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Roaring 20s & Great Depression

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
When African Americans began to move from the rural South to the urban North, this was called what?
a)
The Great Awakening
b)
The Great Migration
c)
The Great Pumpkin
d)
The Trail of Tears
2.
Places where people went to drink illegal alcohol and listen to Jazz were called:
a)
Night clubs
b)
Speakeasies
c)
Public houses
d)
Dive bars
3.
What was the impact of the Harlem Renaissance? 
a)
promoted the growth of New York cities
b)
promoted culture identity of African Americans 
c)
it fought discrimination in southern cities
d)
it established programs such as the NAACP
4.
The prejudice against foreign-born people is known as:
a)
Isolationism
b)
Communism
c)
Nativism
d)
Fundamentalism
5.
The KKK in the 1920s were against all of the following EXCEPT:
a)
The destruction of saloons
b)
Roman Catholics
c)
100 percent Americanism
d)
Foreign born individuals
6.
The era in which the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages was against the law was known as:
a)
Jazz Age
b)
Prohibition
c)
The Red Scare
d)
Harlem Renaissance
7.
Chicago was home to which notorious gangster with a bootlegging empire?
a)
Billy Sunday
b)
Nicola Sacco
c)
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
d)
Al Capone
8.
__________ coined the term "Jazz Age" and wrote the Great Gatsby.
a)
Zora Neale Hurston
b)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
c)
Sinclair Lewis
d)
George Gershwin
9.
What is the policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs?
a)
Isolationism
b)
Nativism
c)
Nationalism
d)
Imperialism
10.
Which Amendment prohibited the sale or manufacture of intoxicating liquors?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
11.
The Red Scare refers to:
a)
The trampling of individual rights
b)
The panic in the U.S. that followed the Bolshevik Revolution
c)
The robbery and murder of citizens at the hand of anarchists
d)
The trouble facing the U.S. economy during the 1920s
12.
Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
13.
_________ was the evangelist who preached against the evils of drinking and predicted a new age of virtue and religion.
a)
Billy Sunday
b)
A. Mitchell Palmer
c)
Clarence Darrow
d)
John T. Scopes
14.
Bootleggers are:
a)
Individuals who brewed alcohol during the prohibition
b)
Those who manufactured boots
c)
A person who smuggled in and sold alcoholic beverages into the U.S. during prohibition
d)
The term for immigrants used by nativists
15.
Those who oppose any form of government are
a)
communists
b)
anarchists
c)
socialists
d)
isolationists
16.
The "NEW WOMAN" of the 1920s referred to which changes happening at the time
a)
availability in birth control
b)
new work opportunities
c)
casual dating
d)
All of the above
17.
What is seen as a growing threat to America?
a)
Communism
b)
Militarism
c)
Imperialism
d)
Nationalism
18.
What were the FBI raids called that violated civil rights?
a)
Palmer Raids
b)
No Knock Warrants
c)
Hoover Raids
d)
No Warrants Needed
19.
Who were the two Italian anarchists that were executed on flimsy evidence?
a)
Sacco and Venzetti
b)
Spaghetti and Linguini
c)
Mario and Luigi
d)
Rossi and Ricci
20.
What group emerged as Anti-Immigrant?
a)
RKO
b)
CCC
c)
WPA
d)
KKK
21.
What limited immigrants from certain countries?
a)
Quota System
b)
System of Alliances
c)
Operating System
d)
Limbic System
22.
What was Harding's campaign slogan?
a)
Let's Make America Great Again
b)
Change You Can Believe In
c)
He Kept Us Out of the War
d)
Return to Normalcy
23.
How does a high tariff affect international trade?
a)
Increases trade
b)
Decreases trade
c)
Does not affect trade
24.
The president elected after Herbert Hoover who promised to give America a "New Deal" was _________________.
a)
Franklin Roosevelt
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Grover Cleveland
25.
During the 1930s, the conditions shown in this photograph occurred mainly
a)
on the Atlantic Coast
b)
 on the Great Plains
c)
in the Rocky Mountains
d)
in the Pacific Northwest
26.
What does the image best describe
a)
Hoovervilles
b)
Okies
c)
Bonus Army
d)
Rooseveltowns
27.
After the Stock Market Crash, many people lost their life savings because _______________.
a)
banks closed
b)
banks gave away their money
c)
they couldn't remember where they put it
d)
someone stole it
28.
In the 1930's, people would line up at ____________ to get food.  These were normally run by charities.
a)
churches
b)
businesses
c)
soup kitchens
d)
work
29.
This president thought the federal government should not get involved in the economy. As a result, many Americans blamed him for the Great Depression. This caused him to lose the election in 1932.
a)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
b)
Theodore Rooselvelt
c)
Herbert Hoover
d)
Calvin Coolidge
30.
What was Hoover's belief about the governments involvement in businesses and individuals? 
a)
The government should help the people
b)
The government should avoid direct involvement
c)
The government should provide solutions to the people
d)
The government should shut down
31.
WWI veterans and their families who marched on Washington were referred to as the:
a)
Bonus Army
b)
WWI Veteran Union
c)
Veterans' Alliance
d)
Angry Mob
32.
The Great Depression was an economic slowdown in the 1920s and 1930s. Which of the following was one cause of the Great Depression in the United States?
a)
the end of the gold rush 
b)
the crash of the stock exchange 
c)
the ending of World War II 
d)
the high price of oil 
33.
The Great Depression that began in 1929 hit farmers especially hard. Farmers had not been doing well in the 1920s and several years of severe drought turned the land into a "dust bowl." What was an immediate result of this?
a)
Many farmers decided to grow crops that did not use as much water. 
b)
The government built large dams in the West for irrigation. 
c)
Many farmers and their families lost their farms and moved west. 
d)
The government helped farmers by buying their land and equipment. 
34.
a)
The Great Recession
b)
Dust Bowl
c)
New Deal
d)
Great Depression
35.
In 1929, the stock market crash was the beginning of the "Great Depression." Which of the following BEST describes the Great Depression?
a)
The depression was severe, but only in the United States. 
b)
Governments acted quickly and the depression only lasted two years
c)
The depression caused revolutions all across the world. 
d)
Many countries around the world experienced the economic depression
36.
Where did MOST European immigrants who came to the United States in the late 1800s work?
a)
ships on the coast 
b)
plantations in the South 
c)
farms in the Great Plains 
d)
factories in the North 
37.
How did the 1929 stock market crash affect the United States economy in the 1930s?
a)
Unemployment reached its highest level in United States history. 
b)
Congress voted to reject New Deal policies. 
c)
 Stock prices were higher than investors could afford.    
d)
Agriculture replaced manufacturing as the primary industry. 
38.
Because of the Dust Bowl, many farmers moved to California 
a)
True
b)
False 
39.
Homes that were in parks and built out of cardboard boxes were called Hoovervilles. 
a)
True
b)
False
40.
On October 29, 1929 share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed and partially caused the Great Depression.
a)
Black Thursday
b)
Black Tuesday 
c)
Black Friday
d)
Black Sunday 
41.
What percentage of Americans were unemployed in 1933?
a)
25%
b)
35%
c)
50%
d)
2%
42.

