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WA SS Ch. 7 Practice

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What contributed to the start of the great depression?

a)

People stayed up to late partying

b)

The stock market crashed

c)

People lost their money gambling

d)

President Hoover changed the worth of the U.S. dollar.

2.

How did the grand Coulee Dam help people during the Great Depression?

a)

Gave people more hope for water near their homes.

b)

It helped them forget about the war.

c)

It provided jobs for 12,000 people.

d)

None of these

3.

Which of the following was not a result of the Great Depression?

a)

People lost their jobs

b)

People lost their money

c)

People lost their country

d)

People lost their homes

4.

Why did people migrate to the Northwest during the great depression?

a)

The Dust Bowl forced people to move

b)

Drought force people to leave

c)

People moved in search of work

d)

All of the above

5.

What was the New Deal?

a)

A promise to give peoples money back

b)

A plan that created jobs to put people back to work

c)

A plan to provide food directly to the homeless

d)

A promise to end WWII

6.

What caused the U.S. to enter WWII?

a)

The attack on Pearl Harbor

b)

The need for war supplies

c)

Great Britain asked for help

d)

The U.S. didn't join the war

7.

Why were the Japanese Americans relocated during the war?

a)

The had deadly diseases

b)

They threaten to destroy American business

c)

People thought they might give aid to Imperial Japan

d)

They were breaking laws

8.

What finally ended WWII?

a)

Japan bombed Pearl HArbor

b)

The Germans ran low on supplies and had to surrender

c)

The U.S. gave up

d)

The United States dropped the atomic bomb

9.

Why was the Hanford site chosen for plutonium production?

a)

Safe and secure location

b)

Access to the Columbia River

c)

Could draw power from the Coulee Dam

d)

All of the above

10.

How did WWII help end the Great Depression?

a)

Create job oppertunities

b)

Increase the demands and needs of industry

c)

Both 1 and 2

d)

None of the above

11.

In what ways did WWII change how women saw themselves

a)

They wanted to stay home and take care of the family

b)

They could do the hard jobs held originally by men

c)

They developed new fashion ideas

d)

Women's view did not change

12.

What were some unintended consequences of the Grand Coulee Dam

a)

Salmon population went nearly extinct

b)

NA's lost sacred fishing grounds

c)

Small farm business's in the Columbia Basin couldn't compete with big agricuture

d)

All of the above

13.

What event propelled the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam?

a)

The 4th of July

b)

WWII

c)

The Great Depression

d)

The Dust Bowl

14.

What business industry thrived during WWII because of the Coulee Dam?

a)

Wood

b)

Steel

c)

Cooper

d)

Aluminum