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WWI, the Roaring 20's, and the Great Depression Review

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

loyalty and determination of one's country

a)

Nationalism

b)

Atomic bomb

c)

Pearl Harbor

2.

Which global event caused the overall reduction of unemployment between 1914 and 1918?

a)

the Great Depression

b)

completion of the Panama Canal

c)

World War I

d)

World War II

3.
This new deal program helped with the recovery process by hiring the unemployed to work on outdoor projects such as deforestation 
a)
PWA
b)
CCC
c)
AAA
d)
FDIC
4.
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 
5.
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 
6.
On October 29, 1929 share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed and partially caused the Great Depression.
a)
Black Thursday
b)
Black Tuesday 
c)
Black Friday
d)
Black Sunday 
7.
A time in America following the roaring 20's where America experience rising unemployment that did not end until the onset of World War II. 
a)
New Deal
b)
Roaring 20's
c)
Great Depression
d)
Cold War 
8.
President Franklin Roosevelt asked Congress to pass a series of acts called the New Deal. Which is one way the New Deal helped people during the Great Depression?
a)
It gave all people the right to vote. 
b)
It created programs to put people back to work.    
c)
It let all new immigrants become American citizens. 
d)
It let people travel around the country freely. 
9.

What event did NOT draw the U.S. into WWI?

a)

Zimmerman Telegraph

b)

U.S. Ships are sunk

c)

Sinking of the Lusitania

d)

Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary is assassinated

10.

Who were Hoovervilles named after?

a)

32nd President Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

30th President Calvin Coolidge

c)

33rd President Harry Truman

d)

31st President Herbert Hoover

11.

Charities that provided bread and soup to homeless and jobless people during the Depression were called _______?

a)

Great Depression

b)

Soup Bowls

c)

Soup Kitchens

d)

Goodwill

12.
During World War I, America became concerned for the safety of its ships.  The concern started  because Germany announced it would
a)
bomb U.S. Navy bases
b)
build a stronger navy.
c)
use submarine warfare.
d)
create much larger ships.
13.
The Treaty of Versailles placed total blame for World War I on one country.  It included harsh punishments which led to World War II.  Which country was blamed by the treaty?
a)
Germany
b)
Serbia
c)
Russia
d)
France
14.
Which person is considered one of the most popular jazz artists of the 1920s?
a)
Charles Lindbergh
b)
Henry Ford
c)
Babe Ruth
d)
Louis Armstrong
15.
Who was the African American well known for his writing and poetry during the Harlem Renaissance?
a)
Louis Armstrong
b)
Langston Hughes
c)
Charles Lindbergh
d)
Ernest Hemingway
16.
The American economy was stimulated in the late 1920s due to Henry Ford's mass production of ___________ using assembly lines.
a)
automobiles
b)
skyscrapers
c)
airplanes
d)
radios
17.
A neighborhood in New York City became a center for African American musicians, writers, and artists.  This period is now referred to as
a)
the Dust Bowl.
b)
the Great Awakening.
c)
the Roaring Twenties.
d)
the Harlem Renaissance.
18.

Which of the following belonged to the Triple Alliance?

a)

Serbia

b)

Austria-Hungary

c)

France

d)

Russia

19.

Why didn't the US join the League of Nations

a)

too expensive to be a member

b)

Congress didn't want other countries influencing our foreign policy

c)

we refused to cooperate with Germany

d)

we refused to cooperate with Russia

20.

Select the members of the Triple Entente

a)

Russia

b)

USA

c)

France

d)

Britain

21.

Select the penalties placed on Germany after WWI

a)

demilitarization

b)

mandate system

c)

reparations

d)

war-guilt clause

22.

What was the purpose of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?

a)

to break apart labor unions

b)

to invest in trade overseas

c)

to allow the government to spy on citizens

d)

to break up monopolies

23.

Which territories were annexed by America during the late 1800s?

a)

Guam

b)

Puerto Rico

c)

Jamaica

d)

Hawaii

24.

Who said "to make the world safe for democracy..."?

a)

Roosevelt

b)

Taft

c)

Wilson

d)

McKinley

25.

Select all the causes of the Great Depression...

a)

overspeculation

b)

buying on credit

c)

failure of the Federal Reserve

d)

investments on borrowed money

26.

Why did Russia leave the Great War?

a)

Were tired of being on the losing side

b)

the Bolshevik Revolution began

c)

America entered and they felt that they were no longer needed

d)

they actually never left the war

27.
When was the Progressive Era?
a)
Antebellum
b)
1865-1877
c)
1900-1920
d)
1933-1945
28.
What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
29.
Whose book led to the direct passage of the Meat Inspection Act and indirect of the Pure Food and Drug Acts?
a)
Jacob Riis
b)
Lewis Hines
c)
Ida Tarbell
d)
Upton Sinclair
30.
Which Progressive President used Big Stick Diplomacy and was known as a Trust buster?
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Taft
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Luke Skywalker
31.
Banned people from making, drinking or selling alcohol
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment

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