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Roaring 20s/Great Depression Test Review

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was president during the New Deal?

a)

Calvin Coolidge

b)

Warren Harding

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

2.

What is this an example of?

(a)  

3.

Which of these images best represents changes to clothing during the 1920s?

a)

b)

c)

d)

4.

Which of these focused on providing cheap electricity to rural areas?

a)

Public Works Administration (PWA)

b)

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

c)

Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)

d)

Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)

5.

In your own words, what is the Great Depression?

4 lines
6.

Under Warren Harding, the (a)   was when the government set aside land in Wyoming for federal use but secretly leased the land to private companies, fostering distrust in the government and politicians.

7.

What was the Dawes Plan?

a)

another name for the New Deal

b)

renounced war as a means of national policy

c)

gave outdoor work to unemployed men

d)

solution to the problem of post-war debts

8.

What did the 18th Amendment do?

a)

gave women the right to vote

b)

made it a crime to transport alcohol across state lines

c)

prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors

d)

repealed Prohibition

9.

What policy made it a crime to transport alcohol across state lines?

a)

Dawes Plan

b)

Volstead Act

c)

New Deal

d)

Prohibition

10.

What did the 21st Amendment do?

a)

prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors

b)

repealed Prohibition

c)

made it a crime to transport alcohol across state lines

d)

gave women the right to vote

11.

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

(a)  

12.

In your own words, what was the New Deal?

4 lines
13.

He was President when the stock market crashed and the Great Depression began

a)

Harding

b)

Coolidge

c)

Hoover

d)

FDR

14.

This term refers to the day the stock market officially crashed on October 29, 1929

a)

Black Monday

b)

Black Tuesday

c)

Black Thursday

d)

Black Friday

15.

This refers to borrowing money in order to invest in the stock market

a)

capitalism

b)

supply-side economics

c)

buying on margin

d)

trickle-down economics

16.

Government funded building projects that include public infrastructure and services

a)

supply-side economics

b)

trickle-down economics

c)

buying on margin

d)

public works

17.

This is an arrangement in which consumers agree to buy now and pay later for

purchases, including homes, cars, etc., often on an installment plan that includes interest charges

a)

supply-side economics

b)

buying on margin

c)

credit

d)

trickle-down economics

18.

Provided benefits for those unable to work (retired, the needy, people with disabilities, etc.)

a)

Public Works Administration

b)

Tennessee Valley Authority

c)

Social Security Act

d)

Civilian Conservation Corp

19.

This paid farmers to lower production with the greater goal of raising crop prices

and farm income

a)

Public Works Administration

b)

Agricultural Adjustment Act

c)

Civilian Conservation Corp

d)

National Recovery Act

20.

This protected bank deposits up to $5,000

a)

Public Works Administration

b)

Emergency Banking Act

c)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

d)

Social Security Act

21.

The Dust Bowl most directly affected:

a)

WWI Veterans

b)

Farmers

c)

Investors

d)

Industrial Workers

22.

Where did most people move during the Dust Bowl?

a)

West

b)

East

c)

Southwest

d)

Northeast

23.

The phrase “buying on margin” refers to a way of purchasing:

a)

land

b)

stock

c)

farm products

d)

consumer goods

24.

In calling shantytowns “Hoovervilles,” people conveyed their:

a)

patriotism

b)

trust in Hoover

c)

respect for Hoover

d)

disgust with Hoover

25.

The Bonus Army consisted of:

a)

World War I veterans demanding pay

b)

Farmers who were forced off their land by dust storms

c)

Unemployed industrial workers and their families demanding federal aid

d)

Business and labor leaders who agreed to work together

26.

The Social Security Act established the federal government’s responsibility for:

a)

Funding cultural and artistic activities

b)

Instituting welfare for the needy, elderly, and people with disabilities

c)

Funding public works for job relief

d)

Establishing and enforcing fair labor practices

27.

Roosevelt’s “fireside chats” were his means of

a)

Communicating directly with the public

b)

Proposing reform measures to Congress

c)

Determining impact of federal policies

d)

Receiving input from his advisers

28.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC):

a)

Replaced Hoover’s Reconstruction Finance Corporation

b)

Regulated the stock market

c)

Regulated the savings and loan industry

d)

Insured bank depositors’ savings

29.

What was the significance of the Sacco & Vanzetti case?

a)

highlighted anti-communist sentiment in the US

b)

highlighted anti-immigrant sentiment in the US

c)

highlighted anti-nativist sentiment in the US

d)

highlighted pro-immigrant sentiment in the US

30.

What did the Emergency Quota Act do?

a)

limited agricultural production

b)

limited stock market trading

c)

limited immigration

d)

limited industrial production

31.

After WWI, what was the US's foreign policy?

a)

colonialism

b)

expansionism

c)

continuation of the Roosevelt Corollary

d)

isolationism

32.

Which of these were effects of radio's growth in use and popularity during the 1920s?

a)

connected urban and rural areas

b)

disconnected urban and rural areas

c)

led to the downfall of jazz music

d)

created a shared American culture

33.

The 1920s is referred to as:

a)

The Jazz Age

b)

The Blues Era

c)

The Great Depression

d)

The Golden Age of Sports

34.

Which industry began use of the assembly line?

a)
Automotive industry
b)
Agricultural industry
c)
Textile industry
d)
Technology industry
35.

The Harlem Renaissance was a period of ________ and ________ change in the Black culture and society

a)

financial

b)

artistic

c)

political

d)

military

36.

The belief that all people of African descent across the world share similar experiences of injustice and oppression and should unite

(a)  

37.

How did the Great Migration contribute to the growth of the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

it had no effect

b)

population decrease in Harlem

c)

population increase in Harlem

38.

Which of these was NOT part of Arizona's primary economy?

a)

cotton

b)

cattle

c)

cactus

d)

copper

39.

Which of these caused the Dust Bowl?

a)

over-farming/plowing

b)

too many trees being planted

c)

floods

d)

drought

40.

Who did the Mexican Repatriation Act apply to?

a)

Mexican-Americans in Mexico

b)

Mexican-Americans in the US

c)

Mexicans working in the US

d)

Americans working in Mexico

41.

Who replaced workers after the Mexican Repatriation Act?

a)

white laborers

b)

Mexican laborers

c)

nobody

d)

black laborers

42.

Which of these was NOT created under Hoover?

a)

Social Security Act

b)

National Credit Corporation

c)

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

d)

Emergency Relief and Construction Act

43.

Which of these were a cause of the Great Depression

a)

speculation

b)

stock market crash

c)

underproduction

d)

overconsumption

e)

unequal distribution of wealth

44.

What day marked the beginning of the Stock Market Crash of 1929?

a)

Black Monday

b)

Black Tuesday

c)

Black Thursday

d)

Black Friday