WorksheetsEarly 20th Century Events Review
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What date did the U.S. join in World War II?
a)
January 28, 1980
b)
December 7, 1941
c)
August 9, 1919
d)
March 4, 1836
2.
What started World War I?
a)
Assignation of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
b)
Women having the right to vote
c)
Stock Market crashing
d)
Great Depression
3.
What amendment gave women the right to vote?
a)
21st Amendment
b)
3rd Amendment
c)
1st Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
4.
What is this picture a symbol of?
a)
Tornado
b)
Tumbleweeds
c)
Dust Bowl
d)
Thunderstorm
5.
What year did the United States enter World War 1?
a)
1915
b)
1916
c)
1917
d)
1918
6.
What ship was sunk by the Germans prompted the U.S. to enter World War 1?
a)
Lusitania
b)
Britania
c)
Titanic
d)
Queen Elizabeth
7.
Which was NOT a result of the stock market crash in 1929?
a)
People were forced to sell their homes.
b)
Banks ran out of money.
c)
Savings accounts were emptied.
d)
Businesses increased production.
8.
the United States declares war on Japan and gets involved in World War II
a)
after the bombing at Pearl Harbor
b)
after Doolittle's Raid
c)
after the sinking of the Lusitania
d)
after the sinking of the USS Maine
9.
December 7, 1941
a)
Germany declares war on the US
b)
US gets involved in World War I
c)
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
d)
Doolittle's Raid
10.
Fun times, end of war, credit, jazz, and modern technology for the times
a)
Roaring 30's
b)
Roaring 20's
c)
Roaring 40's
d)
Roaring Cars
11.
market crash of October 29, 1929
a)
the start of WWII
b)
the start of WWI
c)
the start of the Great Depression
d)
the end of WWII
12.
Lots of dust, no rain, dying farms, massive winds
a)
the dust bowl
b)
the cotton bowl
c)
the orange bowl
d)
the rose bowl
13.
first African American military airmen
a)
the Tuskegee Airmen
b)
the 442nd Battalion
c)
the 442nd African Air Pilots
d)
the Tuskegee Battalion Force
14.
The President who was mostly blamed for worsening the Great Depression
a)
Roosevelt
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Hoover
d)
Jefferson
15.
The name given to the programs enforced by FDR to ensure relief, recovery and reform.
a)
Stock Market
b)
Great Depression
c)
Margin
d)
New Deal
16.
This President enforced both New Deals and saw America through the Great Depression and World War II.
a)
Eisenhower
b)
Truman
c)
Hoover
d)
Roosevelt
17.
What was one HUMAN cause of "the Dust Bowl"?
a)
plowing up millions of acres of grass to plant wheat
b)
allowing cattle to overgraze the midwestern U.S.
c)
overproduction of cotton and wheat crops
d)
ALL of these were human causes of "the Dust Bowl"
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