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Unit 10: Social Change

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Vocab: A reformer is someone who..

a)

fights for changes they beleive will improve their life

b)

fights for changes they beleive will improve society

c)

fights to assimilate people to Christianity

d)

fights for their right to party

2.

Vocab: A time of economic hardship across the country

a)

The New Deal

b)

The Great Depression

c)

Prohibition

d)

The Progressive Movement

3.

Vocab: A time when the production and sale of alcohol was illegal.

a)

The New Deal

b)

The Great Depression

c)

Prohibition

d)

The Progressive Movement

4.

Vocab: A time when reformers fought for social change through government reform.

a)

The New Deal

b)

The Great Depression

c)

Prohibition

d)

The Progressive Movement

5.

Vocab: A time when government programs were started to aid Americans and get them back to work.

a)

The New Deal

b)

The Great Depression

c)

Prohibition

d)

The Progressive Movement

6.

Vocab: The right to vote is called..

a)

suffrage

b)

democracy

c)

independence

d)

politics

7.

Vocab: Complete control of an industry in an area is an example of...

a)

a monopoly

b)

an economy

c)

a stock market

d)

good business

8.

Vocab: The belief that people should work for social and political changes that benefit everybody.

a)

Karma

b)

Common Good

c)

Egotism

d)

Democracy

9.

WS: When did women get the right to vote in all elections in Minnesota?

a)

1919

b)

1920

c)

1858

d)

1849

10.

WS: What amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote?

a)

18th

b)

19th

c)

20th

d)

17th

11.

WS: In 1900, women in Minnesota could vote in...

a)

Presidential and National elections

b)

State elections

c)

Library and school board members elections.

d)

no elections. Women did not have the right to vote yet.

12.

WS: By 1896, what states had given women the right to vote?

a)

Idaho

b)

Wyoming

c)

Utah

d)

Colorado

13.

WS: All that suffragists wanted was the right to vote.

a)

True - once they could vote they would be happy.

b)

False - many also wanted equal rights with men in employment and divorce laws.

14.

WS: What was NOT a reason women had more time and power to fight for the right to vote?

a)

Electricty and plumbing made running a home easier

b)

Women were becoming more and more educated

c)

Families were having more children

d)

Women were working outside the home and wanted equal righst

15.

PM: What were two big problems facing workers and farmers in Minnesota?

a)

Poor working conditions in factories

b)

Higher wages than the national average

c)

High shipping rates charged by railroad companies

d)

High rates of pollution from coal mining

16.

PM: What are two benefits that workers got from laws the Minnesota Legislature passed?

a)

Vacation pay

b)

Minimum wage

c)

Pay for workers injured on the job

d)

Retirement pay

17.

PM: What event caused the Minnesota Legislature to pass laws to protect our forests?

a)

Companies were chopping down too many trees

b)

Our Governor loved the forests and pushed for the laws.

c)

Voters pushed for laws to protect them.

d)

A series of forest fires wiped out thousands of acres of forest

18.

PM: What health problems were affecting Minneapolis?

a)

Overcrowded cities allowed disease to spread quickly

b)

Flithy streets and sidewalks

c)

Yellow fever

d)

Contaminated, or unsafe, drinking water

19.

PM: What ways did the State Board of Health improve the health of Minnesotans?

a)

Clean water

b)

Vaccinations for smallpox

c)

Improved the quality and safety of food

d)

Quarentined patients with highlt infectious diseases

20.

PM: What classes could a new immigrant take at a Settlement house?

a)

English

b)

Childcare

c)

Citizenship

d)

Christianity

21.

PM: The policy of Allotment meant that Native American reservation land was...

a)

divided in 160 acre plots and claimed by tribal families

b)

sold to the highest bidder

c)

to be governed by the tribal governments

d)

no longer sovereign

22.

PM: What does a bootlegger do?

a)

makes really tall boots

b)

sells alcohol illegally

c)

runs errands

d)

participates in protests

23.

GD: What year was the stock market crash that marked the start of the Great Depression?

a)

1941

b)

1929

c)

1939

d)

1931

24.

GD: If you can't pay the bank back the money you borrowed to buy your home, and the bank takes your home from you, this is called...

a)

an eviction

b)

a forclosure

c)

bankruptcy

d)

a loan

25.

GD: What was Black Tuesday?

a)

The stock market crash that started the Great Depression

b)

The first dust storm of the Dust Bowl

c)

The first day of Prohibition

d)

The day the Vikings traded Randy Moss

26.

GD: What percentage of Americans were unemployed during the Great Depression?

a)

10%

b)

18%

c)

25%

d)

40%

27.

GD: Severe drought hit the Midwest during the depression causing huge reaccuring dust storms. This was called the...

a)

Dust Bowl

b)

Dirty West

c)

Dust Lands

d)

Dirt Lands

28.

GD: African American music from Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington became very popular during the Great Depression.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

GD: During the Great Depression a woman would often lose her job so that a man could keep his.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

ND: What ways did the New Deal expand government?

a)

the government added members to Congress

b)

the government started to regulate banks

c)

the government added 3 new states

d)

the government started assisting farmers and the unemployed

31.

ND: The New Deal ended the Great Depression.

a)

False

b)

True

32.

ND: The "Indian New Deal" gave Native American tribes what powers?

a)

It ended allotment so tribes could use their land how they wanted.

b)

It gave tribes money to set up their own schools.

c)

It gave tribe the treaty money they had been promised in the past

d)

It allowed tribes to set up their own tribal governments.

33.

ND: What two things did the Social Security Act do?

a)

Provided unemployment money for the jobless

b)

Provided shelter for the homeless

c)

Provided old-age benefits for retired people

d)

Provided security to social media accounts

34.

ND: Who was President during the New Deal?

a)

Herbery Hoover

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

Teddy Roosevelt