Chapter 15 - Boom & Bust

Question 1

Gangsters did not like the city of St. Paul.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

Franklin D. Roosevelt...

Accepted Answer

introduced the New Deal

Question 3

A reason that people thought Prohibition was a good idea was...

Accepted Answer

it would make America safer, it would reduce the number of people drinking alcohol

Question 4

Carl Warmington...

Accepted Answer

played in a jazz band during the Jazz Age

Question 5

A reason that Prohibition ended was...

Accepted Answer

crime actually increased

Question 6

aid in the form of $ or necessities for people who are poor, elderly, disabled or unemployed

Accepted Answer

welfare

Question 7

The stock market crash was the only factor in causing the Great Depression.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

What happened on Oct. 29, 1929?

Accepted Answer

the stock market crashed

Question 9

Which happened first?

Accepted Answer

the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux

Question 10

What were the 1920s referred to as?

Accepted Answer

The Jazz Age

Question 11

The person who helped write the Prohibition law was...

Accepted Answer

Andrew Volested

Question 12

When did Prohibition end?

Accepted Answer

1933

Question 13

Wilbur Foshay built the Foshay tower, but lost everything when the stock market collapsed.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 14

Which New Deal program ended allotment?

Accepted Answer

Indian Reorganization Act

Question 15

How did women behave during the Jazz Age?

Accepted Answer

they shortened their hair, they began attending college, they wore shorter skirts, they began working away from home

Question 16

When did Prohibition begin?

Accepted Answer

1920

Question 17

the sale of a house or farm to cover unpaid debts

Accepted Answer

foreclosure

Question 18

What did the AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Administration) do for rural Minnesotans?

Accepted Answer

bought farm animals from farmers

Question 19

Mrs. Erdmann loves...

Accepted Answer

Joe Mauer

Question 20

Which New Deal program gave people jobs planting trees and saving the forests?

Accepted Answer

Civilian Conservation Corps

Question 21

Conrad Toso

Accepted Answer

switched to dairy farming from wheat farming

Question 22

When did the Great Depression begin?

Accepted Answer

1929

Question 23

The New Deal ended the Great Depression.

Accepted Answer

False

Chapter 15 - Boom & Bust

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Chapter 15 - Boom & Bust

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