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WorksheetsThe Prohibition & The Great Depression
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 28mins
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Class
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1.
This was the plunge of stock market prices that marked the beginning of the Great Depression...
a)
Stock Market Crash of 1929
b)
Stock Market Crash of 1919
c)
Stock Market Crash Hoover
d)
Stock Market Renovations
2.
Which was NOT a characteristic of a flapper?
a)
smoked and drank in public
b)
over 65 yrs. old
c)
wore make up
d)
rebellious, fun, and energetic
3.
Prohibition led to all of the following EXCEPT:
a)
a rise in organized crime
b)
the growth of speakeasies
c)
more profits for bootleggers
d)
a vast decrease in the amount of alcohol consumed by Americans
4.
An important feature of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920's can best be summed up by which of the following?
a)
African Americans expressed themselves through songs and dance
b)
African Americans supported Prohibition
c)
African Americans moved into cities in order to find jobs
d)
Black culture was reinvented.
5.
Prohibition created which one of the following?
a)
Reduction in crime.
b)
Reduction in alcohol related deaths
c)
Organized Crime.
d)
More money being made.
6.
For many Americans, the 1920s were a time of...
a)
tradition
b)
classical music
c)
prosperity
d)
poverty
7.
Form of music most associated with the Roaring Twenties.
a)
Jazz
b)
Swing
c)
Hip Hop
d)
Rock and Roll
8.
Illegal bars during Prohibition were called:
a)
Basement bars
b)
Talkies
c)
Password Pubs
d)
Speakeasies
9.
____________ was the most famous gangster of the 1920s prohibition era.
a)
Marcus Garvey
b)
Calvin Coolidge
c)
Al Capone
d)
Babe Ruth
10.
Which Amendment allowed American women the right to vote?
a)
15th Amendment
b)
19th Amendment
c)
16th Amendment
d)
18th Amendment
11.
Forbid (banned) the manufacture, transportation & sale of intoxicating liquors in the US.
a)
Prohibition
b)
Great Migration
c)
Fundamentalism
d)
Great Depression
12.
_______ fell into economic crisis early in the 1920's due to less demand and lower prices for food after World War I. Banks were ultimately hurt after this group failed to re-pay loans taken during the Great War to expand production.
a)
Farmers
b)
Steel Workers
c)
Oil Producers
d)
Airplane manufacturers
13.
In Paris in the 1920s, there was a community of American ______________________, or people who leave their home country to live elsewhere.
a)
bootleggers
b)
Lost Generation
c)
expatriates
d)
anarchists
14.
In the 1920s _______________________ allowed people all over the country to listen to the same programs.
a)
national radio network
b)
telegraph
c)
telephone
d)
television
15.
The Secretary of Commerce who became president in 1928
a)
Warren G. Harding
b)
Calvin Coolidge
c)
Herbert Hoover
d)
Woodrow Wilson
16.
Who became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928?
a)
Amelia Earhart
b)
Charles Lindbergh
17.
What is jazz?
a)
A popular form of music that began among African American musicians in the 1920s.
b)
A popular form of music that began among African American musicians in the 1930s
c)
A popular form of music that began among African American musicians in the 1940s
d)
A popular form of music that began among African American musicians in the 1950s
18.
What did the Twenty-first Amendment do?
a)
It stopped speakeasies
b)
It ended Prohibition
c)
It arrested bootleggers
19.
What was a bootlegger?
a)
Criminals who brought clothing made in other countries into the U.S.
b)
Criminals who brought guns made in other countries into the U.S.
c)
Criminals who brought alcohol made in other countries into the U.S.
20.
What did the Eighteenth Amendment state?
a)
This amendment outlawed the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol.
b)
This amendment outlawed the advertisment of alcohol.
c)
This amendment changed the age a person had to be to buy alcohol.
21.
Who likely made this statement? “I wear bobbed hair and powder my nose. I wear fringed short skirts and bright-colored sweaters with low-heeled shoes. I adore smoking, drinking, and dancing.”
a)
A post-World War II subordinate
b)
A Roaring Twenties flapper
c)
A Depression-era homemaker
d)
A Gilded Age feminist
22.
Which invention allowed news and entertainment to reach large audiences in a very short amount of time in the 1920's?
a)
the newspaper
b)
the radio
c)
the television
d)
the mail
23.
During the Great Migration, African Americans moved from
a)
South to West
b)
East to West
c)
South to North
d)
North to South
24.
Which area in the United States was known as the "Dust Bowl"
a)
southeast
b)
midwest
c)
northwest
d)
northeast
25.
What weather condition in the United States lead to the great dust storms?
a)
flooding
b)
tornado
c)
drought
d)
earthquakes
26.
What is the nickname given to the stock market crash?
a)
black friday
b)
red tuesday
c)
black tuesday
d)
red friday
27.
Who was the President of the United States when the Great Depression started?
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Harry S. Truman
c)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
d)
Herbert Hoover
28.
Why were the people of the United States angry at President Hoover during the Great Depression?
a)
the depression was all his fault
b)
he did not help enough during the depression
c)
he went on expensive vacations during the depression
d)
he lied to congress about the depression
29.
Who was the Democratic candidate in the 1932 Presidential Election?
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
Herbert Hoover
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
William Howard Taft
30.
Which New Deal program set aside savings through taxes for unemployment or retirement?
a)
Federal Deposits Insurance Corporation
b)
Social Security Act
c)
Agricultural Adjustment Act
d)
Civilian Conservation Corps
31.
Fireside chats were
a)
discussions between the President and the American people
b)
meetings around the fireplace between the President and his advisors
c)
radio talks used by FDR to reassure the American public about the future
32.
What is it called when companies are predicted to perform at a certain level?
a)
investment
b)
stock market
c)
speculation
d)
loan
33.
Who was the President of the United States when the Great Depression started?
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Harry S. Truman
c)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
d)
Herbert Hoover
34.
Which was a guiding principle of New Deal economic policies?
a)
“Rugged individualism” will end social inequality
b)
Government must assume greater responsibility for helping the unfortunate
c)
Antitrust legislation could destroy the free enterprise system
d)
State governments should have more power over the economy than the national government
35.
President Roosevelt's program to fight the Great Depression
a)
New Trade
b)
New Plan
c)
New Deal
d)
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36.
A set of programs passed in and after 1935 to fight the Great Depression
a)
The Second New Deal
b)
The Newer Deal
c)
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d)
The Better Deal
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