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Worksheets1920s and Great Depression Review
Total questions: 71
Worksheet time: 39mins
The Stock Market Crash of 1929 marked the beginning of the Great Depression. This event is also known as
Black Friday
Black Tuesday
Black Thursday
Bloody Sunday
Using credit to buy stocks was a common practice in the 1920s and a major cause of the Great Depression. This practice was also known as
installment plans
laissez-faire
buying on margin
calculated risk
Because of his laissez-faire policies, President Hoover was often blamed for the Great Depression. Homeless camps in the 1930s were often known as
shantytowns
concentration camps
internment camps
Hoovervilles
True or false: the Great Depression occurred in the 1920s.
True
False
What is a tariff?
Buying stock with credit.
Using installment plans to purchase goods.
Tax on foreign goods (imports).
A process to remove the President from office.
During the Great Depression, nearly half of the banks in the United States closed and millions lost their savings. Why did this happen?
Banks invested savings in the stock market.
The price of gold plummeted.
Consumers relied on credit to purchase goods.
Buying on margin.
Who was elected President in 1932?
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Donald Trump
President FDR's plan to combat the Great Depression was known as
the New Deal.
the Square Deal.
the Fair Deal.
the Great Society
Although President Hoover was believed in laissez-faire, what action did he take in an effort to combat the Great Depression?
the New Deal
the Hoover Dam
the Bank Holiday
relief payments for the unemployed
The drought that occurred during the 1930s that devastated farmers on the Great Plains was known as
the Great Ash Storm
the Great Depression Bowl
Okies
the Dust Bowl
This New Deal program provided young men with jobs by improving state and national parks.
WPA
PWA
TVA
CCC
The goal of this New Deal program was to provide jobs by constructing public works and improving public areas.
SEC
FDIC
WPA
Social Security
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) built a series of dams to provide jobs and to
provide the region with electricity.
end the Dust Bowl.
provide clean drinking water.
flood Hoovervilles.
This New Deal program regulated the banks with the goal of preventing another "run on the banks" and Great Depression.
FDIC
NYA
SEC
Wagner Act
The Social Security Act was intended to assist what group of people?
The unemployed.
The elderly and those unable to work.
Children.
Dirty pot-smoking hippy communists.
Which New Deal program was intended to regulate the stock market and prevent another stock market crash?
FDIC
TVA
WPA
SEC
Tariffs, like the Hawely-Smoot Tariff, were intended to help American businesses. Did this increase or decrease trade?
Increase
Decrease
This New Deal program was intended to help farmers and prevent another Dust Bowl.
AAA
WPA
FDIC
SEC
During the Great Depression, the overall unemployment rate was about
100 percent.
75 percent
25 percent.
10 percent.
Which was not a cause of the Dust Bowl?
drought
high winds
thick layers of grass
overproduction of crops
During the Depression, African Americans, Hispanics, and Asian Americans
made great strides in equal rights legislation.
faced more discrimination.
were less affected than other groups.
were encouraged to start their own businesses.
Who made up the Bonus Army that marched on Washington?
World War I veterans and their families
farmers forced off their land by dust storms
unemployed industrial workers and their families
business and labor leaders who agreed to work together
Which candidates ran for president in 1932?
Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge and Franklin
Roosevelt C. Herbert Hoover and Alfred E. Smith
Herbert Hoover and Franlin D. Roosevelt
The 1932 presidential election served as a turning point in the way Americans viewed
presidential elections.
the Bill of Rights.
the responsibilities of the federal government.
local relief programs and private charities
Who said to America, “...the only thing we have to fear is fear itself?”
Herbert Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Barack Obama
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Great Depression?
economic failure
A lot of jobs
agriculture devastation by the Dust Bowl
an expanding role of the government
What was Hoover's view on government during the Great Depression?
Believed it was not the role of the government to step in.
He believed the government should step in.
