Roaring 20s/The Great Depression (STAAR Test Review)

Question 1

This new technology connected Americans from all over the country

Accepted Answer

Radio

Question 2

The Great Migration of african americans led to the

Accepted Answer

Harlem Renaissance

Question 3

Secret bars during the Prohibition Era where people could enjoy their alcohol

Accepted Answer

speakeasies

Question 4

The KKK targeted this group

Accepted Answer

all the above

Question 5

One of the most influential authors of the 20th century, also an innovator of jazz poetry

Accepted Answer

Langston Hughes

Question 6

Program initiated to gain confidence in banking system by insuring money.

Accepted Answer

FDIC

Question 7

Why were the 1920s called "Roaring"

Accepted Answer

All of the Above

Question 8

Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath depicts the hardships of this event during the Depression

Accepted Answer

Dust Bowl

Question 9

Flappers pushed for the rights of

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Women

Question 10

At the height of the Great Depression, the unemployment rate was:

Accepted Answer

25%

Question 11

Gave relief to the elderly and disabled

Accepted Answer

SSA

Question 12

What dates correctly match the Roaring 20's

Accepted Answer

1920-1929

Question 13

Around 30 speeches President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered to the American people via radio

Accepted Answer

Fireside Chats

Question 14

The Great Gatsby was written by this famous author

Accepted Answer

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Question 15

This law would have added one justice to the Court for each justice over the age of 70

Accepted Answer

Court Packing

Question 16

A policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering

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Laissez-faire

Question 17

This nation became communist in 1920s and led to the Red Scare in the United States

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USSR

Question 18

Belief that people should help themselves in times of need

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rugged individualism

Question 19

Herbert Hoover was a member of which party

Accepted Answer

Republican

Question 20

Secret bars and organized crime are a direct negative result of

Accepted Answer

18th Amendment

Question 21

What is a long-term cause of the Great Depression

Accepted Answer

buying on credit

Question 22

The Scopes Trial of 1925 was also known as the

Accepted Answer

Scopes Monkey Trial

Question 23

During the Depression, shantytowns were also nammed:

Accepted Answer

Hoovervilles

Question 24

Was an American New Deal agency employing millions of job-seekers to carry out public works projects

Accepted Answer

WPA

Question 25

Republican Presidents of the 1920s wanted a return to "__________________"

Accepted Answer

Normalcy

Question 26

FDR's plan to get the United States out of the Depression

Accepted Answer

New Deal

Question 27

Program that limited farming production. later ruled unconstitutional.

Accepted Answer

AAA

Question 28

What day did the stock market crash which is known as "Black Tuesday"

Accepted Answer

October 29, 1929

Question 29

Established during the Great Depression to provide work primarily for young unmarried men

Accepted Answer

CCC

Question 30

He was FDR's first vice president

Accepted Answer

John Nance Garner

Roaring 20s/The Great Depression (STAAR Test Review)

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