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Unit test review of the 1920's and 1930's
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1
Whose innovation was the airplane?
Wilbur and Orville Wright
Henry and Edsel Ford
Thomas and William Edison
Andrew and Thomas Carnegie
2
The Grapes of Wrath, a novel about migrant workers during the Depression, was written by who?
Langston Hughes
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Georgia O'Keefe
John Steinbeck
3
By "... the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" President Roosevelt meant:
The country could survive the Great Depression
Help was coming from the business community
The country should worry about a revolution
World War II would soon be over
4
Jacob Lawrence painted a series of panels showing African Americans during what time period?
The Great Migration
The Great Depression
The Harlem Renaissance
The Spanish American War
5
Farmers received federal government assistance for the first time as a part of what?
Marshall Plan
Fair Deal
Truman Doctrine
New Deal
6
What do F. Scott Fitzgerald, Langston Hughes & John Steinbeck have in common?
Influential artists during the 1920s and 1930s
African American musicians during the Harlem Renaissance
Influential novelists and poets during the 1920s and 1930s
African American poets during the Harlem Renaissance
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Which of the following was a result of Prohibition in the 1920s?
Growth of organized crime
Fall of the stock market
Less unemployment in cities
More jobs on farms
8
One major advantage of the assembly line was that it increased the —
cost of production
speed of production
wages of workers
prices of goods
9
What were the illegal bars of the Prohibition era called?
Watering holes
Speakeasies
Pubs
Saloons
10
The purpose of the 18th Amendment passing Prohibition was to —
remove voting restrictions on minorities
forbid the production and sale of alcohol
give women the right to vote and hold office
allow for the direct election of senators
11
The 1920's literary / artistic movement centered on African-American culture was known as the:
Civil Rights Movement
Prohibition Era
Great Migration
Harlem Renaissance
12
As a result of the Great Depression, about how many workers were without jobs?
one-half
Three-fourths
one-fourth
two-thirds
13
Louis Armstrong, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin and Bessie Smith were all what?
musicians
painters
writers
poets
14
What 1920's movement saw thousands of African Americans moving north to find work?
The Great White Fleet
The Great Gatsby
The Great Migration
The Great Migration
15
In the 1920s which new forms of entertainment became available to many Americans?
Books and magazines
Television and newspapers
Advertising and telephones
Radio and movies
16
During the Great Migration African Americans were migrating from what area of the country?
The North
The South
The East
The Midwest
17
Speculating on stocks, high tariffs, collapse of banks, 1/4 workers jobless led to what?
World War I
The Roaring 20's
The New Deal
The Great Depression
18
Social Security, Federal Work Programs, Environmental Programs, Farm Assistance are parts of:
The New Frontier
The Fair Deal
The Great Society
The New Deal
19
How did the new affordability of automobiles change life in America in the 1920s?
There were new jobs and greater mobility.
Pollution decreased in the cities.
Many people moved to the city.
More transcontinental railroads were built.
20
Which development contributed strongly with powering labor-saving devices in the home?
Electrification
Natural gas
Generators
Windmills
