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7th 20's to the Great depression.

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the Great Depression?

a)

A period of economic success and an improving economy

b)

The worst economic catastrophe in U.S. history

c)

A period of time that witnessed American involvement in violent foreign wars

d)

A hotly contested presidential election

2.

What forced banks to close during the Great Depression?

a)

Huge amounts of inflation

b)

War in Europe

c)

Investors unable to pay loans and bank runs

d)

Not enough people invested in the Stock Market

3.

Why did the stock market collapse in 1929?

a)

Only wealthy Americans invested in the stock market

b)

Investors inflated prices, and then sold shares very cheap, losing money

c)

Investors refused to invest in the stock market

d)

Investors bought shares cheap, and then sold stocks at a high price

4.

What was Roosevelt's New Deal?

a)

A series of government-funded bail outs

b)

A series of federally funded public works programs

c)

A hands-off approach to business and the economy

d)

A series of voluntary business recovery acts

5.

During the Roaring Twenties, the US had just got out of __________, and business was booming.

a)

World War I

b)

World War II

c)

The Great Recession

d)

The Great Depression

6.

In the 1920s, many Americans invested money in the ______ market.

a)

black

b)

credit

c)

share

d)

stock

7.

What happened on Black Tuesday in October 1929?

a)

Factories shut down and cut millions of positions.

b)

Americans paid back the money that they had borrowed to buy stocks.

c)

Companies sold millions of shares, and the stock market crashed.

d)

Americans sold millions of shares, and the stock market crashed.

8.

This was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater and politics spanning the 1920s and 1930s.

a)

teapot dome

scandal

b)

great

migration

c)

Harlem

renaissance

d)

Harlem

Rejuvenation

9.

This is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime.

a)

Rock and Roll

b)

hip-Hop

c)

Jazz

d)

Swing

10.

This was the term used to refer to a decade that experienced a period of economic prosperity in American history, as well as notable social, artistic and cultural dynamism.

a)

Good times

decade

b)

Flapper

prosperity

c)

Roaring

Twenties

d)

Roaring

Thirties

11.

This is a manufacturing process in which parts interchangeable parts are added as the semi-finished assembly moves from workstation to workstation where the parts are added in sequence until the final assembly is produced. 

a)

ford

line

b)

assembly

line

c)

Roosevelt

line

d)

Edison

Line

12.

What new invention became popular because of electricity becoming more available?

a)

Model T

b)

Washing Machine

c)

Assembly Line

d)

Telescope

13.

A time for African Americans to express their feelings through music, art, and literature was the ____.

a)

The Victorian Renaissance

b)

The Harlem Renaissance

c)

The Renaissance

d)

The Great Migration

14.

Independent women during the 1920's who wore shorter skirts, bob haircuts, and danced freely were called ____.

a)

Moonshiners

b)

Flappers

c)

Jazz

d)

Pilots

15.

Henry Ford created the ______, which allowed more cars to be produced.

a)

Ford Company

b)

Model T

c)

First car

d)

Assembly Line

16.

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

17.

Henry Ford’s contribution to the industrialization of the United States included both –

a)

The assembly line and a “middle-class” wage for his workers.

b)

Electric-powered vehicles and the interstate highway system.

c)

The first monopoly and new process for making steel.

d)

The world’s first automobile and the technology for paved roads.

18.
The most direct result of the 18th Amendment(Prohibition) was that ________
a)
people were mostly in support of the amendment.
b)
organized crime in America increased
c)
organized crime in America decreased
d)
people stopped drinking alchohol
19.

The rise of speakeasies was a result of

a)

the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment.

b)

the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment.

c)

the popularity of talking pictures.

d)

the popularity of labor unions.

20.

The Prohibition Era ended with

a)

the passage of the Lindbergh Law.

b)

the implementation of New Deal programs.

c)

the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment.

d)

the Supreme Court's ruling in Nebbia v. New York.