WorksheetsThe Interwar Years
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which of the following terms best describes the Spanish Flu from 1918 - 1920?
Pandemic
Hemorrhage
Natural Distaster
Benign
During the global economic depression, war debts of W.W.1 caused the greatest suffering in . . .
France
Germany
U.S.A.
Italy
Which of the following years had the highest unemployment rate?
1934
1938
1933
1932
The New Deal program that created construction jobs and sewing jobs for women was . .
WPA
Minimum Wage Act
Social Securities Act
FDIC
Which U.S. amendment created prohibition?
18th
19th
20th
21st
Which of the following countries created a Coalition style government?
Germany
United States
France
Britain
Which person authored books in the 1920s and 1930s?
Ernest Hemingway
Stephen King
Amelia Earhart
Louis Armstrong
What did the Kellogg-Briand Pact attempt to do?
Wage war and destroy homes
To trigger and Alliance system in case of war
To make war illegal
To divide territories after WWI
Many Germans saw the Weimer Republic as . . .
a powerful democratic government.
a strong and effective government.
a solution to the economic depression.
going against German interests.
Why was Prohibition unsuccessful in the United States?
People stopped drinking alcohol.
Beer breweries gave away free alcohol.
The law was too hard to enforce.
It was successful.
What was Germany’s democratic government formed after World War 1 that the Nazi Party eventually replaced?
Weimar Republic
Bourgeoisie
Socialist Party
New Deal
Why did many Germans vote for the Nazi Party in the 1933 election?
Hitler promised more civil rights and equality to German citizens
Hitler promised a solution to the economic depression in Germany
The Nazis signed several economic treaties with the United States
The Nazis ran a positive campaign to win several votes
What was a driving force to pass prohibition in the United States?
Several people thought a ban on alcohol would help the economy
Numerous people thought a ban on alcohol would make America healthy
Many people believed alcohol was the main cause of violent crimes
So many people did not have jobs they could not buy alcohol
Why did several banks close across the U.S. during the Great Depression?
The government closed them down to stop corruption
They stayed open, but just shortened their hours of business
All their customers stopped going to banks
They lost people’s money when the stock market crashed
