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Unit 11: Great Depression/WW I Aftermath

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The president who promised the people a "New Deal" during the Great Depression.
a)
Jesse Owens
b)
Herbert Hoover
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
George Washington
2.
The Great Depression began in
a)
1925
b)
1929
c)
1932
d)
1940
3.
In the 1930's, people would line up at ____________ to get food.  These were normally run by charities.
a)
churches
b)
businesses
c)
soup kitchens
d)
work
4.
After the Stock Market Crash, many people lost their life savings because _______________.
a)
banks closed
b)
banks gave away their money
c)
they couldn't remember where they put it
d)
someone stole it
5.
What were the villages full of shacks located in cities filled with unemployed Americans called?
a)
Hoovervilles
b)
Okies
c)
Bonus Army Bases
d)
Rooseveltowns
6.
What was a guiding principle of the New Deal economic policies?
a)
Pro-business tax breaks would solve the problems associated with urban poverty.
b)
Antitrust legislation would destroy the free market economy of the United States.
c)
Rugged individualism must be allowed to solve social inequality.
d)
Government must assume more responsibility for helping the poor.
7.

During WWI, the Russians had a revolution. They went from being a capitalist society to a

a)

Nazi

b)

Fascist

c)

Communist

d)

Buddhist

8.

Most dictators that rose to power

a)

Would buy people off

b)

Used Terror and violence

c)

Would make the people love him by being good and nice

d)

Used Flamethrowers

9.

In the 1930s, Italay, Germany and USSR all had

a)

Communist states

b)

Democracies

c)

One Party rule

d)

Freedoms for their people

10.

The hartred of Jewish people

a)

Despotism

b)

Xenophobia

c)

Antisemitism

d)

None

11.

Mussolini said that he would make Italy an Empire again....this is an example of

a)

Freedom

b)

Nationalism

c)

Alliances

d)

Patriotism

12.

Stalin increased his power by

a)

Listening to the people

b)

Becoming allies with other countries

c)

Purging his party of anyone that could have been competition

d)

Writing a book

13.

According to Hitler, if you want to be a good dictator, you'd better

a)

Listen to the people

b)

Allow freedom of the press

c)

Treat the people well

d)

Control the means of communication

14.

Fascism was a form of government used by which dictator

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Adolph Hitler

d)

Tojo Hideki

15.

Communism was the form of government of this country.

a)

Italy

b)

Soviet Union

c)

Japan

d)

Germany

16.

Joseph Stalin was the dictator of this country

a)

Soviet Union

b)

Japan

c)

Germany

d)

Italy

17.

Adolf Hitler was the dictator of this country

a)

Italy

b)

Soviet Union

c)

Germany

d)

Japan

18.

Tojo Hideki was the military dictator of this country.

a)

Germany

b)

Soviet Union

c)

Italy

d)

Japan

19.

Benito Mussolini was the dictator of this country.

a)

Japan

b)

Germany

c)

Italy

d)

Soviet Union

20.

Nazism is the form of government of this country.

a)

Soviet Union

b)

Germany

c)

Italy

d)

Japan

21.
A ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government
a)
dictator
b)
president
c)
monarch
d)
advisor
22.
Fascism includes all of the following EXCEPT
a)
a form of government that believes the state is more important than the individual
b)
maintains control of industry and the economy
c)
is ruled by a charismatic dictator who suppresses opposition
d)
a form of government in which parliament represents the citizens in which they serve
23.
Which of these lists correctly describes reasons for the Great Depression?  
a)
The stock market crash of 1929, bank failures, and misuse of credit
b)
Black Tuesday, Al Capone, and the assembly line
c)
Misuse of credit, soup kitchens, and flappers
d)
Prohibition, women’s suffrage, and bank failures
24.

America’s foreign policy from the end of World War I until Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941:

a)

imperialism

b)

globalism

c)

expansionism

d)

isolationism

25.

October 29, 1929 is known as “Black Tuesday” because it’s the day that:

a)

the US stock market crashed

b)

the Yankees lost the World Series

c)

Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles

d)

FDR was elected

26.

One major cause of the Stock Market crash was:

a)

war in Europe

b)

communism

c)

assembly line manufacturing

d)

overproduction of goods

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