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UNIT 5 REVIEW: "The 1920s & Great Depression"

Total questions: 85

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was Prohibition?
a)
A complete ban on the sale of food
b)
A complete ban on the sale of clothes
c)
A complete ban on the sale of alcohol
d)
A complete ban on the sale of cars
2.
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.
3.
Who became the first person to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927?
a)
Babe Ruth
b)
Charles Lindbergh
c)
Amelia Earhart
4.
Who was one of the best known jazz musicians of the 1920s?
a)
Duke Ellington
b)
Louis Armstrong
c)
Bessie Smith
5.
Which of the following is a characteristic of daily life in the 1920s? 
a)
Many Americans lost all of their money in the Stock Market crash.
b)
Many Americans did not have jobs and there were failed banks and businesses. 
c)
Many Americans experienced an economic boom, furthered by new technologies.
d)
All Americans experienced an economic boom, furthered by new technologies.
6.
What was a result of the government’s 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 in the role of the government. 
d)
The government’s response quickly ended the Great Depression.
7.
The man who flew the first nonstop flight from US to Paris.
a)
Babe Ruth
b)
Charles Lindbergh
c)
Charlie Chaplin
d)
Louis Armstrong.
8.
Henry Ford is credited with mastering 
a)
Modern day filming.
b)
Use of the Assembly Line.
c)
Flying aeroplanes.
d)
Radio Broadcasting.
9.
Which of the following was not an impact by Henry Ford?
a)
Cars were more affordable due to the assembly line.
b)
People could travel more due to the affordability of the automobile.
c)
Other industries followed Ford's model.
d)
Cars were more expensive due to the assembly line.
10.
What was Prohibition?
a)
A complete ban on the sale of food
b)
A complete ban on the sale of clothes
c)
A complete ban on the sale of alcohol
d)
A complete ban on the sale of cars
11.
Why were the 1920s called the "Roaring Twenties"?
a)
Because there were lions in the United States for the first time
b)
Because you could hear the roar of all of the new airplanes
c)
Because music became very popular
d)
Because people felt life was "roaring" forward like a speeding car.  Women began doing things they never did before and there was a ton of new technology and inventions.
12.
Who was Louis Armstrong?
a)
The first man on the moon
b)
A singer and trumpeter who helped to make jazz popular in the 1920s
c)
He invented the TV
d)
He was known for his oil company
13.
What was it called when a severe drought in the Great Plains destroyed crops and blew loose dust and dirt all over?
a)
Desert Storm
b)
Pearl Harbor
c)
Dust Bowl
d)
Great Depression
14.
What president was blamed for the Great Depression?
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
George W. Bush
c)
Bill Clinton
d)
Herbert Hoover
15.
What did Franklin D. Roosevelt do to help with the Great Depression?
a)
He created the New Deal, which is a series of government programs to help American People in poverty
b)
He closed the Stock Market
c)
He gave the United States a different type of economy
d)
He asked that everyone get paid more ate their jobs.
16.
What is a speakeasy?
a)
a person who smuggles illegal alcohol
b)
an illegal bar
c)
a secret password
d)
the Chinese form of sign language
17.
Women who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, and danced at a speakeasies were called
a)
Hippies
b)
Flappers
c)
Twisters
d)
Hep Cats
18.
How did Henry Ford affect American life?
a)
sped up auto production
b)
helped cars become more affordable (cheaper)
c)
invented airbags and car horns
d)
paid his workers more
19.
Which of the following is a characteristic of daily life in the 1920s?
a)
Many Americans lost all of their money in the Stock Market crash.
b)
Many Americans did not have jobs and there were failed banks and businesses. 
c)
Many Americans experienced an economic boom, furthered by new technologies. 
d)
All Americans experienced an economic boom, furthered by new technologies.
20.
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
21.
Many people viewed Sacco and Vanzetti with suspicion because they were
a)
German immigrants and anarchists.
b)
German immigrants and socialists.
c)
Italian immigrants and anarchists.
d)
Italian immigrants and socialists.
22.
Coolidge believed that government should
a)
regulate business.
b)
not interfere with business.
c)
break up trusts.
d)
become involve in social reform.
23.
Ford's system for making cars increased efficiency by
a)
reducing the number of car parts.
b)
dividing the job into simple tasks.
c)
training workers to do every task.
d)
assigning a team to each car.
24.
In the Teapot Dome scandal, a government official received bribes for
a)
allowing private interests to lease lands containing US Navy oil reserves.
b)
allowing private interests to drill for oil in a national park.
c)
allowing lumber companies to cut trees in national forests.
d)
promising immunity for businessmen who overcharged the US Navy.
25.
Silent but popular president?
a)
Calvin Coolidge
b)
FDR
c)
Woodrow Wilson
26.
Introduced Model T car?
a)
Henry Ford 
b)
Lou Chevrolet
c)
William Durant
27.
Federal agent who led "The Untouchables" and brought down Capone
a)
Elliot Ness
b)
Grace Hart 
c)
J. Edgar Hoover
28.
Fear of Communists take over in the United States?
a)
Black death 
b)
Red Scare
c)
Socialism 
29.
Which of the following is a characteristic of daily life in the 1920s? 
a)
Many Americans lost all of their money in the Stock Market crash.
b)
Many Americans did not have jobs and there were failed banks and businesses. 
c)
Many Americans experienced an economic boom, furthered by new technologies.
d)
All Americans experienced an economic boom, furthered by new technologies.
30.
The fear of communism was known as the
a)
Red Scare
b)
Yellow Fever
c)
Green Lateran 
d)
Yellow Journalism
31.
The Teapot Dome Scandal is most closely associated with
a)
Tea parties and biscuits
b)
The death of President Harding
c)
Illegal leasing of government land
32.
Women who wanted independence and freedom, and went against the norm were known as
a)
Rebels
b)
Flappers
c)
Suffragettes
33.
True or False: Prohibition was effective.
a)
True
b)
False
34.
During the 1920s, the government had which style policy regarding government involvement in the economy?
a)
Laissez Faire
b)
Heavy Involvement
35.
Who was A. Mitchell Palmer?
a)
Secretary of State during WWI.
b)
President of the United States during WWI.
c)
Attorney General of the United States during WWI.
d)
General in charge of the Army during WWI.
36.

