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WorksheetsThe 1920s & Great Depression American Republic Study Guide
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins
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invented an early form of the radio
Guglielmo Marconi
Henry Ford
Warren G. Harding
Charles Evans Hughes
Edward M. House
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used the assembly line to turn out a new car every twenty-seven seconds
Guglielmo Marconi
Henry Ford
Warren G. Harding
Charles Evans Hughes
Edward M. House
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president who vowed a “return to normalcy”
Guglielmo Marconi
Henry Ford
Warren G. Harding
Charles Evans Hughes
Edward M. House
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helped broker the Washington Naval Conference
Guglielmo Marconi
Henry Ford
Warren G. Harding
Charles Evans Hughes
Edward M. House
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virtually ran the White House along with Wilson’s wife after Wilson’s stroke
Guglielmo Marconi
Henry Ford
Warren G. Harding
Charles Evans Hughes
Edward M. House
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an Italian anarchist
Nicola Sacco
Henry Ford
Warren G. Harding
Charles Evans Hughes
Edward M. House
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a place to buy liquor illegally
speakeasy
isolationism
flapper
bootlegging
prohibition
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America’s basic foreign policy in the 1920s
speakeasy
isolationism
flapper
bootlegging
prohibition
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woman whose behavior and dress were shocking
speakeasy
isolationism
flapper
bootlegging
prohibition
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the illegal sale of liquor
speakeasy
isolationism
flapper
bootlegging
prohibition
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condition imposed by the Eighteenth Amendment
speakeasy
isolationism
flapper
bootlegging
prohibition
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Teapot Dome scandal
Albert B. Fall
Al Capone
W. E. B. Du Bois
Sigmund Freud
Herbert Hoover
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leader of a large crime ring in Chicago
Albert B. Fall
Al Capone
W. E. B. Du Bois
Sigmund Freud
Herbert Hoover
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co-founder of the NAACP
Albert B. Fall
Al Capone
W. E. B. Du Bois
Sigmund Freud
Herbert Hoover
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popular psychologist of this era
Albert B. Fall
Al Capone
W. E. B. Du Bois
Sigmund Freud
Herbert Hoover
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defeated Al Smith in the election of 1928
Albert B. Fall
Al Capone
W. E. B. Du Bois
Sigmund Freud
Herbert Hoover
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legal victor of the Scopes trial
William Jennings Bryan
J. Gresham Machen
Marcus Garvey
Sigmund Freud
Herbert Hoover
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Fundamentalism’s most respected scholar in the early twentieth century
William Jennings Bryan
J. Gresham Machen
Marcus Garvey
Sigmund Freud
Herbert Hoover
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promoted black emigration to Africa
William Jennings Bryan
J. Gresham Machen
Marcus Garvey
Sigmund Freud
Herbert Hoover
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set production quotas for businesses
National Recovery Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Civilian Conservation Corps
Social Security
Wagner Act
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built a series of dams providing electricity
National Recovery Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Civilian Conservation Corps
Social Security
Wagner Act
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the most popular New Deal program
National Recovery Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Civilian Conservation Corps
Social Security
Wagner Act
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government-sponsored insurance program
National Recovery Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Civilian Conservation Corps
Social Security
Wagner Act
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encouraged the growth of labor unions
Works Progress Administration
Social Security
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Emergency Banking Act
Wagner Act
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for work relief, but often used for direct relief
Works Progress Administration
Social Security
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Emergency Banking Act
Wagner Act
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purchasing stock on credit
buying on margin
recession
“Black Thursday”
dole
National Recovery Administration
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a business slump
buying on margin
recession
“Black Thursday”
dole
National Recovery Administration
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an episode of the stock-market crash
buying on margin
recession
“Black Thursday”
dole
National Recovery Administration
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a direct handout
buying on margin
recession
“Black Thursday”
dole
National Recovery Administration
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had a Blue Eagle “seal of approval” for businesses
buying on margin
recession
“Black Thursday”
dole
National Recovery Administration
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an effort to stabilize banking
bank holiday
court-packing plan
Tennessee Valley Authority
“Dust Bowl”
Civilian Conservation Corps
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an attempt to overcome judicial opposition to the New Deal
bank holiday
court-packing plan
Tennessee Valley Authority
“Dust Bowl”
Civilian Conservation Corps
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built dams to control flooding, prevent erosion, and provide recreational areas
bank holiday
court-packing plan
Tennessee Valley Authority
“Dust Bowl”
Civilian Conservation Corps
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area on the Plains that suffered severe weathering and soil erosion
bank holiday
court-packing plan
Tennessee Valley Authority
“Dust Bowl”
Civilian Conservation Corps
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“The Soil Soldiers”
bank holiday
court-packing plan
Tennessee Valley Authority
“Dust Bowl”
Civilian Conservation Corps
Who won the presidential election of 1920?
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The common use of what power source did much to revolutionize the daily life of Americans during the 1920s?
(a)
What electric communication device offered information and entertainment to millions of Americans in their own homes during the 1920s?
(a)
What term means the making and selling of illegal liquor?
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What particular event of the 1920s was an example of the growing scorn for Christians and scriptural truths such as creation?
