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WorksheetsHD USA 1919-41 (IBP1)
Total questions: 87
Worksheet time: 45mins
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Class
Date
1.
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.
2.
What is the significance of the 19th Amendment?
a)
Women became citizens.
b)
African
Americans became citizens.
c)
Women
were granted the right to vote.
d)
African
Americans were granted the right to vote.
3.
During the Harlem Renaissance African Americans had the opportunity to celebrate their culture in all of the following ways EXCEPT…
a)
Art
b)
Clothing
c)
Music
d)
Writing
4.
Which of the following was an effect of unemployment during the Great Depression?
a)
Consumers
rushed to put all of their money in the banks.
b)
Consumers
made many purchases, so businesses boomed.
c)
Consumers
could not or did not want to buy, so some businesses failed.
d)
Consumers
could not buy goods fast enough before businesses sold out.
5.
The Wright Brothers invented the airplane... Who was the first person to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean?
a)
Langston Hughes
b)
Babe Ruth
c)
Charles Lindbergh
d)
Ulysses S Grant
6.
Define prohibition
a)
The act of forbidding something such as alcoholic beverages
b)
When women can't vote
c)
When African American men can't vote
d)
When the government chooses who has to go fight in certain wars
7.
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
8.
What president was blamed for the Great Depression?
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
George W. Bush
c)
Bill Clinton
d)
Herbert Hoover
9.
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.
10.
Many people viewed Sacco and Vanzetti with suspicion because
a)
the bullets used in a murder matched Sacco's gun
b)
They were Italian immigrants and anarchists
c)
Sacco owned a gun similar to the murder weapon
d)
they were members of the KKK
11.
Uneven distribution of wealth contributed to the Great Depression because:
a)
The industries couldn't keep up with the demands of the wealthiest consumers
b)
The wealthy did not purchase enough to keep the economy moving
12.
Who won the Presidential election of 1928?
a)
Bush
b)
Roosevelt
c)
Hoover
d)
Coolidge
13.
The Stock Market Crash was the lone cause of the Great Depression.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
________________ refers to the day were the stock market went into free fall, and billions of dollars were lost in just a few hours.
a)
Friday the 13th
b)
Blue Monday
c)
Black Tuesday
d)
"The day that will live in infamy,"
15.
Who is the founder of the modern assembly line?
a)
Charles Lindbergh
b)
Harry Daugherty
c)
Bill Gates
d)
Henry Ford
16.
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
a)
A time when businesses in Harlem were booming.
b)
A neighborhood in New York
c)
A time when African-Americans in New York began to change views by writing books, playing music, and playing sports
d)
Babe Ruth's nickname
17.
After WWI, what caused the US economy to boom?
a)
music on the radio and professional sports
b)
the invention of the automobile
c)
passage of the 19th ammendment
d)
international trade and repayment of debts to the US
18.
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.
19.
Which was not an impact of the 1920s economic boom on the average American citizen?
a)
People owned washing machines and vacuum cleaners freeing up more time.
b)
Cars allowed people to travel quicker and farther.
c)
People could attend sporting events and movies.
d)
Workers made less money and couldn't afford the things they wanted.
20.
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
a)
15th
b)
18th
c)
19th
d)
21st
21.
This man's nickname was "Satchmo." He was part of the Harlem Renaissance and helped make the 1920s become known as the Jazz Age.
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Langston Hughes
c)
Louis Armstrong
d)
Babe Ruth
22.
Where did many African American artists move to during the 1920s?
a)
Harlem, New York
b)
Atlanta, Georgia
c)
Detroit, Michigan
23.
What were the Charleston, Lindy Hop, and the Jitterbug?
a)
Popular people during the 1920s
b)
Popular places during the 1920s
c)
Popular dances during the 1920s
d)
Popular foods during the 1920s
24.
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
25.
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.
26.
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
27.
Which of the following was NOT created during the 1920s
a)
Radio
b)
Motion Picture
c)
Television
d)
Refrigerator
28.
Which invention led to an increase in the spread of information and pop culture in the 1920s?
a)
Radio
b)
Television
c)
Telegraph
d)
Telephone
29.
What was the American government's response to the fear of the spread of communism in the 1920s?
a)
Immigration Quota
b)
KKK Revival
c)
Shutting down Ellis Island
d)
Chinese Exclusion Act
30.
The group most credited with pushing prohibition was
a)
The KKK
b)
African Americans
c)
Women
d)
Business Owners
31.
Al Capone gave this city a reputation of Corruption and Criminality.
a)
New York
b)
Boston
c)
St. Louis
d)
Chicago
32.
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.
33.
Henry Ford is credited with mastering
a)
Modern day filming.
b)
Use of the Assembly Line.
c)
Flying aeroplanes.
d)
Radio Broadcasting.
34.
What were illegal places where people drank alcohol called?
a)
speakeasies
b)
speaksoftly
c)
cellars
d)
hidden spots
35.
Women who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, and danced at a speakeasies were called
a)
Hippies
b)
Flappers
c)
Twisters
d)
Hep Cats
36.