Who said that “the business of America is business”?

a)

Calvin Coolidge

b)

William Joseph Simmons

c)

Eugene Debs

d)

Judge Webster Thayer

37.

Which of the following had a reputation for administrative skill and efficiency

a)

FDR

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Calvin Coolidge

d)

Charles Lindbergh

38.

The Harding administration _____.

a)

discouraged aggressive business practices.

b)

supported tax breaks for all Americans.

c)

investigated mergers.

d)

believed in pro-business policies.

39.

The Equal Rights Amendment was opposed by many reformers.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

40.

What was the largest American industry in the 1920s?

a)

radio

b)

advertising

c)

auto

d)

film

41.

Charles Lindberg made a nonstop flight from New York to Paris in _____ hours.

a)

50

b)

30.75

c)

33.5

d)

17

42.

Jazz originated on the West Coast of the U.S.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

43.

The establishment of retail chain stores reflected changing consumer patterns.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

44.

Henry Ford decreased wages for the workers of his Ford Motor factories.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

45.

the transition from wartime to peacetime production levels

a)

demobilization

b)

Palmer raids

c)

Teapot Dome scandal

d)

none of the above

46.

Period of anticommunist hysteria

a)

planned obsolescence

b)

Palmer Raids

c)

demobilization

d)

Red Scare

47.

The _____ peaked when thousands of suspected radicals were arrested.

a)

great depression

b)

Red Scare

c)

Palmer Raids

d)

planned obsolescence

48.

Who was executed along with Bartolomeo Vanzetti?

a)

FDR

b)

Nicola Sacco

c)

Al Capone

d)

Henry Ford

49.

Resulted from secretary of the interior granted private leases to oil reserves in California and Wyoming.

a)

demobilization

b)

Teapot Dome scandal

c)

installment plan

d)

strikes

50.

A new vacation craze that swept the country during the 1920s;

a)

auto touring

b)

flappers

c)

red scare

d)

planned obsolescence

51.

By 1925 about 75 percent of cars were bought using the method of financing called installment plans.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

52.

_____ controlled Chicago’s underworld with the help of his gang.

a)

Nicola Sacco

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Eliot Ness

d)

Al Capone

53.

