The 1920's and 1930's
  • 1. ___________ is the term that describes the devastation of the Great Plains by drought.
A) The Dust Bowl
B) Black Tuesday
C) The Great Depression
D) The Grapes of Wrath
  • 2. By 1914 Henry Ford was building cars taht average Americans could afford because he . . . .
A) hired skilled workers who worked by hand.
B) paid his workers far below average factory wages.
C) encouraged his workers to join trade unions.
D) equipped his factory with an assembly line.
  • 3. People who hopped trains to look for work were known as . . .
A) hoboes.
B) Okies.
C) Hoovervilles.
D) migrants.
  • 4. The unnofficial capital of African American culture and activism in the United States in the 1920's was . . .
A) Detroit
B) St. Louis
C) Chicago
D) Harlem
  • 5. Which of the following is an economic weakness in the 1920's?
A) good times in outdated industries like coal mining
B) Unequal income distribution, specifically poor agricultural workers.
C) high salaries of union members
D) purchase of factory goods by families of average income
  • 6. Prohibition led to . . .
A) fundamentalism
B) a rise in organized crime
C) the Great Migration
D) World War I
  • 7. In the Great Migration, African Americans moved from . . .
A) west Africa to the United States
B) cities to the country
C) the deep south to the western cities like Los Angeles
D) the rural south to the industrialized cities of the northern great lakes region
  • 8. The Teapot Dome scandal concerned Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall's willingness to . . .
A) allow Britain to avoid tariffs on oil
B) accept bribes from oil companies to drill on federal lands for low rates instead of competive bidding
C) pay oil companies to drill on private land
D) lobby legislators to limit the amount of land set aside for nature preserves
  • 9. What were the three main goals of the New Deal?
A) review relocation and revolution
B) reaction, response and resignation
C) relief, recovery and reforms
D) revolt, relief and renewal
  • 10. The Securities and Exchange Commission helped the public . . .
A) establish unions
B) regain faith in the financial markets
C) establish a minimum wage
D) cope with poverty
  • 11. One fo the basic principles of communism is that everyone should . . .
A) be divided by economic class
B) share equally in society's wealth
C) have private property
D) not share equaly in society's wealth
  • 12. Identify one difference between the presidencies of Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge
A) Harding's presidency was marked by numerous scandals
B) Coolidge's presidency greatly increased the size of the American Government
C) Coolidge had numerous scandals during his presidency
D) Harding looked like a president and Coolidge did not
  • 13. During the Great Depression, President Hoover came under attack because many American believed that . . .
A) he grew rich while the American people suffered
B) he did not fully grasp or care about how desperate the American people were
C) he put more emphasis on international trade that he did on the American economy
D) he started too many government aid programs and lacked business sense
  • 14. The _____ helped restore public confidence in the safety of banks
A) Securities Exchange Commission
B) Social Security Act
C) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
D) Works Progress Administration
  • 15. In order to afford the new items American industry was producing in the 1920's, it became more respectable than previously to depend on . .
A) the barter system
B) name brand recognition
C) installment buying or buying on credit
D) delayed gratification
  • 16. The Civilian Conservation Corps was formed to address the problem of . . .
A) poor wages for factory workers
B) investor anxiety
C) clear-cutting in old-growth forests
D) unemployment among young men
  • 17. Beliefs based on a literal interpretation of the Bible are called?
A) values
B) urbanization
C) evolution
D) fundamentalism
  • 18. In the 1920's American farmers were left out of the thriving economy because . . .
A) American farms were depleted during World War I
B) the United States passed a tariff on foreign agricultural products
C) demand for agricultural products was higher than supply
D) competition grew when European farmers returned to their fields
  • 19. Americans knew they were in a Hooverville when they saw . . .
A) banks
B) shacks
C) dams
D) vacuum cleaners
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