One difference between the administrations of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Herbert Hoover was that Roosevelt was –
unwilling to allow government agencies to establish jobs programs
unable to win congressional support for his economic program
able to ignore economic issues for most of his first term in office
more willing to use government intervention to solve economic problems
During the New Deal, how did the federal government attempt to improve conditions for farmers?
by ending the practice of sharecropping
by supporting the formation of farm worker unions
by raising tariffs on farm imports
by paying farmers not to farm or paying them for their crops
The Roaring Twenties were characterized by --
Internment camps, the rationing of goods, and the first use of an atomic bomb
bank failures, the New Deal, and bread lines
Installment plans, Prohibition, and flappers
brinkmanship, McCarthyism, and a policy of Containment
Which of these resulted form the prohibition of alchohol during the 1920s?
a decline in immigration rates
a growing fear of communism
the expansion of the consumer economy
the rise of organized crime
During the 1920s, Clarence Darrow & William Jennings Bryan were most closely identified with the:
increase use of credit by US consumers
development of new forms of popular entertianment
decline of public support for Progressive reforms
conflict between modernism & traditionalism
Which of the following was a major contribution of the Harlem Renaissance to US culture?
It led to the increased popularity of vaudeville stage performers
It brought the most significant beat poets together
It established jazz a a prominent musical form
It focused attention on the antiwar literary genre
During the 1920s, what was one result of innovations in US transportation technology?
Commercial airplanes replaced ocean liners as the primary means to travel to Europe
Mass-produced automobiles made travel more affordable for many people
Cable cars provided a comfortable means of quick travel to any city within a state
Container ships delivered agricultural goods to ports along the Pacific coast
Which statement best explains how bank failures contributed to the Great Depression?
People lost their savings because the government did not insure bank deposits
Business could not be done when President Franklin Roosevelt declared a bank holiday
The interest rates on bank loans were too high
Foreign investors did not invest enough in US banks
FDR sought to reassure the American public during uncertain economic times by:
publishing a weekly news editorial titled "The Road to Prosperity and Peace"
holding weekly town-hall meetings with average citizens
making short appearances in a variety of Hollywood films
delivering a series of evening radio speeches known as fireside chats
Which of these does NOT represent the 1920s?
a time of war & chaos
a decade of cultural change
increased freedom and dancing
increased wealth
Which of these helped create popular culture throughout the United States?
the radio
prohibition
women's suffrage
the KKK
How did Prohibition contribute to the growth of organized crime?
by making it easier for bootleggers to branch into other types of illegal activity
by forcing police to enforce anti liquor laws
by forcing farmers to grow grain for the production of alcohol
by strengthening respect for the law
Presidents Harding and Coolidge favored policies that
supported the growth of business
encouraged activism
brought about social reform
discouraged laissez faire
How was Henry Ford able to reduce the sale price of the Model T?
with the use of the assembly line
changing locations
importing all raw materials
increasing the wages of his workers
Which of these limited immigration during the 1920s?
National Origins Act
KKK
Scientific Management
The Great Migration
The demand for automobiles in the 1920s
stimulated growth in many other industries
led to a nationwide recession
closed down the steel industry
brought about the collapse of the suburbs
The literature of the Harlem Renaissance
explored the pains and joys of being black in America
explored the origins of jazz
was written by Marcus Garvey
argued for the separation of races
Involved transferring oil reserves from the Interior Department to private companies for profit
Teapot Dome Scandal
Scopes Trial
Great Migration
Jazz Age
Which of these best describes the "New Woman" of the 1920s?
They wore shorter skirts, bobbed their hair, and went to speakeasies
They stayed home and cooked and cleaned
They rejected the idea of suffrage
They preferred the same fashions as their parents
Which 1920s president is best known for scandals and corruption?
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Trump
Change in the constitution which prohibited the making, selling and transportation of alcohol.
18th Amend.
19th Amend.
21st Amend.
1st Amend.
Italians convicted of murder mainly because they were foreigners.
Sacco & Vanzetti
Scopes & Darrow
Bryan & Darrow
Mario & Luigi
A nickname given to the 1920s because of the decade’s prosperity, technological advances, and cultural boom.
roaring twenties
silent twenties
Jazz age
Great Depression
Period in the 1920s when suspected communists and other radicals were arrested due to the fear of the spread of communism.
Red Scare
Teapot Dome Scandal
Scopes Trial
KKK
This increased because of the radio, advertisements, and use of credit.
consumerism
national debt
immigration
education
Secret organization that hated African Americans, Jews, Catholics, and immigrants.
Ku Klux Klan
Kool Kids Klub
Kit Kat Kandy
Anti-Defamation League
What type of economy did the US have in the 1920s?
laissez faire capitalism
socialsim
communism
command economy
Which pull factor contributed to the Great Migration?