(a)
Who succeeded to the presidency upon the death of President Harding?
(a)
Who became president after Calvin Coolidge?
(a)
What was the name of the agency for world revolution that tried to export communism anywhere by any method?
(a)
What is the name for the group of people who believe in the “fundamentals” of the Christian faith?
(a)
In what year did the stock market crash?
(a)
What name was mockingly given to the shanty towns that appeared outside cities during the Depression?
(a)
What area of the Plains was named after the conditions caused by a severe drought that plagued it in the 1930s?
(a)
What was the major government corporation established during the Hoover administration to lend money to various businesses?
(a)
Who was the Democratic candidate for president in 1932?
(a)
What was the name given to Roosevelt’s policies that promised to relieve the Depression?
(a)
What did people call the group of college professors who advised Roosevelt?
(a)
What did Roosevelt call his radio talks to the nation?
(a)
What New Deal legislation sought to raise farm prices by cutting production but was later struck down by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional?
(a)
What New Deal program created a large-scale effort for flood control, electricity production, and recreational development in the eastern United States?
(a)
What term denotes a slump in business that is considered less serious than a full depression?
(a)
A major court case related to the Red Scare was the one involving
Albert B. Fall.
Guglielmo Marconi.
Sacco and Vanzetti.
John Scopes.
In the 1920s, which one of the following items probably did the most to break down some of the regional characteristics of Americans and form a more unified culture across the nation?
electric light
phonograph
radio
telephone
Who was President Harding’s secretary of state?
Albert B. Fall
Herbert Hoover
Charles Evans Hughes
Nicola Sacco
The author of the book The Man Nobody Knows was . . .
Albert B. Fall.
Bruce Barton.
Calvin Coolidge.
Warren G. Harding.
Which one of the following is not necessarily associated with the intentions or results of the Eighteenth Amendment?
bootlegging
flappers
prohibition
speakeasies
The people of the 1920s generally had an interest in all the following topics or issues except . . .
sensational stories of human drama.
biblical Christianity and moral values.
silent movies and their stars.
sports and sports figures.
Who received the brunt of much ridicule at the Scopes trial for his defense of biblical creation?
William Jennings Bryan
Calvin Coolidge
Albert B. Fall
Charles Evans Hughes
Who promised a “return to normalcy” after the war?
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
Herbert Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
All of the following conditions were present in the mid-1920s except . . .
excessive purchases on credit.
climbing prices on the stock market.
a lack of adequate food production on farms.
a great desire for law and order.
All of the following conditions of the 1920s contributed to the nation’s economic fall except . . .
excessive land speculation.
high prices for agricultural and industrial goods.
unwise investment in corporate stock.
extensive use of credit for purchases.
Which was true of international finance in the 1920s?
America owed Europe billions of dollars in war debts.
International trade was brisk and profitable because of low tariffs.
America was lending large sums of money to Germany.
The Allied countries of Europe were making reparations payments to Germany.
All of the following conditions proved harmful to farmers during the Great Depression except . . .
extensive droughts.
rural free delivery.
low prices for farm products.
heavy burdens of debt.
The Great Depression brought about all of the following except . . .
a major religious revival.
widespread unemployment.
bank failures.
widespread defaulting on loans.
President Herbert Hoover . . .
met the demands of the “Bonus Army.”
was insensitive to how the Depression was affecting Americans.
encouraged Americans to be optimistic.
was responsible for the problems of the Depression.
President Hoover believed in . . .
local responsibility for giving aid to the needy.
giving federal money directly to the needy.
the introduction of socialism.
having government regulation of big business.
President Hoover was generally criticized for . . .
establishing the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
setting up government work projects to employ the jobless.
building the Hoover Dam.
not taking dramatic steps to bring immediate relief.
The policies Franklin Roosevelt promised would solve the economic problems of the nation were called the . . .
Brain Trust.
New Deal.
New Frontier.
Wagner Act.
The winner of the presidential election of 1932 was . . .
William Foster.
Herbert Hoover.
Franklin Roosevelt.
Norman Thomas.
Which program was intended to eliminate “wasteful competition” in business and was declared to be unconstitutional?
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Civilian Conservation Corps
National Recovery Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
When Franklin Roosevelt became president, he quickly did all of the following except . . .
stir up the hostility of the press.
declare a bank holiday.
call Congress into a special session.
begin giving “fireside chats.”
All of the following were parts of the New Deal except the . . .
Tennessee Valley Authority.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
Civilian Conservation Corps.
National Recovery Administration.
The New Deal programs brought about all of the following for the nation except . . .
a heavy debt for the government.
increased power for the federal government.
beneficial public works.
recovery for the economy.
Because of the loyalties gained during the New Deal era, the Democratic Party could expect to win many votes from all of the following groups except . . .
blacks.
business executives.
union workers.
poor people.
During his first term in office, Roosevelt received a large measure of support for his programs from . . .
Congress.
conservatives.
leftists or socialists.
the Supreme Court.
An early technique Roosevelt used to communicate with the people of the nation was his . . .
“brain trust.”
“fireside chats.”
industry holiday.
National Media Relations Administration.
