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D) good times in outdated industries like coal mining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