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Unit 2: Federal Expansion Review for Test
Unit 2: Federal Expansion Review for Test
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1
Young people who "rode the rails" in search of work or hand out were known as .....
hobos
flappers
bootleggers
suffragists
2
What was the name for women who wore short dresses, bobbed hair, lots of makeup?
Speakeasies
Bootleggers
Jazz ladies
Flappers
3
Created to have an income for workers after they retire or if they were elderly and/or disabled.
TVA
WPA
CCC
Social Security (SSA)
4
The government role decreased during the Great Depression.
True
False
5
What policy did the U.S. hold at the beginning of WWI that kept us out of the war for several years?
Imperialism
Militarism
Nationalism
Isolationism
6
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
treaty signed that made the US and Great Britain allies.
peace treaty signed that ended the Civil War.
peace treaty signed that ended the Spanish American War.
peace treaty signed that ended WWI.
7
Many people lost their homes during the Great Depression.
False
True
8
The Stock Market Crash of 1929 was also known as "Black Tuesday".
True
False
9
Provided jobs and electricity to rural areas of the Tennessee River Valley in 7 states.
WPA
SSA
CCC
TVA
10
Women had more freedom in the 1920's than in previous decades.
True
False
11
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
sparked
WWI.
False
True
12
What powered the new household appliances that were made during the 1920's?
Wind power
Solar energy
Electricity
Water power
13
Built roads, airports, post offices, schools, and libraries. Also paid people to document history.
CCC
TVA
SSA
WPA
14
What role did radio play in American culture during the Great Depression?
Broadcast sports, music, shows, and fireside chats.
Both A and B.
Radio did not play a role during the depression.
Radio programs provided free entertainment.
15
Which of the following is true of the Dust Bowl?
Took place during the 1930's.
a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the American Midwest.
Greatly affected those that lived through it.
All of the above.
16
What are bank runs?
When people run to a bank, instead of driving.
When people would rush to speakeasies.
None of the above.
When people rushed to the bank to withdraw all of their money.
17
Which of the following was a cause of WWI?
All of the above.
militarism
imperialism
nationalism
18
Put young men to work planting trees and building parks.
CCC
TVA
SSA
WPA
19
What encouraged people on the Homefront during WWI?
Isolationism
Jazz music
Wartime propaganda
None of the above.
20
The Jazz Age was another name for the Roaring Twenties.
False
True
21
What was the New Deal?
A series of programs created by FDR to aid in the Great Depression.
A series of programs created by Wilson to aid in the Great Depression.
None of the above.
A series of programs created by Hoover to aid in the Great Depression.
22
The government insures money people deposit in banks to restore and maintain the confidence in the banking system.
SEC
SSA
FDIC
WPA
23
The Treaty of Versailles placed total blame on what country for WWI?
Great Britain
United States
Germany
France
24
Places that would give food to people who had lost their homes, jobs, etc.
Soup kitchens
Both A and B
Breadlines
Speakeasies
25
Nationalism is the belief that your country is
less
than other nations.
False
True
26
New household appliances made women's lives easier.
False
True
27
Which of the following is true of the League of Nations?
an international peacekeeping organization.
created after WWI.
The US did not join this organization.
All of above.
28
What were the 3 goals of the New Deal?
a, b, c
TVA, CCC, WPA
relief, recovery, reform
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