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Roaring Twenties and Great Depression Quiz

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What became widespread due to Prohibition?

a)

respect for the law

b)

immigration from Canada

c)

organized crime and violence

d)

immigration from the Caribbean

2.

Which invention encouraged tourism and created new businesses in the 1920s?

a)

the radio

b)

the automobile

c)

silent films

d)

the refrigerator

3.
The growth of nativism during the 1920s would connect with this...
a)
Abolishing the quota system
b)
Rise of the KKK
c)
Temperance movement
d)
Repealing of prohibition
4.
What crime was John Scopes accused of committing?
a)
Contributing to the delinquency of a minor
b)
Teaching religion
c)
Teaching evolution
d)
Conspiracy
5.

The blossoming of culture that spread from Harlem is often called the

a)

African American Resurgence.

b)

Harlem Renaissance.

c)

Jazz Decade.

d)

New York Revival

6.

What was the nickname for the new “liberated” woman of the 1920s?

a)

bootlegge

b)

flower girl

c)

flapper

d)

speakeasy

7.

What was the name of the law that set up the quota system for limiting immigration to the United States?

a)

Emergency Quota Act

b)

Immigrant Control Act

c)

Nativist Quota Act

d)

Prohibition Act

8.

Which amendment to the Constitution guaranteed women in all states the right to vote?

a)

Fifth Amendment

b)

Eighteenth Amendment

c)

Nineteenth Amendment

d)

Twenty-First Amendment

9.

Which of the following people was a writer who came out of the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

Babe Ruth

b)

Gertrude Ederle

c)

Zora Neale Hurston

d)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

10.

Which constitutional amendment established Prohibition?

a)

Seventeenth Amendment

b)

Eighteenth Amendment

c)

Nineteenth Amendment

d)

Twentieth Amendment

11.

Who was the prosecutor for the Scopes trial?

a)

William Jennings Bryan

b)

Al Smith

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Clarence Darrow

12.

Which is the only amendment ever passed to overturn an earlier amendment?

a)

Eighteenth Amendment

b)

Nineteenth Amendment

c)

Twentieth Amendment

d)

Twenty-First Amendment

13.

Which of the following phrases best describes the Jazz Age?

a)

a spirit that affected American music, literature, art, and society at large

b)

a period of fads and heroes that enchanted Americans around the country

c)

the migration of African Americans from the South to the cities of the North

d)

the era of silent movies, which often used jazz for their background music

14.

Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston were part of a period of cultural excitement in the 1920s known as the

a)

New Age.

b)

Harlem Renaissance.

c)

return to “normalcy.”

d)

Red Scare.

15.

The booming stock market in the 1920s

a)

made most Americans wealthy.

b)

encouraged people to borrow money to buy stocks.

c)

discouraged people from borrowing money to buy stocks.

d)

ended unemployment in the United States.

16.

The 1920's are often called ________.

a)

The Great Depression

b)

The Roaring Twenties

c)

World War 1

d)

The Moderate Twenties

17.

__________________ made the manufacturing, transporting, and selling of alcohol illegal in the United States.

a)

Inhabitation

b)

Prohibition

c)

Forbidding

d)

Disallowing

18.
Prohibition led to all of the following EXCEPT:
a)
a rise in organized crime
b)
the growth of speakeasies
c)
more profits for bootleggers
d)
a decrease in the amount of alcohol consumed by Americans
19.

Which statement correctly describes the Great Migration?

a)

The movement of six million African-Americans to northern cities in search of jobs.

b)

The movement of a million farmers from the Plains states to the West Coast during the Dust Bowl.

c)

Immigration of 40,000 Chinese to the U.S. in order to work on the transcontinental railroad.

d)

Widespread immigration to the U.S. from eastern and southern Europe.

20.

The man pictured above illegally profited from which amendment below?

a)

17th Amendment

b)

18th Amendment

c)

19th Amendment

d)

20th Amendment

21.

In what time frame would the following picture belong?

a)

1919-1929

b)

1914-1918

c)

1929-1939

d)

1945-1989

22.

Which image below would not match up with the "flapper" ideal of the 1920's

a)
b)
c)
d)
23.

The image above would have come from the "Jazz Age," the period of relative prosperity following World War I. In which time frame would the picture belong?

a)

1914-1918

b)

1919-1929

c)

1929-1939

d)

1939-1945

24.

The 1920's were a time in which "traditional American values" were being tested. Which image below would match up with the Scopes Trial?

a)
b)
c)
d)
25.
The first commercial radio broadcasts, a predominantly bull stock market, and the emergence of surrealism and art deco were features of which decade?
a)
1890’s
b)
1910’s
c)
1920’s
d)
1930’s
26.
Which development most contributed to the increasing social independence of Americans in the early twentieth century?
a)
Rise of the Populist movement
b)
Emergence of Victorian ideals
c)
Improved telecommunications
d)
Greater access to automobiles
27.

Which was NOT a characteristic of a flapper?

a)

smoked and drank in public

b)

male

c)

wore make up

d)

rebellious, fun, and energetic

28.

During the Great Migration, African Americans typically moved from

a)

South to Mexico

b)

East to West

c)

South to North

d)

North to South

29.
Which event is credited with starting the Great Depression
a)
The election of Herbert Hoover as president
b)
The increased spending of the U.S. government
c)
the Great Crash of 1929
d)
The U.S. involvement in World War II
30.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three R's of the New Deal?

a)

Relief

b)

Recovery

c)

Reform

d)

Reduce

31.

Which of the following was a relief program designed to provide young men who were roaming the countryside in search of work?

a)

CCC

b)

SEC

c)

FDIC

d)

Social Security

32.

Which New Deal Program helped people trust banks again?

a)

CCC

b)

NIRA

c)

FDIC

d)

SEC

33.

Which program ensured that the disabled and the elderly would have some income and that the unemployed were protected against layoffs?

a)

FDIC

b)

Social Security Act

c)

FDIC

d)

NIRA

34.

Which program was created to regulate trading on Wall Street and curb out-of-control high-risk investments that led to the Stock Market Crash of 1929?

a)

FDIC

b)

CCC

c)

SEC

d)

NIRA

35.
Which of these factors contributed most to the Dust Bowl?
a)
Flash flooding and intense deforestation.
b)
Prolonged drought and poor farming practices.
c)
High winds and railroad construction.
d)
Severe heat and rapic suburban development.
36.
"They wanted us out of the country. I didn't understand why when we'd been born here."
Emilia Castaneda was born in Los Angeles to Mexican parents. In 1935, she and her father and brother were forced to board a train bound for Mexico. 
This excerpt describes an instance of deportation during the 1930s as part of a repatriation effort. Why did the federal government implement repatriation?
a)
To fulfill the terms of a global peace treaty.
b)
To protect national security.
c)
To reduce competition for jobs.
d)
To prevent communist influence on labor unions.
37.
Many people lost their jobs during the Great Depression.  The national government responded with President Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal," which
a)
provided programs to help people make money to provide for their needs. 
b)
helped reduce the national debt, providing more capital for businesses
c)
forced people to join the military forces to make money for their needs. 
d)
forced people to use charities to help them provide for their needs. 
38.
Which event marked the beginning of the Great Depression?
a)
The End of Prohibition
b)
The New Deal
c)
The Stock Market Crash
d)
The Election of Herbert Hoover
39.
What was a major result of FDR’s New Deal programs?
a)
The national deficit declined for most U.S. citizens
b)
The suffrage rights for women changed
c)
The power of the federal government was expanded
d)
The federal government lowered taxes for most Americans
40.
Which program cleared the river valley in Tennesee and brought electricity to these rural parts near the river?
a)
CCC
b)
WPA
c)
TVA
d)
FDIC

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