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Benchmark 19 and 20 Review
How many years are in a decade?
Who are "flappers"?
Benchmark 19 and 20 Review
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1920's Great Depression
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Who are "flappers"?
Women in the 1920's who challenged gender roles
Women who fought for the right to vote
Women who were against drinking
Women today who go out dancing
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How many years are in a decade?
10
100
50
20
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When was the Great Depression?
1920's
1910's
1900's
1930's
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What started the Great Depression?
Dust Bowl
Hoover
Stock market crash in 1929
Unemployment
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Did the New Deal work?
YES!
Not really . . .
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Who became President in 1933?
JFK
Teddy Roosevelt
Bush
FDR
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What does the word "economy" mean?
Money
Stock market prices
Flow of money within a country or state
Dollar bills within the treasurey
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What happened to the banks?
The banks increased their investments
Banks hired more workers
Nothing happened to the banks
Many banks closed down
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What was Prohibition?
Banning of alcohol
Giving women more freedom
Ending slavery
Making things illegal
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How did Prohibition lead to more crime?
Gangs sold bootleg
There is not connection
Gangs multiplied after the 19th Amendment
Criminals hated alcohol
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Why did gangsters hang out in St. Paul?
The police didn't arrest them
The snow
There were lots of good hiding places
Minnesota's proximity to Mexico
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What was the New Deal
FDR's plan to end the Great Depression
FDR's plan to eliminate jobs
FDR's plan to increase border security
FDR's plan to end WWII
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What is the stock market?
Place to find jobs
Place to buy and sell stocks
Place to buy things
Place to exchange money
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Who are "suffragettes"?
Men who fought for the right to vote
Women who run for President
Women who went out drinking in the 20's
Women who fought for the right to vote
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What was the 19th Amendment?
Gave women the right to vote
Banned alcohol
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What was the unemployment level during the Great Depression?
25%
10%
50%
5%
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What were Hoovervilles
Job programs
Farms
Shanty towns
Employment agencies
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What word describes the economy in the 1920's?
BOOM
Bust
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What was the 18th Amendment?
Gave women the right to vote
Banned alcohol
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What was the Great Depression?
People didn't have jobs
Poor
End of Prohibition
Time of unemployment and economic decline in the US