What was signed in 1919 to create peace after WWI?

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Treaty of World Wars

d)

Armistice

43.

Who was the President at the time of the first World War?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Teddy Roosevelt

c)

Calvin Coolige

d)

John F. Kennedy

44.
Who was Langston Hughes?
a)
A popular swing dance singer
b)
Owner of a popular Speak Easy 
c)
A famous poet and writer 
d)
A famous actor
45.

What event helped end The Great Depression?

a)

Black Tuesday

b)

The Dust Bowl

c)

The Okie Migration

d)

World War II

46.

What decade did the Dust Bowl take place?

a)

1920s

b)

1930s

c)

1940s

d)

1950s

47.

Which states were hurt most by the Dust Bowl?

a)

Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas

b)

Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hamshire

c)

Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, Idaho

d)

Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, South Carolina

48.

What is the definition of foreclosure?

a)

the process construction workers use build homes

b)

the process that presidents use to create jobs during an economic depression

c)

the legal process that banks use to get back some of the money they loaned when a borrower can't repay the loan.

d)

the process investors use to predict the stock market

49.
Who built the Model T?
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Al Capone
c)
Charles Lindbergh
d)
Harry Truman
50.

Who was the first pilot to fly a trans atlantic flight?

a)

Marcus Garvey

b)

Henry Ford

c)

Charles Lindbergh

d)

Herbert Hoover

51.

_______________ were young women who rebelled against traditional ways of thinking and acting.

a)

Expatriates

b)

Jazzers

c)

Flappers

d)

Anti-Suffragettes

52.

Why is the period called the Roaring Twenties?

a)

Widespread social and economic changes occured

b)

Everyone roared as a form of communication

c)

US roared in to a global leader

d)

Foreign trade increases.

53.

Manufacturing became much more efficient, which lowered the cost of finished goods. What innovation made this possible?

a)

assembly line

b)

airplane delivery of goods

c)

highly paid employees

d)

credit

54.

For the first time in history, people could buy things without paying for them up front. Which term describes this?

a)

bartering

b)

margin

c)

credit

d)

stock

55.

This invention made it possible for people like Babe Ruth to become national heroes for the first time.

a)

airplane

b)

television

c)

radio

d)

printing press

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