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Review for Roaring 20s and Great Depression Test
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1
Why did so many African Americans move north during the Great Migration?
Better music
Better schools
Better jobs
Better weather
2
Which amendment made alcohol illegal in the United States?
19th
21st
20th
18th
3
What is Laissez Faire?
Government is reason for all society's ills.
Government has become too large and powerful.
Government should not get involved in the economy.
Government should fix all the country's problems.
4
Who was President when the stock market crashed and the Great Depression began?
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Evan Inscoe
Woodrow Wilson
5
Which New Deal program was designed to pay farmers to grow fewer crops?
AAA
TVA
FERA
PWA
6
What is the CCC?
A program that paid farmers to plant fewer crops
A program that put people to work painting murals
A program that provided income to the elderly
A program that put young men to work planting trees
7
What is the purpose of the FDIC?
A program designed to regain people's trust in government
A program designed to regain people's trust in banks
A program designed to get people back to work
A program designed to help low income people to buy houses
8
What problem was caused by prohibition?
Drugstore cowboys
Crime
Alcoholism
Jalopy racing
9
What is one way that ladies' fashion changed in the 1920s?
Shorter skirts/dresses
Make up
Tattoos
Pierced ears
10
What year was FDR elected?
1932
1942
1938
1934
11
Franklin Roosevelt promised the American people...
A new stock market
A new future
A new situation
A new deal
12
True or False? One cause of the Great Depression was making Germany pay for damage from WWI.
False
True
13
What year did the United States enter WWII?
1941
1945
1929
1932
14
What is it called when someone buys stocks with borrowed money?
Buying stocks
Buying on margin
Staying in the margins
IOU
15
What is the Fair Labor Standards Act?
A program that paid farmers to plant fewer crops
A program that put people back to work
A program that put people to work building dams
A program that provided better working conditions
16
A secret bar often opened by gangsters in the 1920s was called a...
speakeasy
bootlegger
moonshine
rum runner
17
What was the unemployment rate in North Carolina as the Great Depression neared its end?
25%
8.8%
5.3%
20%
18
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
20th
19th
21st
18th
19
True or False? It was illegal to be a member of the KKK.
True
False
20
What was a popular type of entertainment during the 1920s?
Drag racing
Dance marathons
Going to the movies
Pole vaulting
21
As demand for stocks increase, stock prices...
increase
stay the same
decrease
22
When the stock market crashed, the value of stocks dropped by ____ %.
25%
90%
60%
75%
23
Which amendment ended pohibition?
20th
19th
18th
21st
24
When tariffs increase, foreign trade...
decreases
increases
stays the same
stops completely
25
Why did so many people support the Temperance Movement?
Dancing and drinking led to organized crime
Alcohol was an important money maker
Alcohol was the root of society's ills
Dance marathons were killing people
26
What is it called when a business produces more than consumers demand?
Over valued
Stock pile
Bad business
Overproduction
