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Unit 5

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Isolationism?

a)

The idea that America should pull away from involvement in world affairs

b)

The idea that America should conquer all of North America

c)

The idea that America should become more involved in world affairs

d)

A small cake from New Jersey

2.

What was one of the biggest perceived threats to American peace in the early 1920’s?

a)

Glazzburak, the great Canadian goose that terrorizes Nova Scotia

b)

The spread of Communism

c)

World War 2

d)

Labor Strikes

3.

When the Bolsheviks overthrew Russia, they created a new government known as the

a)

USSR

b)

New Russian Republic

c)

Slovakia

d)

Uzbekistan

4.

A. Mitchell Palmer and his agent raided homes, jailed suspects without allowing legal counsel, and deported hundreds of foreignborn people without trials in an attempt to stop the

a)

Red Scare

b)

Blue Scare

c)

Russian Revolution

d)

Green Scare

5.

The biggest scandal during Warren G. Harding’s presidency was the ______________ Scandal, where Albert B. Fall was leasing out government oil lands to private companies

a)

Teapot Dome

b)

Veteran's Bureau

c)

Ohio Gang

d)

Harding

6.

What did the 18th amendment do?

a)

Ban the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages across the country

b)

Give women the right to vote

c)

Limit presidents to only 2 terms in office

d)

Give freedom of speech to all citizens

7.

What was the name for a hidden saloon or bar?

a)

Speakeasy

b)

Hidey

c)

A Dark Bar

d)

Ol' Jedediah's Shack

8.

What was the name for people that sold illegal alcohol?

a)

Bootleggers

b)

Glovehustlers

c)

Hatkeepers

d)

Coatsneakers

9.

What was the biggest gang crime shooting in the 1920’s?

a)

The Valentine's Day Massacre

b)

The Christmas Caper

c)

The Halloween Heist

d)

The Arbor Day Assault

10.

What was the name for allowing people to buy goods over an extended period without having to pay much money up front?

a)

Installment Plans

b)

A bad idea

c)

Borrower's Checks

d)

Undue Dues

11.

Women who would wear shorter dresses, high heeled shoes, and wear their hair in short bobs were known as what?

a)

Flappers

b)

Women

c)

Monroes

d)

Rebels

12.

Who flew the Spirit of St. Louis across the Atlantic Ocean to France, becoming the first person to fly nonstop across an ocean?

a)

Charles Lindberg

b)

Amelia Earhart

c)

Pete "Maverick" Mitchell

d)

Nick "Goose" Bradshaw

13.

Who became president in 1928, right before the Stock Market Crash?

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Warren G. Harding

c)

Calvin Coolidge

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

14.

In the stock market, what is speculation?

a)

Buying stocks on the chance of turning a quick profit without considering the risks

b)

Deciding which stocks will work best

c)

Investing small amounts of money safely in consistent stocks

d)

Using the stock market like a bank to save money for retirement

15.

In the stock market, what is buying on margin?

a)

Taking out loans to buy stocks

b)

Spending large amounts of money all at once

c)

Investing your money in notebook paper

d)

Making a safe investment

16.

What is October 29th, 1929, when 16 and a half million shares were sold as the stock market bottomed out called?

a)

Black Tuesday

b)

Black Friday

c)

Green Tuesday

d)

Dias de los Muertos

17.

The stock market crash signaled the start of the ________________________, a time when the economy dropped drastically and unemployment skyrocketed

a)

Great Depression

b)

Dark Ages

c)

Big Sad

d)

Bull Market

18.

What was the Dust Bowl?

a)

When bad farming practices caused grasses to be removed, so when high winds swept through the area there was nothing to hold the dirt down

b)

A scandal which lost the US government billions of dollars

c)

A literal bowl of dust given to the president as a symbol of what the poor owned

d)

A college football game, similar to the Rose Bowl

19.

Many people had to live in shacks made out of whatever scrap they could find, calling these collections of shacks what?

a)

Shantytowns

b)

Bumshacks

c)

Hobohouses

d)

Kansas City

20.

What was the name for the hydroelectric dam that Hoover built on the Colorado River? (before it was renamed the Hoover Dam)

a)

Boulder Dam

b)

Colorado Dam

c)

Presidential Dam

d)

Keep That Water Back Dam

21.

The belief in giving money to large businesses so that the money would trickle down through job growth and higher wages is called what?

a)

Trickle Down Economics

b)

Downward Growth Economics

c)

Pyramid Economics

d)

Wine Economics

22.

The group that came to Washington D.C. to support Patman’s bill to give out bonuses to World War 1 veterans was known as what?

a)

The Bonus Army

b)

The Veteran's March

c)

Patman's Patrol

d)

The Military of Money

23.

Who wins the 1932 presidential election?

a)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Gary Johnson

24.

What was the name of FDR’s program to help fix many of the problems of the Great Depression?

a)

The New Deal

b)

Dollar Diplomacy

c)

The Economy Fixing Plan

d)

The Initiative

25.

FDR’s intense period of activity where he tried to pass as many legislations as possible was known as what?

a)

The Hundred Days

b)

Bill Season

c)

Presidential Action

d)

First Term Luck

26.

What was the name of the radio talks that FDR would give to explain his policies?

a)

Fireside Chats

b)

Roosevelt Radio

c)

Presidential Hour

d)

FDR didn't give radio talks

27.

The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 established the FDIC. What does FDIC do?

a)

Provides federals insurance for banks so that each account is protected

b)

Protects farmers against supply and demand price drops

c)

Creates 2 million jobs for young women making clothes for workers

d)

Summons Glazzburak, the great Canadian goose that terrorizes Nova Scotia

28.

Which amendment repeals the 18th amendment?

a)

19th

b)

20th

c)

21st

d)

22nd

29.

What is deficit spending?

a)

When the country was spending more money than it was making

b)

When the country is making more money than it is spending

c)

When the country is spending money on expanding Congress

d)

When Congress is being bribed

30.

When a president adds new Supreme Court Justices to get the ruling they want, what is that called?

a)

Packing the Court

b)

Shady Court Times

c)

Justice Control

d)

Court Manipulation

31.

Which act sets a maximum number of working hours a week and a minimum wage?

a)

Fair Labor Standards Act

b)

Volstead Act

c)

Patman Bill

d)

Labor and Justice Act

32.

What system helps pay out retirement, unemployment payments, and gives aid to children and disabled persons?

a)

Social Security

b)

Medicare

c)

Medicaid

d)

Welfare