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USH Unit 4 review

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The President who was mostly blamed for worsening the Great Depression

a)

Roosevelt

b)

Wilson

c)

Hoover

d)

Jefferson

2.

The name given to the programs created by FDR to address the problems across the nation was...

a)

The Patriot Act

b)

The Great Society

c)

Bootstrapping

d)

New Deal

3.

In cities across the USA people who lost their homes lived in makeshift shelters, what did people call these places?

a)

Hoovervilles

b)

Okies

c)

Bonus Army Bases

d)

Homeless Encampments

4.

Which New Deal program makes sure that the disabled and elderly have some income?

a)

Social Security Administration

b)

Federal Deposit of Insurance (FDIC)

c)

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

d)

Hooverville

5.

Where did many farmers go because of the Depression and the Dust Bowl?

a)

They packed up their belongings and headed west, hoping to find work and new lives in California.

b)

Some farmers moved in with friends and neighbors after banks repossessed their farms and homes.

c)

Farmers decided that their families would do better in a colder, wetter climate like Oregon.

d)

Farmers didn’t move from the Plains states. They stayed on their farms and waited patiently for the drought and winds to end.

6.

What caused the Dust Bowl?

a)

Drought, overproduction, and strong wind storms

b)

Swarms of insects destroying crops

c)

Too much oil drilling in West Texas

d)

Farmers abandoning their farms and moving to cities for jobs

7.

Which event happened first?

a)

The Stock Market Crash of 1929

b)

The Great Depression

c)

World War II begins

d)

Prohibition

8.

During the Great Migration, African-Americans traveled from the South to cities in the North, West, and Midwest for which of the following reasons (check all that apply):

a)

There were better job opportunities in the North.

b)

There was racist violence in the South.

c)

Insects destroyed many Southern cotton crops.

d)

Southern white supremacists paid them to leave

e)

They heard the pizza was better in New York.

9.

Young, trendy women of the 1920s were called...

a)

Boppers

b)

Flappers

c)

Fly Girls

d)

Grannies

10.

As a group, the race riots that spread throughout the country following World War were called...

a)

The Red Summer

b)

The Big Flip-out

c)

The Long Winter

d)

The Blood Bath

11.

Harlem Renaissance

a)

was the movement of African-Americans out of the South to the North, Midwest and West

b)

Period when alcohol was illegal

c)

Time of creativity among African-American artists, writers, and musicians

12.

Prohibition

a)

was the movement of African-Americans out of the South to the North, Midwest and West

b)

Period when alcohol was illegal

c)

Time of creativity among African-American artists, writers, and musicians

13.

The establishment of speakeasies in the 1920s and the rise of organized crime were unintended consequences of which federal government action?

a)

The taxation of imported luxury goods

b)

The deportation of suspected communist sympathizers

c)

The prohibition of the sale of alcoholic beverages

d)

The implementation of immigration restrictions

14.

What was a major influence on the popularity of the flapper during the 1920s?

a)

A decline in the number of women working in urban factories

b)

A shift away from the traditional roles of women

c)

An increase in the use of credit and installment plans

d)

A decrease in crime associated with prohibition

15.

What was one way the role of women in society changed during the 1920s?

a)

They were granted the right to attend public schools.

b)

They were allowed to own property

c)

They were allowed increased participation in the political process

d)

They were granted the right to serve in military combat units

16.
What type of music was popularized during the Harlem Renaissance?
a)
Jazz
b)
Hip Hop
c)
Country
d)
Rock
17.

What was the "New Negro?"

a)

A new view on how society treated black people

b)

A popular new style of music

c)

A new sense of identity and dignity among African Americans

d)

A jazz musician at the Cotton Club

18.

The photograph above was an example of —

a)

Reconstruction

b)

Freeman's Bureau legislation

c)

Jim Crow Laws

19.

Which of the following was an effect that WWI had on the U.S.?

a)

US would remain neutral in future wars

b)

US was now a major world power

c)

US took control of Germany

d)

The US economy collapsed

20.

What caused the economic downturn of the US economy immediately after WWI?

a)

The war time demand for US products declined

b)

The enforcement of Jim Crow Laws in the South

c)

The soldiers returning from the war couldn't find jobs

d)

The collapse of the US stock market

21.

Another name for the Influenza of 1918 was that killed thousands of cities, forced some borders and port cities to close, and resulted in mask and quarantine mandates in some cities.

a)

The European Virus

b)

The Flu of World War 1

c)

The Spanish Flu

d)

The American Flu

22.

How did civil liberties suffer during post-WWI in America?

a)

Immigrants were being targeted as potential communist spies

b)

People were being denied their freedom of religion

c)

Strict Jim Crow laws were being implemented in the North

d)

Alcohol was now illegal

23.

True or False - The "loosing" of American morals led to the rise of the Fundamentalist Movement which led to a sort of "culture clash".

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Which of the following people groups were faced with the possibility of living in tenements and Hoovervilles?

a)

Migrant workers

b)

Dust Bowl farmers

c)

Mexican Americans

d)

City workers

25.

