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Roaring 20s/Great Depression

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Harlem Renaissance author fought against racism and wrote poetry about African American pride?

a)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

b)

Langston Hughes

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

Marcus Garvey

2.

President during the start of the 1920s. "Return to Normalcy"

a)

Warren G. Harding

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Howard Taft

d)

Herbert Hoover

3.

A ban on the sale of alcohol in the 1920s

a)

Teapot Dome

b)

Red Scare

c)

Smoot-Hawley Tariff

d)

Prohibition

4.

Trial of Modernism vs Traditionalism

a)

Schechter Poultry vs U.S.

b)

Brown vs Board of Education

c)

Scopes Monkey Trial

d)

United States vs. Butler

5.

Which scandal saw a cabinet member jailed for corruption?

a)

Teapot Dome

b)

Watergate

c)

Tweed Ring

d)

Whiskey Rebellion

6.

What decade saw installment plans, prohibition, and the flappers?

a)

1910s

b)

1920s

c)

1930s

d)

1940s

7.

Which decade saw bank failures, bread lines, and the New Deal?

a)

1910s

b)

1920s

c)

1930s

d)

1940s

8.

What is the purpose of the FDIC?

a)

To insure bank deposits

b)

To provide work to the unemployed

c)

To provide cheap electricity to rural areas

d)

To prevent another stock market crash

9.

What New Deal legislation made the government responsible for the people's economic welfare?

a)

FDIC

b)

Social Security Act

c)

SEC

d)

Works Progress Administration

10.

What was the outcome of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff?

a)

Increased imports to the U.S.

b)

Decreased U.S. international trade

c)

Alleviated high unemployment

d)

Banks foreclosed on more homes

11.

What was the CCC & WPA attempting to address?

a)

High unemployment

b)

Excessive stock market speculation

c)

Increased use of credit

d)

Limited income of senior citizens

12.

What was the purpose of fireside chats?

a)

To discuss new Hollywood films

b)

To reassure the American public

c)

To explain U.S. involvement in World War 1

d)

To discuss the League of Nations

13.

What was one unintended consequence of Prohibition?

a)

Alcoholism decreased

b)

The rise of organized crime

c)

The Great Migration

d)

Teapot Dome scandal

14.

The rise of Jazz music contributed to what movement?

a)

Harlem Renaissance

b)

Great Migration

c)

Prohibition

d)

Nativism

15.

Opponents of President Roosevelt's Court Packing Scheme were concerned about-

a)

the power of the executive branch increasing

b)

the health of retiring Justices

c)

the cost of the New Deal

d)

remaining isolated from foreign conflicts

16.

Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

a)

Overspeculation

b)

Military Spending

c)

High Tariffs

d)

Bank Failures

17.

Why factor contributed to the Great Migration?

a)

Land grants for Homsteading

b)

Economic opportunities in cities

c)

Lower cost of living in cities

d)

Better soil on the Great Plains

18.

Which factor contributed most to the Dust Bowl?

a)

Flash floods

b)

Severe heat

c)

Prolonged drought

d)

High winds

19.

Why was the Mexican Repatriation Act passed?

a)

To protect national security

b)

To reduce competition for jobs

c)

To prevent labor unrest

d)

To remain isolated from foreign conflicts

20.

Speakeasies were a consequence of what federal action?

a)

Prohibition

b)

Suspected communist activity

c)

Immigration restrictions

d)

Tariffs on imported goods