The fear of communism was known as the
a)
Red Scare
b)
Yellow Fever
c)
Green Lateran
37.
John T Scopes was put on trial for
a)
Teaching evolution
b)
Being a leader of the KKK
c)
Accepting bribes
d)
Violating prohibition laws
38.
The emergence of mass media helped make which baseball star a national hero?
a)
Bill Tilden
b)
Jack Dempsey
c)
Babe Ruth
d)
Red Grange
39.
What did the Scopes trial represent as a battle between?
a)
religion vs science
b)
religion vs business
c)
business vs science
40.
What did the Immigration Acts of 1921, 1924 and 1929 do?
a)
Increased the amount of immigrants allowed in the US
b)
Decreased the amount of immigrants allowed in the US
c)
Outlawed all immigration
41.
Music created in Harlem Renaissance
a)
Jazz
b)
Rock
c)
Hip Hop
d)
Swing
42.
How did Henry Ford use scientific management?
a)
He improved advertising.
b)
He sparked a transportation revolution by inventing the first car.
c)
He increased industrial productivity and improved working conditions though innovation.
d)
He devised a credit system so that more people could own cars.
43.
Which of the following might be an effect of the growth of the automobile industry?
a)
Libraries became popular.
b)
Industries like hotels and service stations developed.
c)
Installment buying was a problem and people weren't able to purchase vehicles using this method.
d)
The Bull Market profits weren't high enough for Ford, so he raised the prices of cars.
44.
Prohibition was enabled by the Volstead Act.
a)
True
b)
False
45.
Prohibition proved unenforceable for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
a)
thousands engaged in bootlegging
b)
organized criminals used money and threats to evade the law
c)
the upper class which enforced prohibition was outnumbered by the lower class where violations thrived
d)
rum-runners made much money by illegally importing alcohol
46.
The Scopes-Monkey Trial was ultimately considered a long-term victory for:
a)
Fundamentalists
b)
Modernists
c)
Law Enforcement Officials
d)
Conservatives
47.
A consumer economy is one that depends on a large amount of...
a)
thrift
b)
spending
c)
money in savings
d)
ready cash
48.
The Red Scare was a response to
a)
the Russian Revelution
b)
the Teapot Dome scandal
c)
Prohibition
d)
the Kellogg-Briand Pact
49.
Generally the 1920's were marked by
a)
rising stock prices
b)
rising farm prices
c)
increased production
d)
decreased wages
50.
How did the Agricultural Adjustment Administration try to help farmers?
a)
by increasing competition among farmers
b)
by reducing production to raise crop prices
c)
by asking banks to lower interest rates for farmers
d)
by increasing production to boost crop surpluses
51.
How did New Deal programs like the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration provide relief to the needy?
a)
by giving loans to the needy
b)
by creating jobs for the needy
c)
by distributing food to the needy
d)
by providing pensions to the needy
52.
Which of the following statements BEST describes what happened on Black Tuesday?
a)
Stock prices fell and the stock market crashed.
b)
Bank runs forced many banks to close their doors.
c)
Federal troops attacked the Bonus Army marchers.
d)
The Supreme Court ruled that the NRA was unconstitutional.
53.
Why was there not a demand for all the goods being produced in the late 1920s?
a)
Companies outside of the United States offered lower priced goods.
b)
Banks began refusing credit to people who did not have steady jobs.
c)
People could not afford to buy all the goods that were being produced.
d)
Monopolies dominated the marked and set extremely high prices.
54.
Which of the following is NOT considered a cause of the Great Depression?
a)
overproduction
b)
stock speculation
c)
under consumption
d)
foreign competition
55.
How did Congress contribute to the cause of the Great Depression?
a)
They made policies that favored global trade over local trade.
b)
They passed a law that raised the taxes of imported goods.
c)
They implemented an extremely high discount rate.
d)
They kept interest rates low to make borrowing money easier.
56.
Which of these did the MOST to trigger a worldwide collapse in trade during the 1930s?
a)
Black Tuesday
b)
Dawes Plan
c)
Dust Bowl
d)
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
57.
What happened to Roosevelt's court-packing plan?
a)
It was rejected by Congress.
b)
It was signed into law by the president.
c)
It was ratified as a constitutional amendment.
d)
It was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
58.
What was one objective of the Social Security Act?
a)
to ban child labor
b)
to protect workers' rights
c)
to supervise union elections
d)
to lessen poverty in retirement
59.
Which of these was NOT an effect of the New Deal?
a)
It ended the Great Depression
b)
It laid the foundations of the welfare state.
c)
It expanded the power of the federal government.
d)
It attracted new groups of voters into the Democratic Party.
60.
Which of these statements would a conservative MOST likely have made at the onset of the Depression?
a)
The federal government should provide jobs to the unemployed.
b)
The federal government should provide homes for the homeless.
c)
The federal government should tax the wealthy to help the needy.
d)
The federal government should let the economy stabilize itself without interfering.
61.
