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Ch. 5 REVIEW Boom and Bust

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which amendment made it illegal to transport, manufacture, and sell alcohol in the U.S.?
a)
14th
b)
19th
c)
18th
d)
21st
2.
Prohibition was the time when:
a)
it was NOT legal to make or sell alcohol in the U.S.
b)
it was legal to make and sell alcohol in the U.S.
c)
no one went to speakeasies
d)
bootleggers could not get jobs
3.
people who smuggle alcohol
a)
bootleggers
b)
renaissance
c)
tariffs
d)
stock
4.

places to (illegally) drink alcohol during Prohibition

a)

bootleggers

b)

speakeasies

c)

overspeculation

d)

stock

5.
What increased during Prohibition?
a)
high school graduation rates
b)
the number of people who paid income taxes on time
c)
church attendance
d)
organized crime
6.
Since organized crime became more powerful, what started to increase in cities?
a)
Charity work
b)
Violence
c)
Homelessness
d)
Divorce rates
7.
Which constitutional amendment officially ended Prohibition?
a)
21st
b)
18th
c)
10th
d)
23rd
8.
What movement opposed the use of alcohol?
a)
Weather
b)
Sufrage
c)
Temperance
d)
Progressive
9.
Which amendment repealed prohibition?
a)
15th
b)
19th
c)
18th
d)
21st
10.

a set of government programs adopted under President Roosevelt to help the nation recover from the Great Depression

a)

New Deal

b)

Great Deal

c)

Best Deal

d)

Square Deal

11.

Who was the president during MOST of the Great Depression?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

12.

Which president adopted New Deal programs to help the U.S. during the Great Depression?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

13.

___ , such as trailblazing and cleanup programs, were part of the New Deal to help the U.S. survive the Great Depression.

a)

environmental improvement plans

b)

assistance programs

c)

labor rights increased

d)

social security

14.

Ending the Great Depression required ___ such as farm programs and federal work programs.

a)

environmental improvement plans

b)

assistance programs

c)

labor rights increased

d)

social security

15.

_____ during the Great Depression due to collective bargaining.

a)

environmental improvement plans

b)

assistance programs

c)

labor rights increased

d)

social security

16.

Pensions for elderly and disabled people were part of _____, created during the Great Depression.

a)

environmental improvement plans

b)

assistance programs

c)

labor rights increased

d)

Social Security

17.

_____ programs such as the Works Progress Administration (WPA) were some of the assistance programs created as part of the New Deal.

a)

Federal work

b)

Labor rights

c)

Environmental improvement plans

d)

Social Security

18.

money paid to a person who is old or sick and no longer works

a)

assistance

b)

environmental

c)

pension

d)

