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Unit 4 Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The movement of African Americans from the south to the north and Midwest is called

a)

the Harlem Renaissance

b)

the Great Migration

c)

the Great Depression

d)

the Italian Renaissance

2.

Photographs like this show the effects of...

a)

Slavery

b)

Reconstruction Policies

c)

Jim Crow Laws

d)

New Water Regulations

3.

People in the 1920's could enjoy which of these technologies for entertainment?

a)

television

b)

radio

c)

movies

d)

cassette players

4.

How did Prohibition change life in the United States?

a)

children stopped drinking alcohol

b)

African Americans moved north

c)

Women gained their independence

d)

Organized Crime increased because of illegal alcohol sales

5.

Affordable automobiles led to what changes in the United States in the 1920's?

a)

Drinking at speakeasies increased

b)

New jobs were created and there was greater mobility

c)

Americans began walking and taking the bus more

d)

Americans were outraged by the high prices of cars

6.

Who painted scenes like this of the Great Migration?

a)

Georgia O'Keeffe

b)

Jacob Lawrence

c)

Pablo Picasso

d)

Bessie Smith

7.

Who wrote about inequality for African Americans and felt hopeful that conditions would improve?

a)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

b)

Louis Armstrong

c)

Langston Hughes

d)

John Steinbeck

8.

What did F. Scott Fitzgerald, Langston Hughes and John Steinbeck have in common?

a)

They were all visual artists in the 1920's.

b)

They were all novelists and poets in the 1920's.

c)

They were all musicians during the Jazz Age.

d)

They were all part of the Harlem Renaissance.

9.

George Gershwin was influenced by which of these?

a)

Jazz music in speakeasies

b)

Spring in the Appalachian Mountains

c)

the Great Migration

d)

Knock Knock Jokes

10.

What form of music did Bessie Smith make famous?

a)

River Boat Jazz

b)

Strings Jazz

c)

Bebop Jazz

d)

the Blues

11.

Which of these 3 people were musicians during the Jazz Age?

a)

Duke Ellington

b)

Bessie Smith

c)

Louis Armstrong

d)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

e)

Georgia O'Keeffe

12.

What technology powered labor-saving devices like toasters, stoves and washing machines in the 1920's?

a)

Windmills

b)

Natural Gas

c)

Solar Panels

d)

Electricity

13.

Which of these reasons causes families like this to migrate to the North and Midwest in the early 1900's?

a)

religious freedom

b)

free land from the government

c)

better jobs

d)

voting rights for women

14.

During Prohibition, illegal bars that sold alcohol were called...

a)

Public Houses

b)

Saloons

c)

Speakeasies

d)

Dives

15.

The ratification or approval of the 21st Amendment ended...

a)

Segregation

b)

Prohibition

c)

Organized Labor

d)

Suffrage for women

16.

Using the graph, which year was the worst during the Great Depression?

a)

1929

b)

1933

c)

1937

d)

1938

17.

Which New Deal Program provided benefits for the elderly, the disabled and retired workers?

a)

Social Security

b)

Federal Works Programs

c)

Labor Rights Laws

d)

Farm Assistance Programs

18.

President Hoover believed...

a)

that businesses and charities should help the unemployed

b)

The U.S. economy will recoved

c)

the U.S. should get aid from other countries

d)

The government should help the unemployed

19.

What percentage of workers were unemployed when the Great Depression was at its worst?

a)

15%

b)

25%

c)

35%

d)

45%

20.

Which of these were major features of the New Deal? (4)

a)

Social Security

b)

Health Insurance

c)

Environmental Improvement Programs

d)

Farm Assistance Programs

e)

Increased Rights for Labor Unions

21.

Bank & business failures

High unemployment

Thousands homeless

Many starving

All of these were...

a)

Programs of the New Deal

b)

Causes of the Great Depression

c)

Impacts of the Great Depression

d)

Volunteerism

22.

Which of these 3 were causes of the Great Depression?

a)

Overspeculation on stocks

b)

High Tariffs of international trade

c)

Wasteful federal work programs

d)

Risky loans that weren't repaid

e)

Corruption in the Social Security System

23.

How did the New Deal benefit Americans during the Great Depression? (3)

a)

It created new jobs for unemployed people

b)

It created cheap electricity for people in poor areas of the country

c)

It sent money to countries around the world

d)

It built dams and bridges

e)

It added to crime and poverty with legal alcohol

24.

Cartoons like this represent which event in U.S. History?

a)

The Great Depression

b)

The Harlem Renaissance

c)

The Jazz Age

d)

Prohibition

25.

Which two people were composers during the Jazz Age?

a)

Will Rogers and Woody Guthrie

b)

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

c)

Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow

d)

Aaron Copland and George Gershwin