WorksheetsThe Roaring 20's and the Great Depression
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 16mins
What does buying on credit mean?
It’s when you pay someone to install something in your house
It’s when someone pays you money to install something in their house
It’s when someone pays for an item in small increments, or little-by-little
It’s when you purchase installments
What was America’s viewpoint on the world after the First World War?
Isolationism
Nationalism
Imperialism
Communism
Many organizations, such as the CCC and the SSA, were created to help Americans get back on their feet. These organizations were known as:
Alphabet Soup
The 3 Rs
FDR's economic plan
Economic Revitalization project
stock prices dropped in the fall of 1929 because
there was new stock available.
no one was selling their stock.
too many people were selling their stock.
the stock market was stable.
What was the Great Depression?
A period of economic success and an improving economy
The worst economic catastrophe in U.S. history
A period of time that witnessed American involvement in violent foreign wars
A hotly contested presidential election
What forced banks to close during the Great Depression?
Huge amounts of inflation
War in Europe
Investors unable to pay loans and bank runs
Not enough people invested in the Stock Market
Why did the stock market collapse in 1929?
Only wealthy Americans invested in the stock market
Investors inflated prices, and then sold shares very cheap, losing money
Investors refused to invest in the stock market
Investors bought shares cheap, and then sold stocks at a high price
What was Roosevelt's New Deal?
A series of government-funded bail outs
A series of federally funded public works programs
A hands-off approach to business and the economy
A series of voluntary business recovery acts
During the Roaring Twenties, the US had just got out of __________, and business was booming.
World War I
World War II
The Great Recession
The Great Depression
In the 1920s, many Americans invested money in the ______ market.
black
credit
share
stock
This was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater and politics spanning the 1920s and 1930s.
teapot dome
scandal
great
migration
Harlem
renaissance
Harlem
Rejuvenation
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.
Rock and Roll
hip-Hop
Jazz
Swing
Independent women during the 1920's who wore shorter skirts, bob haircuts, and danced freely were called ____.
Moonshiners
Flappers
Jazz
Pilots
The movement of African Americans from the rural south to the industrialized cities to seek economic opportunities is called the -
Great Migration
Harlem Renaissance
Civil Right Movement
Gold Rush
Henry Ford’s contribution to the industrialization of the United States included both –
The assembly line and a “middle-class” wage for his workers.
Electric-powered vehicles and the interstate highway system.
The first monopoly and new process for making steel.
The world’s first automobile and the technology for paved roads.
Check the best answer to fill in the blank.
Black Blizzards were ________________.
when the sun did not come out for days due to heavy cloud cover and dark rain.
Snow that was so heavily mixed with soil that it looked black.
giant dust storms that people could not see through.
Around how many years did the Dust Bowl last?
2
10
20
25
