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WorksheetsGarage Escape! (Roaring 20s / Great Depression)
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 18mins
The Federal Housing Administration is a New Deal agency that continues to assist many Americans primarily by –
providing them with money to pay for moving expenses.
helping them obtain mortgage loans from banks.
helping them choose a reputable home builder.
offering incentives for them to invest in rental properties.
Which of the following best completes this graphic organizer?
Increase in consumer spending
Overspeculation in the stock market
Decrease in military spending
Government subsidization
What is one ongoing result of the New Deal
The federal government funds a space-exploration program.
State governments deny residency to persons working in other states.
State governments use property taxes to fund social security programs.
People can rely more on the federal government during times of economic distress.
Which of the following was a defining characteristic of the United States during the 1930s?
Muckrakers worked to expose corruption politicians and business practices.
The economy collapsed, and millions of people became unemployed.
Fears about communism led to the imprisonment of many people.
The government passed laws that eliminated poverty and discrimination.
Which of the following best completes the time line?
Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president.
The Teapot Dome scandal is exposed.
Women gain the right to vote.
The League of Nations is formed.
Which was one feature of the United States economy during the 1920s that contributed to the Great Depression?
Increased government regulation of the stock market
Low tariffs to increase international trade
Overproduction of consumer goods
Economically strong farm sector
Which of the following is the most valid statement regarding the long-term effects of the Great Depression?
The government placed fewer restrictions on large corporations.
The economic role of the federal government was expanded.
The government reduced its dependence on foreign trade.
The American people had less confidence in the nation’s presidential leadership.
One difference between the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Herbert Hoover was that Roosevelt was-
more willing to use government intervention to solve economic problems.
unwilling to allow government agencies to establish job programs.
able to ignore economic issues for most of his first term in office.
unable to win congressional support for his economic program.
Which outcome was an important effect of the event illustrated in the image above?
Growth of the banking industry
Suspension of government assistance
Increase in farm production on the Great Plains
Mass migration of farmers from the Dust Bowl
During the Great Depression, “Hoovervilles” and shantytowns formation were an effect of-
the need of government relocation camps for indigent workers
widespread unemployment and homeless people
the establishment of soup kitchens financed under New Deal legislation
work projects established by the Hoover administration to revitalize the economy.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt sought to reassure the American public during uncertain economic times by-
publishing a weekly new editorial titled “The Road to Prosperity and Peace.”
holding weekly town-hall meetings with average citizens.
making short appearances in a variety of Hollywood films.
delivering a series of evening radio speeches known as fireside chats.
Why did the federal government create a program in this region in 1933?
To establish industrial centers in the region.
To promote organic farming.
To offset the effects of urbanization and rapid population growth.
To provide jobs and improve the regional standard of living.
What was the goal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan to add more justices to the Supreme Court?
To maintain the separation of powers in the government branches.
To limit the judicial opposition to the New Deal
To convince Congress to enact new economic laws
To replace the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
How did the legislation excerpted above affect the relationship between the U.S. government and its citizens?
It allowed the government to tax investment income.
It allowed people to have more direct input in government decisions.
It made most people distrust the power of the government.
It made the government more responsible for the people’s economic welfare.
What does the sticker in this illustration represent to patrons of this bank?
Restrictions on the federal government’s ability to set prime interest rates
The power of the federal government to privatize the bank in order to stimulate economic growth
Limitations on the role of the federal government in providing home loans
The federal government’s assurance of protection on individual bank deposits
What was the main intent of the Mexican Repatriation Act?
To send Mexican-Americans, immigrants back to Mexico.
To encourage Mexican-American immigrants to work in the United States.
To eliminate discrimination against Mexican-Americans in the United States.
J. To grant citizenship to Mexican-Americans living in the U.S. for 5 years.
How did flappers represent a changing American culture in the 1920s?
They supported for the temperance movement
They favored Rural fundamentalism
They generated new roles and attitudes for women
They encouraged government laissez-faire policies
Which of the following had the greatest impact on the role of women in U.S. politics?
The growth of the labor movement.
The passage of the Prohibition amendment.
The creation of New Deal agencies.
The accomplishments of the suffrage movement.
The idea of nativism was very strong after World War I. Some Americans adopted the theory of eugenics which supported –
eugenics which supported –
the idea that disease and waste were caused by the actions of the Anti-Saloon League.
the idea of improving the heredity traits and warned against breeding with the “unfit” or “inferior”
the idea that aggressive measures were necessary to address the evils of racism
the idea the a two-political party system was necessary to maintain democracy in America.
The Red Scare of 1919-1920 was provoked by –
migration of rural African Americans to northern cities.
the strict enforcement of prohibition laws.
fear of communist revolution
lax enforcement of business rules.
During the 1920s, Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan were most closely identified with the –
the prosecution of suspected anarchists.
an investigation of the U.S. stock market.
the teaching of the theory of evolution in public schools.
violations of antitrust laws by U.S. businesses
The characteristics above describe the innovation in American Aviation made by –
Orville Wright.
Henry Bessemer.
Henry Ford.
Glenn Curtiss.
Which of the following completes the diagram above?
Higher wages
Increased advertising
Installment buying
Assembly line
Which of these resulted from the prohibition of alcohol during the 1920s?
A decline in immigration rates
A growing fear of communism
The expansion of the consumer economy
The rise of organized crime
The prosperity of the United States in the mid-1920s resulted in part from
increased demand for new consumer goods
high-wage contracts negotiated by labor unions
record-high farm prices
increased government regulation of the economy
Which of the following was a major contribution of the Harlem Renaissance to U.S. culture?
It led to the increased popularity of vaudeville stage performers.
It brought the most significant beat poets together.
It established jazz as a prominent musical form.
It focused attention on the antiwar literary genre.
Which of the following was a positive impact of the Tin Pan Alley in Harlem?
expanding the Back to Africa movement
fighting discrimination through the judicial system
promoting the cultural identity of African Americans through the arts
establishing the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
The data in the chart support the idea that the immigration laws of 1921 and 1924 were primarily designed to
stop illegal entry into the country
admit skilled workers
encourage immigration from southern Europe
reduce immigration from specific regions