The availability of land grants for homesteaders
Economic opportunities in industrialized cities
Better soil conditions in previously uncultivated areas
The lower cost of living in urban areas
o Elevated train-- Train that ran on aboveground tracks-- 1869-1973
o Cable car-- Streetcar operated by underground steam-driven cable conduits-- 1883-1909
o Trolley-- Streetcar operated by overhead or underground electrical power-- 1887-1958
o Subway-- Train that runs on underground tracks-- 1904-present
How did these developments in transportation most affect the standard of living in US cities?
By increasing the expenses associated with relocation
By giving residents more flexibility in employment
By expanding the options for personal education
By increasing traffic congestion on city streets
During the 1920s, what was one result of innovations in US transportation technology?
Commercial airplanes replaced ocean liners as the primary means of travel to Europe.
Mass-produced automobiles made travel more affordable for many people.
Cable cars provided a comfortable means of quick travel to any city within a state.
Container ships delivered agricultural goods to ports along the Pacific coast.
Which inference about the 1920s is supported by this illustration?
Women confronted discrimination in employment and education.
Women challenged traditional attitudes and social norms.
Reform organizations targeted women's issues.
Mass media reflected trends popular in rural communities.
Attorney-General A. Mitchell Palmer conducted a series of raids... The most spectacular of the "Palmer Raids" occurred in January 1920.
-"Start-up of the Department and WWI, 1913-1921," U.S. Department of Labor, www.dol.gov (accessed November 21, 2013)
What was the primary reason for the raids described in this excerpt?
To prevent workers from joining labor organizations
To block civil rights advocates from staging public protests
To suppress the teaching of evolution in college
To halt the spread of communist ideas by radicals
Cartoons such as this one took the position that deportation was necessary because-
assimilation programs in the United States had been unsuccessful
economic decline had increased the competition for jobs
communists were infiltrating the United States
political machines had too much power in urban areas
America's present need is not heroics but healing;... not revolution but restoration;... not submergence in internationality but sustainment in triumphant nationality.
-Warren G. Harding, presidential campaign speech, 1920-
This excerpt illustrated Harding's campaign promise to be a president who would-
help the country recover from the turmoil of the previous decade
refuse to allow the continuation of laissez-faire economic policies
use diplomacy to establish alliances with other countries
improve economic growth by promoting unrestricted immigration
As secretary of commerce... Herbert Hoover seized on the cooperation between industry and science that had emerged during WW I and boldly extended it further into the ream of commerce... Among Secretary Hoover's most significant initiatives... was standardization and simplification of industrial parts and procedures... The formulation of standard weights for loaves of bread, standard sizes for cans, and uniform rating of canned goods for quality, as well as standardization of packaging units... greatly facilitated distribution, retailing, and accounting. -"Herber Hoover, Economic Mastermind"-
How did the introduction of these new practices most benefit US business?
By increasing production efficiency
By preventing shortages of goods
By increasing protective tariffs
By decreasing exports
Why did the "Return to Normalcy" agenda of US presidential candidate Warren G. Harding appeal to many voters in the 1920s election?
The public wanted to help build war torn countries.
There were significant shortages of military supplies.
There was a decrease in demand for consumer goods.
The public wanted to concentrate on domestic economic issues.
This 1924 cartoon satirizes a scandal that led to-
public disappointment over revelations of government corruption
widespread dissatisfaction with a lack of economic development
public frustration with government neglect of the working class
widespread anger over excessive partisan politics
Which of the following identifies two effects of the Harlem Renaissance?
o Increased geographic concentration of African Americans
o Increased popularity of venues featuring African American Artists
o Founding of colleges for African Americans
o Founding of the Socialist Party
o Founding of Tuskegee University
o Migration of African Americans to western states
o Ratification of constitutional amendments ensuring right for African Americans
o Increased support for the prohibition of alcoholic beverages
Which of these cause-and-effect relationships is accurate?
The ideas of social Darwinism led to the passage of Prohibition laws.
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles contributed to the implementation of the New Deal.
The ideas of the Harlem Renaissance influenced the growth of the Civil Rights movement.
The rise of fascism in Italy influenced the onset of the Red Scare
Which of the following was a major contribution of the Harlem Renaissance to US culture?
It led to the increased popularity of vaudeville stage performers.
It brought the most significant beat poets together.
It established jazz as a prominent musical form.
It focused attention on the antiwar literary genre.
Who started the back to Africa movement to free Africans from their colonial oppressors?
Langston Hughes
Henry Ford
Marcus Garvey
