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The Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The title given to the mass movement of African-Americans in the South to large northern cities.

a)

Harlem Renaissance

b)

The Great Migration

c)

The Great Depression

d)

The Stock Market Crash

2.

Which amendment to the Constitution made alcohol illegal?

a)

15th Amendment

b)

18th Amendment

c)

19th Amendment

d)

21st Amendment

3.

Which amendment ended Prohibition?

a)

14th Amendment

b)

15 Amendment

c)

18th Amendment

d)

21st Amendment

4.

From which southern city did jazz originate from?

a)

Charleston, SC

b)

Houston, TX

c)

Selma, AL

d)

New Orleans, LA

5.

How did mass media influence the U.S. in the 1920s?

a)

It influenced people to drink alcohol illegally.

b)

Television shows helped people learn about other parts of the country.

c)

Radio and movies helped create a common culture in America.

d)

Yellow Journalism made people not want to read newspapers in the 1920s.

6.

Which amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote? (suffrage)

a)

14th Amendment

b)

15th Amendment

c)

19th Amendment

d)

21st Amendment

7.

Select two (2) famous pilots who became very popular during the 1920's.

a)

Amelia Earhart

b)

Babe Ruth

c)

Louis Armstrong

d)

Charles Lindbergh

8.

A title given to the time of great artistic contributions by African-American musicians, writers, and artists.

a)

The Great Migrations

b)

The Great Depression

c)

The Roaring 20's

d)

The Harlem Renaissance

9.
The decade (or 10 years) after World War I is better known as
a)
Reconstruction
b)
The Great Depression
c)
The Roaring Twenties
10.
How did women change in the time after WWI?
a)
Many women began wearing shorter hair, shorter skirts, and make up.  They were called flappers.
b)
Women did not change.  They went back to the same way they dressed, acted, and worked before the war.
11.
What was special about Henry Ford's business practices?
a)
He paid his workers a higher wage.
b)
He reduced the work day to 8 hours.
c)
He used an assembly line to make cars where multiple cars could be made at the same time.
d)
All are correct.
12.
What were the villages full of shacks located in cities filled with unemployed Americans called?
a)
Hoovervilles
b)
Okies
c)
Bonus Army Bases
d)
Rooseveltowns
13.
What is another name for the Stock Market Crash?
a)
Black Friday
b)
Taco Tuesday
c)
Black Tuesday
d)
Throwback Thursday
14.
Who was President of the US when the stock market crashed and Depression began?
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Herbert Hoover
d)
William McKinley
15.
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
16.

Which of the following is true about U.S. citizens of the 1920's?

a)

More people were living in cities.

b)

More people began operating farms.

c)

People were suspicious of new technology.

d)

None of the above

17.
This Jazz musician would become the most popular jazz musician of his time.
a)
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
b)
Eugene O'Neill
c)
Louis Armstrong
d)
Ernest Hemingway
18.
women in the Jazz Age that wore short skirts, short hair, and lots of make up
a)
The 80's
b)
Flappers
c)
Flip Floppers
d)
The 90's
19.

Movies without sound were called _______.

a)

Talkies

b)

Motion pictures

c)

Silent movies

d)

Features

20.

Movies with sound were called ______.

a)

features

b)

talkies

c)

pictures

d)

films

21.
______ a system in which workers stand in one place and put parts together as the pieces go by on a moving belt.
a)
Mass production
b)
Mass Media
c)
Assembly line
d)
Prohibition
22.
Which African American writer wrote poems, books, and plays about the lives of African Americans?
a)
Bessie Smith
b)
Louis Armstrong
c)
Langston Hughes
23.
Where did many African American artists move to during the 1920s?
a)
Harlem, New York
b)
Atlanta, Georgia
c)
Detroit, Michigan 
24.
Who was one of the most famous baseball players during the 1920s?
a)
Babe Ruth
b)
Gertrude Ederle
c)
Amelia Earhart
25.
Who became the first person to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927?
a)
Babe Ruth
b)
Charles Lindbergh
c)
Amelia Earhart
26.
Who became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928?
a)
Amelia Earhart
b)
Charles Lindbergh
c)
Bessie Smith
27.

When did the Great Depression start

a)

1927

b)

1929

c)

1933

d)

1932

28.

How did the Great Depression impact peoples lives.

a)

Shortages of food due to lack of money

b)

No jobs available (Unemployment)

c)

Low amounts of education for Children

d)

All of the above

29.

What president was elected when he promised the U.S. citizens a "New Deal"

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Harry Truman

30.

Who was the United States president that started the Great Depression

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Ronald Reagan

d)

John F. Kennedy

31.

What is the New Deal Program

a)

A policy were you can only make a certain amount of deals in a lifetime.

b)

A program that makes all Americans make good deals to the costumer.

c)

It was multiple programs and laws to help the people in need for recovery during the Great Depression Era.

d)

A policy were deals are not allowed to happen in the United States and lower the prices of good.

32.

What are places were food is sold at a way cheaper price than regular restaurants to poor hungry people.

a)

Soup Shelters

b)

Soup Kitchens

c)

Poor kitchens

d)

Soup dining

33.

In FDR's Fireside Chats, how did he communicate to the people that wanted to listen to him.

a)

Internet

b)

Cellphones

c)

Television

d)

Radio

34.

What major event ended the Great Depression

a)

WWII

b)

Civil War

c)

Vietnam War

d)

WWI

35.

First popular automobile made by Henry Ford that was affordable and known as "Tin Lizzie"

a)

Model T

b)

Bonus Army

c)

Model Z

d)

Ford Escape

36.

A ban on alcohol in America during the 1920s that created organized crime

a)

Prohibition

b)

Depression

c)

Escapism

d)

Black Tuesday

37.

A period of great economic turmoil where many people have no money or no jobs

a)

Depression

b)

escapism

c)

default

d)

Great Migration

38.

A collection of government programs created by Franklin D. Roosevelt to help end the Great Depression

a)

New Deal

b)

stock exchange

c)

Great Migration

d)

installment plan

39.

When the government builds roads, schools, and other things for people to use

a)

New Deal

b)

public works

c)

stock exchange

d)

installment plan

40.

A severe drought in 1931 that hit the Great Plains that lasted for nearly a decade

a)

Dust Bowl

b)

Harlem Renaissance

c)

New Deal

d)

Black Tuesday

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