collective bargaining

19.
During the Great Depression, many Americans were ___ and homeless.
a)
wealthy
b)
farmers
c)
bankers
d)
hungry
20.
During the Great Depression, many Americans were hungry and ____.
a)
wealthy
b)
farmers
c)
homeless
d)
hungry
21.
Which group's income fell to low levels during the Great Depression?
a)
police
b)
bankers
c)
farmers
d)
teachers
22.
Many ___ and other businesses closed or failed during the Great Depression.
a)
banks
b)
hospitals
c)
schools
d)
radio stations
23.
Many banks and other businesses closed or ___ during the Great Depression.
a)
opened
b)
failed
c)
profits
d)
tariffs
24.
___% of workers did not have jobs at the peak the Great Depression.
a)
4%
b)
12%
c)
15%
d)
25%
25.
1/4 of workers were ___ during the Great Depression.
a)
unemployed
b)
farmers
c)
working
d)
migrant
26.
When a person who wants work cannot find a job, they are ____.
a)
employed
b)
unemployed
c)
migrant
d)
busy
27.
Workers who moved from place to place, to wherever they could find work.
a)
employed
b)
unemployed
c)
migrant
d)
busy
28.
The Great Depression lasted from ____ into the beginning of the 1940s.
a)
1898
b)
1917
c)
1929
d)
1933
29.
Many ____ closed because the Federal Reserve did not manage the money well.
a)
banks
b)
stock markets
c)
over speculation
d)
tariffs
30.
High ____ were bad for international trade.
a)
stock market
b)
consumer goods
c)
tariffs
d)
Federal Reserve
31.
taxes on imports
a)
exports
b)
consumer goods
c)
tariffs
d)
Federal Reserve
32.
goods coming into a country
a)
exports
b)
imports
c)
tariffs
d)
Federal Reserve
33.
High tariffs were bad for ____ trade.
a)
stock
b)
bank
c)
international
d)
Federal Reserve
34.
People could not repay the money they had used to buy ___ when the prices crashed.
a)
tariffs
b)
cars
c)
banks
d)
stocks
35.
Americans had too much ___ from buying consumer goods on credit.
a)
tariffs
b)
debt
c)
banks
d)
stocks
36.
Americans had too much debt from buying consumer goods on ___ plans (credit).
a)
interest
b)
debt
c)
banks
d)
installment
37.
an artist known for her paintings of the Southwest
a)
Georgia O'Keeffe
b)
Jacob Lawrence
c)
John Steinbeck
d)
George Gershwin
38.
an artist known for her urban scenes
a)
Georgia O'Keeffe
b)
Jacob Lawrence
c)
George Gershwin
d)
Langston Hughes
39.
an artist known for her paintings of flowers
a)
Georgia O'Keeffe
b)
Jacob Lawrence
c)
George Gershwin
d)
Langston Hughes
40.
a painter whose art told the story of the Great Migration
a)
Georgia O'Keeffe
b)
Jacob Lawrence
c)
John Steinbeck
d)
Langston Hughes
41.
a poet who wrote about the experiences of his African and American cultural roots
a)
Jacob Lawrence
b)
Langston Hughes
c)
John Steinbeck
d)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
42.
a novelist who wrote The Great Gatsby
a)
Jacob Lawrence
b)
Langston Hughes
c)
John Steinbeck
d)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
43.
a novelist who wrote about the Jazz Age of the 1920s 
a)
Jacob Lawrence
b)
Langston Hughes
c)
John Steinbeck
d)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
44.
a novelist who wrote about the poor migrant workers of the 1930s
a)
Jacob Lawrence
b)
Langston Hughes
c)
John Steinbeck
d)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
45.
a novelist who wrote The Grapes of Wrath
a)
Jacob Lawrence
b)
Langston Hughes
c)
John Steinbeck
d)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
46.
a jazz musician famous for "Take the A Train", and many other songs
a)
Bessie Smith
b)
Duke Ellington
c)
Billy Holiday
d)
Louis Armstrong
47.
a jazz musician famous for "Wonderful World", "Hello Dolly", and others.
a)
Bessie Smith
b)
Duke Ellington
c)
Dizzy Gillespie
d)
Louis Armstrong
48.
a jazz musician who played the cornet
a)
Bessie Smith
b)
Duke Ellington
c)
Dizzy Gillespie
d)
Louis Armstrong
49.
a blues singer famous for "St. Louis Blues".
a)
Bessie Smith
b)
Duke Ellington
c)
Billy Holiday
d)
Louis Armstrong
50.
a composer who wrote uniquely American music, including "Rhapsody in Blue"
a)
George Gershwin
b)
Georgia O'Keeffe
c)
Aaron Copland
d)
Duke Ellington
51.
a composer who wrote uniquely American music, including "Appalachian Spring"
a)
George Gershwin
b)
Louis Armstrong
c)
Aaron Copland
d)
Duke Ellington
52.
a composer who wrote uniquely American music, including "Hoedown from Rodeo"
a)
George Gershwin
b)
Louis Armstrong
c)
Aaron Copland
d)
Duke Ellington
53.
Which of these people was NOT a Harlem Renaissance artist?
a)
George Gershwin
b)
Louis Armstrong
c)
Bessie Smith
d)
Duke Ellington
54.
Which of these people was NOT a Harlem Renaissance artist?
a)
Jacob Lawrence
b)
John Steinbeck
c)
Langston Hughes
d)
Duke Ellington
55.
the time when African American artists, writers, and musicians revealed the variety of their cultural contributions to the rest of society
a)
World War I
b)
Great Depression
c)
Medieval Times
d)
Harlem Renaissance
56.

For African Americans, the effects of the Great Depression

a)

were even worse than for white Americans.

b)

were about the same as the effects on white Americans.

c)

were not as bad as the effects on white Americans.

d)

did not affect their lives very much.

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