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Roaring Twenties / Great Depression

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This natural disaster served to worsen the effects of the Great Depression on Farmers in the Midwest 
a)
Tornados
b)
Dust Bowl
c)
Black Tuesday 
d)
Hurricanes
2.
When people went to the bank to withdraw their money and the banks had no money was known as the 
a)
Bank Crisis 
b)
Black Tuesday
c)
Stock Market Crash
d)
New Deal 
3.

This new deal programs helps to ensure retirement funds for all americans and helps those in need of immediate monetary assistance

a)

FDIC

b)

SSA

c)

AAA

d)

CCC

4.
The name given to the programs enforced by FDR to ensure relief, recovery and reform. 
a)
Stock Market 
b)
Great Depression
c)
Margin 
d)
New Deal 
5.
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 
6.
This New Deal program insured the public's deposits to make sure that the bank runs never happened again 
a)
PWA
b)
WPA
c)
SSA
d)
FDIC
7.
A time in America following the roaring 20's where America experience rising unemployment that did not end until the onset of World War II. 
a)
New Deal
b)
Roaring 20's
c)
Great Depression
d)
Cold War 
8.
The most popular home appliance in the 1930's 
a)
Television
b)
Radio
c)
Movies
d)
Telephone 
9.
What percentage of Americans were unemployed in 1933?
a)
25%
b)
35%
c)
50%
d)
2%
10.

Prohibition was the ban on _____ anywhere in the United States.

a)

Candy

b)

Tobacco

c)

Alcohol

d)

Seafood

11.

This person smuggled alcohol into the United States during Prohibition.

a)

Bootlegger

b)

Speakeasy

c)

Lobsterback

d)

Carpetbagger

12.

An illegal bar that served alcohol during Prohibition.

a)

Saloon

b)

Burger King

c)

Tavern

d)

Speakeasy

13.

This amendment made it illegal to sell alcoholic drinks anywhere in the U.S.

a)

101

b)

10

c)

18

d)

2

14.

Who did the 19th Amendment give the right to vote.

a)

Men

b)

Women

c)

Children

d)

Reptiles

15.

The 21st Amendment repealed which amendment?

a)

15

b)

3

c)

18

d)

25

16.

This was a popular car of the 1920s.

a)

Model T

b)

Charger

c)

Mustang

d)

Mini Van

17.

Why were the 1920's called the Roaring Twenties?

a)

Many animals began to roar.

b)

There was a depression.

c)

Time of laughter and prosperity.

d)

War was about to erupt.

18.

This was a fad of the 1920's.

a)

Bird watching

b)

Newspaper reading

c)

People watching

d)

Flagpole sitting

19.

These women had short hair, wore short dresses, and wore bright red lipstick.

a)

Flappers

b)

Suffragists

c)

Clowns

d)

Rockettes

20.

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

A basketbsll team.

b)

Rebirth of African American culture.

c)

Midieval festival.

d)

A battle in NYC.

21.

During the Red Scare, Americans were on the lookout for:

a)

Red Sox fans

b)

The plague

c)

Flappers

d)

Enemy spies and sabotage.

22.

Music style that developed from blues, ragtime, and earlier styles.

a)

Folk

b)

Rock

c)

Classical

d)

Jazz

23.

These people opposed organized government.

a)

Anarchists

b)

Giants fans

c)

Republican

d)

Communist

24.

Who made the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean?

a)

Amelia Earhart

b)

Charles Lindbergh

c)

Wright Brothers

d)

George Washington

25.

This system only allowed a certain number of people from each country to enter the U.S.

a)

Limitation Act

b)

Do Not Enter

c)

Quota System

d)

Quartering Act

26.

Who won the election of 1928?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Herbert Hoover

27.

An increase in organized crime such as the Mafia occurred as a result of

a)

The Red Scare

b)

Prohibition

c)

The Scopes "Monkey" Trial

d)

The "Return to Normalcy"

28.

Causes of the Dust Bowl included

a)

over investing in stocks

b)

attacks on Communists and Bolsheviks

c)

bank failures and decreased trade

d)

poor farming methods and drought

29.

Warren G. Harding's plan for the U.S. recovery from events from 1910 to 1920 was called the

a)

Return to Normalcy

b)

Red Scare

c)

Lost Generation

d)

Harlem Renaissance

30.

The Harlem Renaissance led to the spread of

a)

Alcohol

b)

Jazz

c)

Normalcy

d)

Communism