WorksheetsThe Roaring 20s and The Great Depression
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 19mins
Bootleggers produced, shipped, and sold alcohol illegally. During the 1920s which word is associated with illegal alcohol in the U.S.?
UNEMPLOYMENT
MIGRATION
SOCIAL SECURITY
PROHIBITION
Which statement best summarizes the positive changes for women in the 1920s?
Women were allowed to hold political offices and run for president.
Women were recognized for the contributions and given the right to vote.
Women were allowed to work outside the home for the first time.
Women were allowed to join the military.
The term ( ) was used in the 1920s to describe great interest and activity in the arts, especially among the African American artists living in New York.
Great Migration
Harlem Renaissance
Reconstruction
Prohibition
During the time of the Great Migration, the majority of African Americans were moving from the ( ___ ) to the (___ ).
north to the west.
south to the California coast.
south to the north.
north to the south.
One Way Ticket
Langston Hughes 1926
" I pick up my life and take it with me.
And I put it down in Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo, or Scranton
I am fed up with Jim Crow laws
People who are cruel and afraid, who lynch and run,
I pick up my life and take it away.
On a one-way ticket
Gone up North,
Gone out West,
Gone!"
Which movement is the author referring to in this poem?
Industrialization
New Deal
Reconstruction
The Great Migration
One Way Ticket
Langston Hughes 1926
" I pick up my life and take it with me.
And I put it down in Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo, or Scranton
I am fed up with Jim Crow laws
People who are cruel and afraid, who lynch and run,
I pick up my life and take it away.
On a one-way ticket
Gone up North,
Gone out West,
Gone!"
Which group of people are affected in this poem?
Poor people only
African Americans
Chinese immigrants
Irish immigrants
In 1924, Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1924. The purpose of this amendment was to
allow the immigrants of Europe to live in their own neighborhoods and have their own customs celebrated.
allow European and Latin immigrants to become migrant workers and have the same life as all other Americans
limit immigrants from Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, and Asia from moving in the United States.
limit the number of immigrants from the Latin, German and France from entering the United States.
How did transportation change for the people during the 1920s?
Faster horses were bred for covered wagon travel across country.
More railroads were built, and faster trains were invented
The invention of the Model T and availability of air travel made life easier.
Motorcycles were improved to run faster and cleaner.
Which 1920s inventions changed the daily life of women in particular?
Telephones and the U.S. Postal Service
electric irons and washing machines
radio and movies
automobiles and airplanes
How did the culture of America spread during the 1920s?
iPads and laptops
tablets and cellphones
radio and movies
newspaper and books
During a time in America when people lost their jobs, the stock market crashed and banks closed their doors because they had no money; which term describes the economy best?
Great Downfall
New Deal
Big Crash
Great Depression
Which event is usually described as marking the beginning of the the economic crisis in the U.S. during the 1920s and 1930?
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
The Harlem Renaissance
The Big Bank Collapse of 1938
The Prohibition Movement
What was the effect of high unemployment in the 1930s?
People built bigger and bigger homes.
People built makeshift homes in public places called shantytowns.
People started new business
Businesses gave money to the people who had lost all their money in the stock market crash.
What was the name given to the shantytowns of the 1930s?
Roosevelt Row
Hooverville
Lincoln Lane
Washington Way
Why was the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) created?
To ensure that the elderly people would have an income if the stock market ever crashed again.
To regulate trading on the Wall Street floor.
To restore trust the banking system.
To provide jobs for young men.
Which best summarizes the effect of the stock market crash?
Stock brokers remained wealthy and were unaffected.
Workers were laid off and were not able to buy goods and many people were poor.
People began to buy more appliances than ever to make life easier.
People started new businesses to support their family.
After the stock market crash, which program was established to have full information of the stocks being sold?
Securities and Exchange Act
Medicare
Medicade
Social Security checks
Which president was responsible for implementing the New Deal programs?
President Herbert Hoover
President Franklin D. Roosvelt
President Winston Churchill
President Abraham Lincoln
Many New Deal programs ere formed to help the people. Among these was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), which
regulated the banks and the money.
insured bank deposits.
provided jobs for young men to make money planting trees.
provided electricity for the common person who did not have electricity.
Which of the following New Deal programs is still in existence today?
Civilian Conservation Corps
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Melting Pot Act
Social Security Act
