WorksheetsRoaring 20s/Great Depression
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which Harlem Renaissance author fought against racism and wrote poetry about African American pride?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Langston Hughes
W.E.B. DuBois
Marcus Garvey
President during the start of the 1920s. "Return to Normalcy"
Warren G. Harding
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Howard Taft
Herbert Hoover
A ban on the sale of alcohol in the 1920s
Teapot Dome
Red Scare
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
Prohibition
Trial of Modernism vs Traditionalism
Schechter Poultry vs U.S.
Brown vs Board of Education
Scopes Monkey Trial
United States vs. Butler
Which scandal saw a cabinet member jailed for corruption?
Teapot Dome
Watergate
Tweed Ring
Whiskey Rebellion
What decade saw installment plans, prohibition, and the flappers?
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
Which decade saw bank failures, bread lines, and the New Deal?
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
What is the purpose of the FDIC?
To insure bank deposits
To provide work to the unemployed
To provide cheap electricity to rural areas
To prevent another stock market crash
What New Deal legislation made the government responsible for the people's economic welfare?
FDIC
Social Security Act
SEC
Works Progress Administration
What was the outcome of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff?
Increased imports to the U.S.
Decreased U.S. international trade
Alleviated high unemployment
Banks foreclosed on more homes
What was the CCC & WPA attempting to address?
High unemployment
Excessive stock market speculation
Increased use of credit
Limited income of senior citizens
What was the purpose of fireside chats?
To discuss new Hollywood films
To reassure the American public
To explain U.S. involvement in World War 1
To discuss the League of Nations
What was one unintended consequence of Prohibition?
Alcoholism decreased
The rise of organized crime
The Great Migration
Teapot Dome scandal
The rise of Jazz music contributed to what movement?
Harlem Renaissance
Great Migration
Prohibition
Nativism
Opponents of President Roosevelt's Court Packing Scheme were concerned about-
the power of the executive branch increasing
the health of retiring Justices
the cost of the New Deal
remaining isolated from foreign conflicts
Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
Overspeculation
Military Spending
High Tariffs
Bank Failures
Why factor contributed to the Great Migration?
Land grants for Homsteading
Economic opportunities in cities
Lower cost of living in cities
Better soil on the Great Plains
Which factor contributed most to the Dust Bowl?
Flash floods
Severe heat
Prolonged drought
High winds
Why was the Mexican Repatriation Act passed?
To protect national security
To reduce competition for jobs
To prevent labor unrest
To remain isolated from foreign conflicts
Speakeasies were a consequence of what federal action?
Prohibition
Suspected communist activity
Immigration restrictions
Tariffs on imported goods
