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WorksheetsBoom to Bust unit review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Women have the right to vote. Which amendment is this?
a)
18th
b)
19th
c)
10th
d)
12th
2.
The booming stock market in the 1920s
a)
Made Americans wealthy
b)
Discouraged people from borrowing money
c)
Encouraged the borrowing of money to buy stocks
d)
Ended unemplyment
3.
The Great Depression was an economic slowdown in the 1920s and 1930s. Which of the following was one cause of the Great Depression in the United States?
a)
the end of the gold rush
b)
the crash of the stock exchange
c)
the ending of World War II
d)
the high price of oil
4.
The Great Depression that began in 1929 hit farmers especially hard. Farmers had not been doing well in the 1920s and several years of severe drought turned the land into a "dust bowl." What was an immediate result of this?
a)
Many farmers decided to grow crops that did not use as much water.
b)
The government built large dams in the West for irrigation.
c)
Many farmers and their families lost their farms and moved west.
d)
The government helped farmers by buying their land and equipment.
5.
In response to the Great Depression, what did African Americans from the South do?
a)
Buy a house
b)
Get a job at a local factory
c)
Move to another country
d)
Move North
6.
In the 1930s, what were homeless communities called?
a)
Little Toledos
b)
Hoovervilles
c)
Americavilles
d)
Roosevelt Towns
7.
What were the major goals of the New Deal?
a)
no gold standard and free coinage of silver
b)
abolition and suffrage
c)
relief, recovery, and reform
d)
expanding the size and economic influence of the United States
8.
What was the "New Deal" of the 1930s?
a)
a government program that gave free land to homesteaders
b)
a government program that helped women get the vote
c)
a government program that spread civil rights throughout the country
d)
a government program designed to help people during the depression
9.
Who was Langston Hughes?
a)
A popular swing dance singer
b)
Owner of a popular Speak Easy
c)
A famous poet and writer
d)
A famous actor
10.
What led to the spreading of jazz music?
a)
The Charleston
b)
Hollywood Films
c)
The Great Migration
d)
The radio
11.
Harlem Renaissance
a)
Was a movement that African Americans reacted artistically to prejudices they faces
b)
The movement of Italian artwork to Harlem, NY
c)
Creating art museums in the city
d)
Was a major book published
12.
What was outlawed during Prohibition?
a)
Alcohol
b)
Radio
c)
Stock Market
d)
Installment Plans
13.
What were secret bars or taverns that sold alcohol during Prohibition?
a)
Alcohol
b)
Stock Market
c)
Speakeasies
d)
Radio
14.
What closed because some people could not afford to pay their loans while others rushed to pull money out?
a)
bread lines
b)
soup kitchens
c)
banks
d)
Hoovervilles
15.
Practice of making high-risk investments in hopes of making a quick profit.
a)
installment plans
b)
buying on margin
c)
speculation
d)
speakeasy
16.
This natural disaster served to worsen the effects of the Great Depression on Farmers in the Midwest
a)
Tornados
b)
Dust Bowl
c)
Black Tuesday
d)
Hurricanes
17.
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
18.
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
19.
What percentage of Americans were unemployed in 1933?
a)
25%
b)
35%
c)
50%
d)
2%
20.
Assembly line and Model T
a)
Darrow
b)
Ford
c)
Lindenberg
d)
Garvey
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