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Pre-Holocaust Quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During which years did World War I take place?

a)

1900-1905

b)

1905-1909

c)

1914-1918

d)

1929-1932

2.

Which of the following were included in President Roosevelt’s plans to address the economic problems of the Great Depression?

a)

Impose a bank holiday.

b)

Pass banking legislation.

c)

Decrease government spending in order to balance the budget.

d)

a and b only

e)

b and c only

3.

What caused the Dust Bowl?

a)

Poor agricultural practices and years of sustained drought

b)

The lack of trees

c)

Farmers not taking good care of their soil

d)

Farmers not having the right kind of equipment

4.

What is considered to be the “spark” that led to the outbreak of World War I?

a)

Germany’s invasion of France

b)

The sinking of the Lusitania

c)

The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

d)

The murder of Russian Tsar Nicholas II

5.

Who outlined a set of ideas known as the Fourteen Points and was the United States President during WWI?

a)

Tsar Nicolas II

b)

Valdimir Lenin

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Donald Trump

e)

Dwight Eisenhower

6.

How many years did the dust blow on the Southern Plains?

a)

10

b)

9

c)

5

d)

8

7.

What event is typically considered the first sign of the Great Depression and is often considered the beginning of this period?

a)

The stock market crash of October 1929

b)

The Tariff Act of 1930

c)

The election of Herbert Hoover as president in 1928

d)

The passage of legislation known as the New Deal in 1932

8.

Who was the leader of Germany during World War I?

a)

Tsar Nicholas II

b)

Kaisser Wilhelm II

c)

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

d)

Adolf Hitler

9.

The purpose of New Deal programs was to provide:

a)

immediate relief for citizens.

b)

tax increases to recover additional government spending.

c)

reform to prevent such economic problems from occurring in the future.

d)

all of the above

10.

The Dust Bowl was sometimes called...

a)

The Age of Dust

b)

The Dirty Thirties

c)

The Age of Ultron

d)

The Dust Era

11.

The Allies included all of these countries except:

a)

Germany

b)

Great Britian

c)

United States

d)

France

12.

What event led to the United States forcing Japanese Americans and immigrants into internment camps?

a)

Hitler invaded Poland.

b)

Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

c)

Allies invaded France.

d)

U.S. bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki.