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Unit 4 Test Review (Roaring 20's - New Deal)

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 16hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the term that was used in the 1920s to describe great interest and activity in the arts, especially among African American artists living in New York?

a)

Great Migration

b)

Harlem Renaissance

c)

Reconstruction

d)

Prohibition

2.

Why was the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) created?

a)

To ensure the disabled and elderly have some income

b)

To regulate trading on Wall Street

c)

To restore trust in the banking system by insuring deposits up to $5,000

d)

To provide jobs for young men

3.

What was the name given to the shantytowns of the 1930s?

a)

Roosevelt Row

b)

Hoover-ville

c)

Lincoln Lane

d)

Washington Way

4.
Legislation that provided for old-age pensions for workers, unemployment insurance, and other welfare programs
a)
Federal Securities Act
b)
Social Security Act
c)
Wagner Act
d)
Federal Pension Act
5.
Created government jobs (natural resource conservation) for young men in 1933.
a)
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
b)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
c)
Works Progress/Projects Administration (WPA)
d)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
6.

These were a series of radio addresses given by President Roosevelt

a)

Hooverville

b)

GNP

c)

Fireside chats

d)

Black Tuesday

7.
Designed to create jobs building roads, bridges, etc and was known for supporting the arts
a)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
b)
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
c)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
d)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC
8.
FDR's Court-Packing plan involved increasing the number of judges on the Supreme Court from _____ to _____
a)
7 to 12
b)
5 to 7
c)
9 to 15
d)
15 to 21
9.
Which New Deal program built dams and worked with flooding and erosion in one of poorest regions in U.S.
a)
Public Works Administration (PWA)
b)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
c)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
d)
Social Security Administration (SSA)
10.
What was the name of FDR's plans and programs designed to meet the needs and problems of the Great Depression?
a)
New Deal
b)
Great Deal
c)
Social Security
d)
the New Liberalism
11.

The Agricultural Adjustment Administration tried to help farmers by

a)

buying farm surpluses

b)

helping small farmers become more efficient

c)

making more land available for farming

d)

paying farmers to produce less food

12.
This man was president at the beginning of the Great Depression and relied on "rugged individualism" to fix it
a)
Herbert Hoover
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Franklin Roosevelt
d)
Sherbert Hoover
13.

This was created to regulate the stock market and prevent a future stock market crash, specifically by preventing Insider Trading

a)

Securities and Exchange Committee

b)

Public Works Administration

c)

Works Progress Administration

d)

Agricultural Adjustment Act

14.
The Agriculture Adjustment Act and National Recovery Administration were successful in fixing the Great Depression
a)
True
b)
False
15.
This man's "Share the Wealth" campaign and campaign for President as a 3rd party ended up with him getting assassinated
a)
Franklin Roosevelt
b)
Herbert Hoover
c)
Huey Long
d)
Huey Short
16.
This law was created to protect workers' right to strike and led to an increase in union participation
a)
Wagner Act
b)
Pendleton Act
c)
Social Security Act
d)
Dawes Act
17.

Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

a)

Overproduction and underconsumption

b)

High tariffs restricting trade

c)

buying stocks on the margin

d)

high income taxes

18.

Why did many midwestern farmers migrate from the Great Plains to California?

a)

There was no unemployment on the West Coast

b)

California was experiencing a gold rush

c)

The Dust Bowl pushed farmers out of the Great Plains

d)

The Stock Market crash led farmers to lose their homes on the Great Plains

19.

Which event marked the end of the Roaring 20's and the started of the Great Depression in the 1930s?

a)

The election of Herbert Hoover

b)

The Stock Market Crash

c)

The Dust Bowl

d)

The Election of Franklin D. Roosevelt

20.

Which of the following did NOT contribute to the Great Depression crisis?

a)

The Dust Bowl

b)

Bank Failures

c)

Black Tuesday

d)

National government debt

21.
Where did Hoover expect the aid to the poor would come from? 
a)
churches & private charities
b)
state government
c)
federal government
d)
foreign countries
22.
Why were the people of the United States angry at President Hoover during the Great Depression?
a)
he seemed uncaring, opposing most types of government direct relief
b)
he did not take enough action to help enough during the depression
c)
Americans opposed his handling of the Bonus Army marchers
d)
all of these are reasons
23.
A New Deal program that is still in operation today is the 
a)
Social Security Administration.
b)
FDIC
c)
SEC
d)
All of the above
24.

FDR's carefully selected group of advisers

a)

Ohio Gang

b)

Think Tank

c)

Brain Trust

d)

Classroom Cabinet

25.

Government spends more money than it makes

a)

Rugged Individualism

b)

Deficit Spending

c)

Speculation

d)

Buying on Margin

26.

Why is Frances Perkins important?

a)

First female cabinet member

b)

Created the Social Security Administration

c)

Was the secretary of labor

d)

All of the Above

27.

Which was included in the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934

a)

Tribes could elect Tribal Councils to oversee their reservations

b)

Native American children were allowed to attend tribal schools

c)

Tribal lands are owned by the entire tribe

d)

All of the Above

28.

Date of the Great Stock Market Crash

a)

December 7, 1931

b)

November 11, 1929

c)

October 29, 1929

d)

April 11, 1929

29.

Which of the following was NOT a component of the New Deal?

a)

Relief for the Needy

b)

Rugged Individualism

c)

Economic Recovery

d)

Financial Reform

30.

Temporary closing of the banks until they could be determined financially stable or not.

a)

Bank Holiday

b)

Bank Run

c)

Buying on Margin

d)

Speculation

31.

New Deal agency headed by Harry Hopkins that aimed at creating as many jobs as quickly as possible. Spent over $11 billion within 8 years employing more than 8 million men and women

a)

Federal Emergency Relief Fund

b)

Civil Works Administration

c)

Public Works Adinistration

d)

Works Progress Administration

32.

An alignment of diverse groups dedicated to supporting the Democratic Party

a)

Brain Trust

b)

New Deal Coalition

c)

Bonus Army

d)

None of the Above

33.
Led an idea that African Americans should move “Back to Africa” to end Racial tensions.
a)
Martin Luther King
b)
W.E.B. Dubois
c)
Marcus Garvey
d)
Malcom X
Booker T. Washington
34.
 What were the most popular types of music in the 1920’s.
a)
Rap
b)
Classical
c)
Jazz and Blues
d)
Country
35.
The most direct result of the 18th Amendment(Prohibition) was that ________
a)
people were mostly in support of the amendment.
b)
organized crime in America increased
c)
organized crime in America decreased
d)
people stopped drinking alchohol
36.
Who was the first pilot to fly a trans atlantic flight?
a)
Marcus Garvey
b)
Henry Ford
c)
Charles Lindeburgh
d)
Herbert Hoover
37.
The Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 had to do with teaching of Fundamentalism and ______.
a)
school
b)
Evolution
c)
life
d)
religion
38.
What year did the stock market crash?
a)
1950
b)
1935
c)
1929
d)
1925
39.
Who is best know for their contributions to jazz music? 
a)
Louis Armstrong
b)
Langston Hughs
c)
Bessie Smith 
d)
Jim Crow 
40.
What was the Great Migration? 
a)
Movement of younger generations from southern rural areas to northern cities
b)
Movement of women from southern rural areas to northern cities
c)
Movement of African Americans  from southern rural areas to northern cities
d)
A migration of Canadian geese to the south during winter months 
41.
One of the most famous American poets of all-time, he infused jazz and blues rhythms into much of his work.
a)
Duke Ellington
b)
Cab Calloway
c)
Louis Armstrong
d)
Langston Hughes
42.
How did Henry Ford affect American life?
a)
sped up auto production
b)
helped cars become more affordable (cheaper)
c)
invented airbags and car horns
d)
paid his workers more
43.

The Roaring Twenties were characterized by --

a)

internment camps, the rationing of goods, and the first use of the atomic bomb

b)

bank failures, the New Deal and bread lines

c)

installment plans, Prohibition, and flappers

d)

brinkmanship, McCarthyism, and a policy of containment

44.

The establishment of speakeasies in the 1920's was an unintended consequence of which federal government action?

a)

The taxation of imported luxury goods

b)

The deportation of suspected communist sympathizers

c)

The prohibition of the sale of alcoholic beverages

d)

The implementation of immigration restrictions

45.

This Amendment led to Prohibition in the United States during the 1920s

a)

18th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

20th Amendment

d)

21st Amendment

46.

To obtain liquor illegally, drinkers went underground to hidden clubs known as...

a)

penthouses

b)

speakeasys

c)

tea rooms

d)

tenements

47.

What is F Scott Fitzgerald's novel that showed the 1920's version of the American dream of wealth?

a)

Harlem Renaissance

b)

Roaring 20's

c)

Great Gatsby

d)

Red Scare

48.

People who brought liquor into the country illegally were called...

a)

moonshiners

b)

bootleggers

c)

gangsters

d)

speakeasys

49.

What issue was central to the Scopes Monkey Trial?

a)

reciting prayer in school

b)

teaching evolution in public schools

c)

allowing dissecting animals in public schools

d)

teaching the Pledge of Allegiance

50.
When the stock market crashed in 1929, Herbert Hoover was president of the United States. The president who followed President Hoover began the New Deal, a program to help people during the Great Depression. This president was
a)
Warren Harding
b)
Calvin Coolidge
c)
Franklin Roosevelt
d)
Herbert Hoover
51.
What is a "bank run?"
a)
another name for the Buttonwood Agreement
b)
when a large group of people try to go and withdraw their money from their bank at one time
c)
when the bank runs out of money
d)
when a large group of people make considerable bank deposits
52.
How did the 1929 stock market crash affect the United States economy in the 1930s?
a)
Unemployment reached its highest level in United States history. 
b)
Congress voted to reject New Deal policies. 
c)
 Stock prices were higher than investors could afford.    
d)
Agriculture replaced manufacturing as the primary industry. 
53.

What was one of the causes of the stock market crash?

a)

They lost the stocks

b)

Overproduction

c)

WWI

d)

People paid full price for a stock

54.

Which country suffered due to bank failure in the United States?

a)

Great Britain

b)

Germany

c)

Mexico

d)

France

55.

What was not a characteristic of the Great Depression?

a)

Men were favored over women due to lack of employment.

b)

1/5 children in school suffered from malnutrition.

c)

Employment rates increased.

d)

Unemployment for African-Americans increased dramatically.

56.
Which was not a 1930s movie?
a)
Snow White 
b)
Wizard of Oz
c)
Gone with the Wind
d)
Toy Story
57.
Eleanor Roosevelt revolutionized the position of the _________________________ 
a)
White House Lady
b)
Lady of the White House
c)
Supreme Court
d)
First-Lady
58.
Who was not a critic of the New Deal?
a)
Huey Long
b)
Dr. Townshed
c)
John Maynard Keynes
d)
Charles Coughlin 
59.
What did the REA provide?
a)
Water
b)
Power
c)
a challenge
d)
Oil
60.
What was the name of FDR's first 100 days as President?
a)
200 days
b)
115 days
c)
Hundred Days
d)
OMG LOL TGIF
61.
What is the sit-down strike?
a)
a strike where the workers leave the factory
b)
a strike where the owners decide to fire all the workers
c)
a strike where the owners fall to make a deal with the workers
d)
a strike where workers refuse to work or leave the workplace
62.
What encouraged loans for renovating or building homes?
a)
PWA
b)
WPA
c)
FHA
d)
OLO
63.
What are the 3 R's of the New Deal?
a)
Relief, Rebuild, and Reform
b)
Recover, Rebuild, and Reform
c)
Relief, Recovery, and Reform
d)
Recover, Revive, and Reform
64.

This New Deal program was designed to lower mortgage rates and keep people in their homes.

a)

PWA

b)

Wagner Act

c)

Social Security

d)

HOLC

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