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Hard Times in the 1920s and 1930s

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Thinking that those from one's own country are better than immigrants from other countries

a)

Patriotism

b)

Feminism

c)

Nativism

d)

Segregation

2.
Reduced how many immigrants can come to America
a)
KKK
b)
Organized Crime
c)
Emergency Quota Act
d)
The Scopes Trial
3.
Hated anyone who didn't look or act like them:
a)
KKK
b)
The Scopes Trial
c)
Speakeasies
d)
Nativism
4.
Which of the following best describes a factor that led to the crash of the stock market?
a)
Many Americans began buying more stocks 
b)
Values of stocks increased due to mass production 
c)
Factories were not able to produce goods for consumers 
d)
Factories were overproducing and began to lay off workers 
5.

What is an appropriate title for the chart below?


· Assisted with the feeding and housing of the poorest America citizens

· Put money into the hands of consumers, who spent it, and helped businesses recover

· Created the TVA and CCC

a)

Goals of the New Deal

b)

Causes of World War II

c)

Life During the Roaring 20s

d)

Causes of the Great Depression

6.

In what way did mass production change the economy?

a)

Our economy failed between 1920-1925.

b)

It created a way to grow corn faster.

c)

It made industries grow, gave people jobs, and allowed people to buy consumer goods.

d)

It slowed down the way we made things.

7.
What is stock?
a)
A big group of animals
b)
A housing community
c)
A share of ownership in a company
d)
When you are the only business in your area of work
8.
What caused the Great Depression?
a)
People borrowed a lot of money and invested in the stock market.  When the stock market crashed, panicked stockholders sold their stocks and a lot of people and business lost money
b)
When we spent all of our money during Reconstruction
c)
When we had no money because of WWII
9.

What was it called when a severe drought* in the Great Plains destroyed crops and blew loose dust and dirt all over? *Drought=no water

a)

Desert Storm

b)

Pearl Harbor

c)

Dust Bowl

d)

Great Depression

10.

What president was blamed for the Great Depression?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

George W. Bush

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Herbert Hoover

11.

What did Franklin D. Roosevelt do to help with the Great Depression?

a)

He created the New Deal, which is a series of government programs to help American People in poverty

b)

He closed the Stock Market for good.

c)

He gave the United States a different type of military.

d)

He asked that everyone get paid more at their jobs.

12.

What disease spread by mosquitos did the TVA eradicate in the Tennessee River Valley?

a)

Bird Flu

b)

Tuberculosis

c)

Polio

d)

Malaria

13.

Built Dams to provide cheap electric power and flood control to seven southern states; set up schools and health centers.

a)

Tennesse valley Authority (TVA)

b)

National Recover Administration (NRA)

c)

Securtiy Exchange Comission (SEC)

d)

National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

14.

Provided Jobs for young men to plant trees, build bridges, dams and park, set up flood-control projects, and work on other conservation projects. (1933)

a)

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

b)

National Youth Administration (NYA)

c)

Social Security Act (SSA)

d)

Work Progress Administration (WPA)

15.

Which president helped Americans get out of the Great Depression?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

16.

What marks the start of the Great Depression?

a)

WWI

b)

Gulf War

c)

Stock market crash

d)

WW2

17.

Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the American public in weekly radio broadcasts known as ______________. These helped Americans feel close to others in the country and hopeful.

a)

FDR Hour

b)

Hangin' With Franklin

c)

Fireside Chats

d)

Around the Fire

18.

This program started by FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt) helped people after they retired

a)

Social Security Act

b)

TVA

c)

Stock Market Advice

d)

CCC