WorksheetsPre-Holocaust Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 11mins
During which years did World War I take place?
1900-1905
1905-1909
1914-1918
1929-1932
Which of the following were included in President Roosevelt’s plans to address the economic problems of the Great Depression?
Impose a bank holiday.
Pass banking legislation.
Decrease government spending in order to balance the budget.
a and b only
b and c only
What caused the Dust Bowl?
Poor agricultural practices and years of sustained drought
The lack of trees
Farmers not taking good care of their soil
Farmers not having the right kind of equipment
What is considered to be the “spark” that led to the outbreak of World War I?
Germany’s invasion of France
The sinking of the Lusitania
The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
The murder of Russian Tsar Nicholas II
Who outlined a set of ideas known as the Fourteen Points and was the United States President during WWI?
Tsar Nicolas II
Valdimir Lenin
Woodrow Wilson
Donald Trump
Dwight Eisenhower
How many years did the dust blow on the Southern Plains?
10
9
5
8
What event is typically considered the first sign of the Great Depression and is often considered the beginning of this period?
The stock market crash of October 1929
The Tariff Act of 1930
The election of Herbert Hoover as president in 1928
The passage of legislation known as the New Deal in 1932
Who was the leader of Germany during World War I?
Tsar Nicholas II
Kaisser Wilhelm II
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Adolf Hitler
The purpose of New Deal programs was to provide:
immediate relief for citizens.
tax increases to recover additional government spending.
reform to prevent such economic problems from occurring in the future.
all of the above
The Dust Bowl was sometimes called...
The Age of Dust
The Dirty Thirties
The Age of Ultron
The Dust Era
The Allies included all of these countries except:
Germany
Great Britian
United States
France
What event led to the United States forcing Japanese Americans and immigrants into internment camps?
Hitler invaded Poland.
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
Allies invaded France.
U.S. bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