Flappers were young men who wore large shirts and overcoats during the 1920s.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

54.

term for making products specifically designed to go out of style

a)

obsolescence

b)

planned obsolescence

c)

demobilization

55.

The proper term describing the U.S. economy after the depression is "bear market".

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

56.

Many economists said the depression was part of the business cycle

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

57.

At the height of the depression the number of unemployed workers reached about _____.

a)

1 million

b)

15 million

c)

20 million

d)

100 million

58.

FDR promised to

a)

commanded the troops that drove the Bonus Army veterans from their encampment

b)

end capitalism

c)

put the political and economic system “at the service of the people”

59.

_____ won the presidential election of 1932

a)

Hoover

b)

FDR

c)

Al Capone

d)

Calvin Coolidge

60.

Which New Deal Program sought to encourage pride in American culture by providing work to artists in the fields of writing, theater, music, and the visual arts.

a)

The WPA

b)

The FDIC

c)

Federal Project Number One

d)

Tennessee Valley Authority

61.

A _____ is an upward trend in the stock market

a)

Bull Market

b)

Bear Market

62.

shantytowns were _____.

a)

small cities

b)

mansions

c)

makeshift shelters

63.

World War I veterans who protested in Washington, D.C were called

a)

the Bonus Army

b)

the Surplus Army

c)

thugs

64.

Black Tuesday;

a)

October 29, 1929

b)

November 29, 1929

c)

June 29, 1929

d)

July 29, 1929

65.

_____ was the practice of buying stocks with borrowed money.

a)

the New Deal

b)

default

c)

installment loans

d)

margin buying

66.

The Great Depression was the _____.

a)

deep economic downturn lasting from 1929 to the 1940s

b)

deep economic downturn lasting from 1932 to the 1940s

c)

deep economic downturn lasting from 1920 to the 1940s

67.

Blamed for shantytowns

a)

FDR

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Warren Harding

68.

Offered the American public a “new deal”

a)

Hoover

b)

FDR

c)

Coolidge

d)

Harding

69.

Name given to FDR’s government programs

a)

The Great Depression

b)

The New Deal

c)

The Roaring 20s

70.

Eleanor Roosevelt was a First lady who held a strong belief in social reform.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

71.

FDR created the Bank Holiday to build roads.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

72.

President Hoover did not support direct government relief for American citizens impacted by the Great Depression.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

73.

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) was created in order to stimulate the economy by lending taxpayer money to stabilize banks, insurance companies, railroad companies, and other troubled institutions.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

74.
A lot of the prosperity during the 1920s resulted from which of the following?
a)
Flappers
b)
Calvin Coolidge
c)
Stock Market
d)
Incomes Rose
75.
The concept of "buy now, pay later" for consumer goods is most closely associated with
a)
Buying on Margin
b)
Installment Buying
c)
Stock Market
d)
Credit Cards
76.
What grew as a result of installment buying?
a)
Incomes
b)
Consumer Debt
c)
Government Debt
d)
Happiness
77.
Speakeasies and bootlegging were a direct result of which of the following?
a)
Intolerance
b)
Criminal Activity
c)
Prohibition
d)
Flappers
78.
Accused of being anarchists, these people were killed for their beliefs.
a)
John Scopes
b)
KKK
c)
Sacco and Vanzetti
79.
What were illegal places where people drank alcohol called?
a)
speakeasies
b)
speaksoftly
c)
cellars 
d)
hidden spots
80.
What grew as a result of installment buying?
a)
Incomes
b)
Consumer Debt
c)
Government Debt
d)
Happiness
81.
True or False: Prohibition was effective.
a)
True
b)
False
82.

True or False: The most important outcome of the Seattle General Strike was that public opinion turned in support of organized labor.

a)

True

b)

False

83.

True or False: During the Boston Police Strike, there was violence in the city, and the police commissioner fired officers and hired veterans.

a)

True

b)

False

84.

True or False: The United Mine Workers strike ended with workers gaining a 14% wage increase.

a)

True

b)

False

85.

Which strike does the following result match?


managers attempted to divide the union, Mexican Americans were brought in to work, police pressured strikers, Strikers were jailed, beaten, or shot; strike called off January 9, 1920

a)

Seattle General Strike

b)

Boston Police Strike

c)

Steel Strike of 1919

d)

United Mine Workers Strike

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