b)
Hollywood Films
c)
The Great Migration
d)
The radio
22.
The car
a)
Encouraged tourism and created new business
b)
Made people got bankrupt
c)
Encouraged carpooling
d)
Did nothing in the 1920s
23.
Who was a celebrated baseball player in the 1920s?
a)
Helen Willis
b)
Patrick Dempsey
c)
Babe Ruth
d)
Bobby Stardom
24.
What caused Prohibition to be repealed?
a)
It encouraged organized crime and was hard to enforce
b)
People drank whether it was legal or not
c)
The Caribbean suffered economically
25.
What was NOT a result of the Red Scare?
a)
Immigration became limited
b)
Immigration to the U.S. stopped
c)
Immigration to the U.S. became easier
26.
The Great Migration
a)
Was the largest migration of birds to the South ever seen
b)
Was the movement of getting rid of President Hoover
c)
Had African Americans moving North during the 1920s
d)
Movement of money from the bank to your floorboards
27.
What area of New York did many African Americans move to? It became known for artistic, poetic, intellectual and musical creativity.
a)
The Bronx
b)
Harlem
c)
Staten Island
d)
Queens
28.
Harlem Renaissance
a)
Was a movement that African Americans reacted artistically to prejudices they faces
b)
The movement of Italian artwork to Harlem, NY
c)
Creating art museums in the city
d)
Was a major book published
29.
Fundamentalism
a)
Creating cultural ideas and principals on religion
b)
Practiced in Asia
c)
Bringing everything down to the fundamentals of life
30.
The First 100 Days
a)
Illegal taverns
b)
Series of economic policies
c)
Period of intense drought
d)
A measurement of how well a President does when they have the most power and influence
31.
What did people invest in, hoping to get rich quick?
a)
Alcohol
b)
Speakeasies
c)
Stock Market
d)
Assembly Line
32.
What was outlawed during Prohibition?
a)
Alcohol
b)
Radio
c)
Stock Market
d)
Installment Plans
33.
What were secret bars or taverns that sold alcohol during Prohibition?
a)
Alcohol
b)
Stock Market
c)
Speakeasies
d)
Radio
34.
What closed because some people could not afford to pay their loans while others rushed to pull money out?
a)
bread lines
b)
soup kitchens
c)
banks
d)
Hoovervilles
35.
FDR gave a weekly talk on the radio to reassure Americans & inform them of the New Deal's progress. These were called
a)
weekly radio address
b)
fireside chats
c)
New Deal updates
d)
weekly updates
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