Which of the following was, to the federal government, the most immediate problem during the Great Depression?
a)
low prices
b)
buying on margin
c)
high unemployment
d)
business consolidation
62.
What was the name of the plans and programs designed to meet the needs and problems of the Great Depression?
a)
New Deal
b)
Great Deal
c)
Social Security
d)
NEw Liberalism
63.
Urban was different than rural because cities had...
a)
Industrial powerhouses (Big Companies)
b)
Increased recreation activities (movie theatres, drinking, gambling)
c)
new scientific and social ideas
d)
All of the Above
64.
How did the Radio change the 1920s?
a)
Quicker distribution of information and news
b)
made life boring, by sitting around and listening
c)
it outsold the television
d)
People became addicted
65.
What types of challenges did women face in the workplace in the 1920s?
a)
less pay, less chance to get promoted
b)
too much money and too many jobs to pick from
c)
had to many resposibilities at home
d)
women made up the chalenges
66.
What type of role did Hoover believe the gov’t should play in the economy and society?
a)
Large role
b)
small role
c)
no role at all
d)
Hoover wanted to be a dictator
67.
What is Hoovervilles?
a)
shantytowns named after Hoover’s failure to address the Depression
b)
town inside Hoover Alabama
c)
Dr. Seuss lives here
d)
place of great economic upside
68.
What was the purpose of FDRs "fireside chats"?
a)
reassurance to the public that Government is working to fix problems
b)
FDR tells stories next to fireplace
c)
conversations with FDRs "braintrust"
69.
What are the 3 R's of FDRs New Deal?
a)
relief, recovery, reform
b)
relief, rest, reassurance
c)
rest, reassurance, reform
d)
recovery, rest, reset
70.
Why did some people dislike FDRs New Deal?
a)
doesn't do enough for those in need
b)
is too socialist and interferes with the free market
c)
spent to much money
d)
All of the above
71.
FDR addressed the American public in weekly broadcasts known as:
a)
FDR Hour
b)
Hangin' With Franklin
c)
Fireside Chats
d)
Around the Fire
72.
Which New Deal program employed artists, writers, and actors during the Depression?
a)
PWA
b)
TVA
c)
NIRA
d)
WPA
73.
The AAA provided money to:
a)
states for local relief
b)
farmers to reduce crop production
c)
industries to continue production
d)
sharecroppers to purchase land
74.
Which one of the following phrases does NOT describe how most Americans were reacting to their economic plight in early 1933?
a)
hiding cash under mattresses
hiding cash under mattresses
b)
hoarding money
c)
storing gold in pillowcases
storing gold in pillowcases
d)
depositing savings in banks
depositing savings in banks
75.
What project(s) does the TVA work on?
a)
Dam Construction
b)
Railway Construction
c)
Nuclear Power
d)
All the above
76.
The TVA's primary focus is on what?
a)
Flood Control
b)
Economic Development
c)
Nuclear Power
d)
Hydroelectric Power
77.
How many hydroelectric dams were built within the Tennessee River Valley between 1933 and 1944?
a)
16
b)
5
c)
8
d)
12
78.
What New Deal program restricted agricultural production by paying farmers to grow less crops
a)
AAA
b)
CCC
c)
REA
d)
SSA
79.
What was the name of FDR's plan to ease and lead America out of the Great Depression?
a)
Square Deal
b)
New Deal
c)
Big Deal
d)
Fair Deal
80.
The main goal of the New Deal was to:
a)
increase worker wages and benefits.
b)
expand Unions into right-to-work states.
c)
put people to work and end the Great Depression.
d)
end child labor practices.
81.
Which government agency gives benefits to people when they are retired or unemployed?
a)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
b)
Securities and Exchange Commission
c)
Tennessee Valley Authority
d)
Social Security Admistration
82.
Which new deal program hired single, unemployed men between the ages of 18-25 to work on reforestation and to build National Parks?
a)
Civilian Conservation Corps
b)
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
c)
Works Progress Administration
d)
Tennessee Valley Authority
83.
Which New Deal program's goal was to prevent another Dust Bowl by paying a Subsidy to farmers?
a)
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
b)
National Industrial Recovery Act
c)
Securities and Exchange Commission
d)
Fair Labor and Standards Act
84.
Which New Deal Program created unemployment compensation and retirement insurance?
a)
Fair Labor Standards Act
b)
Social Security Act
c)
Works Progress Administration
d)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
85.
Which New Deal Program built dams throughout Tennessee and other Southern states to supply electricity?
a)
Tennessee Valley Authority
b)
Works Progress Administration
c)
Civilian Conservation Corps
d)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
86.
Which New Deal Program built buildings, bridges, and roads and is most remembered for building the landmark pictured here?
a)
Civilian Conservation Corps
b)
Works Progress Administration
c)
Tennessee Valley Authority
d)
Fair Labor Standards Act
87.
Which agency provided work for writers, artists, and photographers as well as building projects?
a)
Works Progress Administration
b)
Civilian Conservation Corps
c)
Agricultural Adjustment Act
d)
Tennessee Valley Authority
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