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Early 20th Century

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which was NOT a part of the Great Depression?

a)

The stock market crashed.

b)

Isolationism removed help from other countries.

c)

There was over farming so prices dropped.

d)

People bought on credit and could not pay it back.

2.

Which is NOT true about President Franklin D. Roosevelt?

a)

Ended World War II by bombing 2 Japanese cities

b)

Served 3 terms as president

c)

Helped end the Great Depression with New Deal programs

d)

Cousin of former President Theodore Roosevelt

3.

What caused the Dust Bowl?

a)

there were too many farmers and they were attacking each other's farms

b)

the Great Plains are always dusty

c)

tornadoes were constantly happening

d)

over farming and drought

4.

Which is NOT true of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team?

a)

was awarded thousands of military medals & honors

b)

proved their loyalty to the U.S.

c)

fought in Europe

d)

only African American military unit in World War II

5.

How did immigrants affect the economy in the early 1900s?

a)

caused unemployment in America

b)

brought growth to America

c)

closed the Westward Movement

d)

caused decline in America

6.

Dust storms blew across the Great Plains during the 1930s. At this time, this area was known as -

a)

the Dust Bowl

b)

the Sand Dunes

c)

the Great Depression

d)

the Great War

7.

In the early 1900s, factory jobs were being sought out by -

a)

only women and children

b)

immigrants and farmers

c)

jazz musicians

d)

suffragettes and supporters

8.

Why were Americans outraged and entered World War I?

a)

The bombing of Pearl Harbor

b)

The Zimmerman Telegram and the Treaty of Versailles

c)

The Zimmerman Telegram and Germans sinking US ships

d)

The Great Depression

9.

How did the innovative inventor, Thomas Edison, helped change the world?

a)

created the telephone

b)

created the steel plow

c)

created a long lasting light bulb

d)

created the automobile

10.

At the end of the World War I, America -

a)

retreated into isolationism

b)

created atomic bombs

c)

joined the League of Nations

d)

opened the United Nations

11.

Who invented the telephone, which changed communication forever?

a)

Nikolai Tesla

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

the Wright Brothers

d)

Alexander Graham Bell

12.

Which innovators flew the first airplane?

a)

Tuskegee Regiment

b)

442nd Airborne Team

c)

Wright Brothers

d)

George Washington Carver

13.

What new New Orleans sound created from a mix of cultures, mostly in the African American communities was heard in the 1920s?

a)

hip hop

b)

jazz

c)

baroque

d)

new age

14.

Which item below is NOT related to George Washington Carver?

a)

invented the atomic bomb

b)

one of the first African American scientists

c)

improved agricultural practices and found hundreds of uses for peanuts

d)

professor at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama

15.

Which segregated group of World War II pilots had to deal with racism and received awards and honors for their service?

a)

442nd Regimental Combat Team

b)

Detained Japanese Americans

c)

Japanese Women

d)

Tuskegee Airmen

16.

What's the nineteenth amendment?

a)

the right for women to work

b)

the right for African Americans to vote

c)

the right for women to vote

d)

the right for African American men to join the military

17.

Which suffragette spent her life working for women's rights, but died before it became legal for women to vote?

a)

Elisha Whitney

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Alexa Wright

d)

Susan B. Anthony