What was the Harlem Renaissance?

A period of growth in African American arts

What was the major purpose of the TVA?

To control flooding and provide electricity

What was the main purpose of the WPA?

To employ people to build public places

What was one factor that caused the Dust Bowl to happen?

The Midwest was experiencing a drought

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MES, Second Quarter Benchmark for Social Studies, 5th Grade, Georgia

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1
What was the day the stock market crashed?
Black Monday
Black Sunday
Black Wednesday
Black Tuesday
2
What was the name of the first mass produced car?
Model C
Model D
Model B
Model T
3
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A period of no rain
A period of economic downturn
A period of growth in African American arts
A period of slavery
4
What was the major purpose of the TVA?
To provide pensions to the elderly, disabled, and unemployed
To send young men to work conserving natural resources
To control flooding and provide electricity
To provide jobs building public places
5
Who wasthe author of the book, Gone with the Wind?
Duke Ellington
Jesse Owens
Margaret Mitchell
Herbert Hoover
6
What was the biggest economic benefit of the invention of the automobile?
There was no benefit
Car cost stayed the same
Lowered cost of cars
Higher cost of cars
7
What was the main purpose of the WPA?
To control flooding and provide electricity
To employ young men to conserve natural resources
To provide pensions to the elderly, disabled, and unemployed
To employ people to build public places
8
What type of new warfare was used in World War I?
Cannons
Bench
Muskets
Trench
9
Which African American athlete won 4 goldmedals in the 1936 summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany?
Jesse Owens
Duke Ellington
Herbert Hoover
Margaret Mitchell
10
What was one major accomplishment of FDR as a president?
The rise of shantytowns
The Dust Bowl
The creation of the New Deal
The stock market crash
11
What was the disaster that struck farmers in the Midwest during the Great Depression?
The Iron Bowl
The Rain Bowl
The Dust Bowl
The Bowl
12
Which type of culture influenced Jazz music?
Native American Culture
British Culture
African American Culture
Australian Culture
13
Whose idea was it to create the League of Nations?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Winston Churchill
14
What major economic event caused the Great Depression?
The New Deal
Soup Kitchens
The stock market crashing
The Dust Bowl
15
Which jazz musician became popular during the1930s with his new sound called big band?
Jesse Owens
Herbert Hoover
Margaret Mitchell
Duke Ellington
16
What was one major issue that caused the United States to get into World War I?
The Panama Canal
The sinking of the Lusitania
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Cattle Drives
17
What was the purpose of the New Deal?
To create jobs
To start the Great Depression
To create automobiles
To create charity
18
Which president helped get the United States out of the Great Depression?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Abraham Lincoln
Herbert Hoover
19
What was one factor that caused the Dust Bowl to happen?
The stock market crash
Shantytowns
The Midwest was experiencing a drought
The soup kitchens
20
Why were Americans upset by the sinking of the Lusitania?
They weren't upset
Because they were in competition with the British
They were ready to go to war.
128 Americans were killed

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