Which of the following agencies was created as part of the New Deal that helped regulate the stock market?

a)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

b)

Social Security Act

c)

Security and Exchange Commission

d)

Tennessee Valley Authority

26.

What era is characterized by economic prosperity, new cultural values, flappers, automobiles, the Red Scare, Prohibition, & nativism?

a)

Roaring 20's

b)

Gilded Age

c)

Progressive Era

d)

Imperialism

27.

What is the name of the attitude that caused many Americans to dislike and fear communists, immigrants, and non-Anglos? They are anti-immigration!

a)

Nativism

b)

Racism

c)

Communism

d)

Isolationism

28.

The movement of African Americans from the rural south to the industrialized cities to seek economic opportunities is called the -

a)

Great Migration

b)

Harlem Renaissance

c)

Civil Right Movement

d)

Gold Rush

29.

What was the name of the 1920s movement that caused Americans to fear foreigners/immigrants for fear they were communists?

a)

Anti-Communism

b)

Red Scare

c)

Vietnamization

d)

Isolationizm

30.

What is another name for prohibition?

a)

Temperance

b)

Abolitionist

c)

Suffragette

d)

Muckraker

31.

A place where alcoholic drinks were sold and consumed illegally during Prohibition

a)

Speakeasy

b)

Flapper

c)

Tavern

d)

Saloon

32.

Conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice in an attempt to arrest foreign anarchists, communists, and radical leftists, many of whom were subsequently deported

a)

Cold War

b)

Palmer Raids

c)

McCarthyism

d)

2nd Red Scare

33.

Sensational 1925 court case that exemplified the traditional vs. modernism debate and focused on teaching evolution vs. creationism in schools

a)

Sacco and Vanzetti Trial

b)

Scopes Trial

c)

Schenck vs. U.S.

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

34.

The banning of the manufacture, sale, and possession of alcoholic beverages

a)

Prohibition

b)

Speculation

c)

Speakeasy

d)

21st Amendment

35.
Which was NOT a LONG-TERM cause of the Great Depression?
a)
Buying stock on margin
b)
Stock market crash (Black Tuesday)
c)
too much production and consumer spending
d)
Laisezz-faire economic policies
36.
What effect did the Dust Bowl storms have on the Great Depression?
a)
Many farmers were forced to leave the Great Plains.
b)
Unemployment decreased gradually.
c)
Many homes long the Mississippi River were flooded.
d)
Hoover was re-elected as president.
37.
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
38.
Who was president at the time of the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
Herbert Hoover
39.
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
40.
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
41.
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Great Depression?
a)
homelessness
b)
bank failures
c)
high tariffs
d)
struggling farmers
42.
Pick the best answer.  Over-production of what led to the Great Depression?
a)
farm goods
b)
consumer goods
c)
farm and consumer goods
d)
iPhones
43.
What tool - passed during the Hoover Administration -  designed to protect American manufacturers actually ended up creating a worldwide depression?
a)
Reconstruction Finance Committee
b)
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
c)
New Deal
d)
Second New Deal
44.
What effect did the Dust Bowl storms have on the Great Depression?
a)
Many farmers were forced to leave the Great Plains.
b)
Unemployment decreased gradually.
c)
Many homes long the Mississippi River were flooded.
d)
Hoover was re-elected as president.
45.

Insured bank deposits of up to 5,000. This helped to bring confidence back into the banks.

a)

FDIC

b)

SEC

c)

AAA

d)

TVA

46.

Safer stock investments

a)

FDIC

b)

SEC

c)

AAA

d)

TVA

47.

Financial Aid to farmers who were encouraged to burn crops and slaughter livestock to reduce supply and increase demand.

a)

Agricultural Advancement Act

b)

Tennessee Valley Authority

c)

Agricultural Adjustment Act

d)

Agricultural Authority Act

48.

Built a series of dams in the TN River Valley to control flooding and generate power

a)

Agriculture Adjustment Act

b)

Lexington Electric

c)

Hoover Dam

d)

Tennessee Valley Authority

49.

Jobs for 2 million young men. Replanted forests and built trials

a)

Civilian Conservation Corps

b)

Citizen Control Corporation

c)

National Recover Administration

d)

Federal Emergency Relief Act

50.

Built dams, bridges, power plants, hospitals, schools, and roads.

a)

Civilian Conservation Corps

b)

National Recovery Administration

c)

Public Works Administration

d)

Federal Emergency Relief Act

51.

Which of these governed industries setting a minimum wage and minimum prices for goods?

a)

Public Works Administration

b)

Tennessee Valley Authority

c)

National Goods and Services Administration

d)

National Recovery Administration

52.

Which of these started during the New Deal?

a)

minimum wage

b)

free school lunch

c)

a ban on child labor

d)

all of the above

53.

Which New Deal program gives money to old people after they retire?

a)

CCC

b)

FDIC

c)

Social Security

54.

Rugged Individualism meant that...

a)

people should solve their own problems without any help from the government

b)

government should take more responsibility for making the economy fair and stable