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Great Depression / Lead Up to WW2 Test Review

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
When did the Stock Market crash?
a)
October 31, 1929
b)
September 29, 1931
c)
August 29, 1991
d)
October 29, 1929
2.
What is another name for the Stock Market Crash?
a)
Black Friday
b)
Taco Tuesday
c)
Black Tuesday
d)
Throwback Thursday
3.
Who was elected president because he had a plan to pull America out of the Great Depression?
a)
William McKinley
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
4.
What was the name of FDR's plan to reconstruct America following the Great Depression?
a)
No Deal
b)
New Deal
c)
Reconstruction
d)
FDR's Plan
5.
During the Great Depression, there was a severe drought in the Great Plains. Strong prairie winds picked up the topsoil and spread dust everywhere. Many farm families packed everything up and moved west. What was this event called?
a)
Dust Bowl
b)
Salad Bowl
c)
Great Plains Panic
d)
Depressing Dust
6.
Charities that provided bread and soup to homeless and jobless people during the Depression were called _______?
a)
Priest Palace
b)
Soup and Salad Bowls
c)
Soup Kitchens
d)
Goodwill
7.
True or False: The New Deal plan completely fixed the broken American economy.
a)
True
b)
False
8.

How did the Stock Market Crash lead to the beginning of the Great Depression?

a)

16 million stocks were shared in a single day that led to the loss of billions of dollars

b)

banks closed their doors to try to prevent a run on banks

c)

prices for goods increased so much that people couldn't buy basic items

d)

Herbert Hoover blamed the Stock Market Crash for the Great Depression

9.

What is a soup kitchen?

a)

place where food is offered to hungry people for free or low cost

b)

area of homes built out of scraps of wood and pieces of cardboard

c)

government program that built roads, parks, and bridges

d)

period of severe drought and high winds

10.

Which of the following would NOT be a characteristic of the Great Depression?

a)

High Unemployment

b)

Low levels of production

c)

increasing income

d)

lack of confidence in banks

11.

Who was most directly affected by the Dust Bowl?

a)

farmers

b)

investors

c)

industrial workers

d)

WWI Veterans

12.

Which of the following was a main feature of the New Deal?

a)

preparing for war

b)

regulating trade

c)

providing jobs

d)

desegregation

13.

What area of the US was primarily affected by the Dust Bowl?

a)

Northeast

b)

Southeast

c)

Great Plains

d)

West Coast

14.
Which of the following European country faced the greatest economic challenges after WW I? 
a)
Austria
b)
Great Britian
c)
France
d)
Germany
15.

Which Treaty ended World War I?

a)

Paris Peace Accord

b)

The Pottsdam Treaty

c)

The Treaty of Ghent

d)

The Treaty of Versailles

16.

Which countries were considered the "winners" of World War I?

a)

England

b)

Mexico

c)

Germany

d)

France

17.

What is a fascists "tool" for controlling his people?

a)

Payments

b)

Terror

c)

Free lunch

d)

Universal suffrage

18.

What did the fascist leaders promise their people?

a)

To make their countries great, like they were in the past

b)

The grant universal suffrage to all people

c)

To eliminate their countries' armies and navies

d)

To provide farmers with trading markets

19.

Which best describes the difference between a dictatorship and a democracy?

a)

One plays soccer and the other plays football

b)

One capital as opposed to fifty capitals

c)

One ruler as opposed to people's rule

d)

They describe the same type of governments

20.

Which picture best represents the 1930s?

a)
b)
c)
d)
21.

Which dictator led the Soviet Union?

a)
b)
c)
d)
22.

A totalitarian ruler

a)

lets the people choose their political party

b)

controls everything and prohibits political parties

c)

allows for free elections

d)

gives power to a Congress

23.
Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in...
a)
1930
b)
1931
c)
1932
d)
1933
24.
Appeasement was...
a)
Accepting the invasion of an independent country
b)
Giving countries what they want to avoid a war
c)
Trapping countries in a conflict
d)
Giving some countries land in return for food
25.
WW2 was triggered by...
a)
The invasion of Czechoslovakia
b)
The invasion of France
c)
The invasion of Italy
d)
The invasion of Poland
26.
Who made a pact with Hitler in 1939?
a)
Italy
b)
Spain
c)
Russia
d)
Austria
27.
Lebensraum means...
a)
Leprechaun
b)
Living space
c)
Master race
d)
Racial policy
28.
Anschluss was...
a)
Party with Germany
b)
Fight with Germany
c)
Union with Germany
d)
Appease Germany
29.
Why did the Munich agreement fail?
a)
The Sudetenland was too small
b)
Czechoslovakia decided to go back on their side of the agreement
c)
Germany decided to go back on their side of the agreement
d)
Czechoslovakia had a lot of powerful allies
30.
USA chose not to declare war on Germany in 1939 because...
a)
The government thought it was too far away
b)
Their government didn't want to get involved
c)
The government wanted Europe to collapse
d)
The government was scared
31.
What was going on in Germany in the 1930's that allowed the people to turn to a person like Hitler to lead them?
a)
The Great Depression
b)
Civil War
c)
Massive attacks from outside nations
d)
A period of great economic growth
32.
Britain and France declared war in response to what event?
a)
German invasion of Poland
b)
Soviet invasion of Finland
c)
German invasion of Czechoslovakia
d)
Italian Invasion of Ethiopia
33.
What was the importance of the Munich conference?
a)
all of the above.  
b)
Britain and France stood up to Hitler and declared war
c)
location of the war crimes trial after World War II
d)
Britain and France gave into Hitler’s demands and let him take over more land
34.
Who was the leader of Germany?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Benito Mussolini
d)
Winston Churchill
35.
Who did Hitler blame for most of the Germany's problems?
a)
Americans
b)
Christians
c)
Muslims
d)
Jews
36.
Which of the following was the leader of Japan's dictatorial government during the 1930s and 1940s?
a)
Adolph Hitler
b)
Hideki Tojo
c)
Benito Mussolini
d)
Joseph Stalin
37.
Define the term TOTALITARIAN
a)
a representative form of government
b)
a government with shared ideas
c)
a government where the leader has complete and total control
38.

Who were the Axis Powers?

a)

Germany, Great Britain, and France

b)

Germany, Italy and the Soviet Union

c)

Germany, Italy and Japan

d)

Germany, Italy and the United States

39.
What did prohibition make illegal? 
a)
Guns
b)
Tobacco
c)
Alcolholic Drinks
d)
Coffee
40.
What amendment to the Constitution started prohibition?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
41.
What were people called that smuggled and sold illegal alcoholic drinks?    
a)
Prohibitionists 
b)
Bootleggers
c)
Speakeasies
d)
Alcoholics  Abolitionists 
42.
What were businesses called that sold alcoholic drinks during prohibition?          
a)
Taverns
b)
Bars
c)
Speakeasies
d)
Restaurants
43.
What group ran much of the illegal alcohol business?        
a)
Prohibitionists
b)
Unions
c)
Organized crime
d)
Teetotalers
44.

What is one of the reasons Prohibition was created ?

a)

Reduce crime and corruptions

b)

Make peace

c)

Religion

d)

War

45.

Who was FOR Prohibition

a)

Women's Christian Temperance Union

b)

Al Capone

c)

Soldiers

d)

America

46.

What was the reason Al Capone went to jail?

a)

Bootlegging

b)

Taxes

c)

Bank robberies

d)

Murder

47.
The most well-known gangster of 1920s was 
a)
Baby Face Nelson
b)
Bugs Moran
c)
John Dillinger
d)
Al Capone

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