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1920s/Great Depression

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which amendment banned the sale, manufacutre and transportation of alcohol (prohibition)?

(a)  

2.

Which amendement gave women the right to vote?

(a)  

3.

What were speakeasies?

(a)  

4.

What were young woman who were known for their energetic freedom and broke away from "traditional" views of women called?

a)

Sufferage

b)

Flappers

c)

Speakeasies

d)

Prosperity

5.

What was the french term for "leave it alone"?

a)

Laissez Faire

b)

Credit

c)

Hooverville

d)

Red Scare

6.

What is consumerism?

(a)  

7.

What is credit?

(a)  

8.

What is the red scare?

a)

Getting a loan and buying more stocks

b)

The ban of selling alcohol

c)

Fear of communist nations

d)

Scopes "Monkey" Trial

9.

What is a Hooverville?

(a)  

10.

What is a recession?

(a)  

11.

The 1920s were a time of...

a)

peace

b)

prosperity

c)

war

12.

In the 1920s, many Americans bought...

a)

cars and radios

b)

computers and robots

c)

airplanes and pools

13.

The 19th Amendment gave women the right to...

a)

drive

b)

dance

c)

vote

14.

Americans wanted to make __ in the stock market.

a)

jobs

b)

money

c)

products

15.

In 1929, the stock market...

a)

went up

b)

fell

c)

exploded

16.

The president in 1929 was...

a)

George Washington

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Herbert Hoover

17.
What was the Red Scare?
a)
fear of the color red
b)
fear of the spread of Communism
c)
fear of the spread of Capitalism 
d)
spread of wealth
18.

What term describes a hands-off approach to economics?

a)

Communism

b)

Consumerism

c)

Laissez-Faire

d)

dirigisme

19.

Which term describes buy for pleasure, not need?

a)

Consumerism

b)

Communism

c)

Socialism

d)

Patriotism

20.

In the 1920s Americans consumers began to do which of the following?

a)

sewing clothes

b)

recycling goods

c)

buying on credit

d)

work from home

21.

Which Amendment in the 1920s created Prohibition?

a)

15th

b)

16th

c)

17th

d)

18th

22.

Speakeasy

a)

A woman who rebelled against traditional views

b)

The nickname for the growing market

c)

An illegal bar that welcomed men and women

d)

The Rebirth of African American culture

23.
The trial was about whether _______ should be taught in schools?
a)
reading
b)
biology
c)
religion
d)
evolution