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The Jazz Age and Great Depression
The Jazz Age and Great Depression
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5th grade Georgia standards
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1
The dust bowl was caused by drought and
soil conservation
storms
boll weevils
soil erosion
2
Who was the African America athlete who won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics?
Louis Armstrong
Jesse Owens
Langston Hughes
George Washington Carver
3
Which is
NOT
a cause for increased soup kitchens, breadlines, and orphanages in the 1930s?
FDR promised people a "new deal."
Slowed ecomony after the stock market crashed
people could no longer by goods and services
fewer jobs and high unemployment
4
What product did Henry Ford make using an assembly line?
bicycles
automobilles
skyscrapers
airplanes
5
Who was a famous baseball player who made baseball popular during the 1920s?
Babe Ruth
Louis Armstrong
Henry Ford
Langston Hughes
6
President at beginning of the depression. People blamed him for the Great Depression.
Herbert Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
7
Who was well known for his poetry and writing during the Harlem Renaissance?
Louis Armstrong
Henry Ford
Langston Hughes
Charles Lindbergh
8
Which book was written by Margaret Mitchell, told of life during the Civil War?
Gone with the Wind
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Great Gatsby
Green Eggs and Ham
9
What was FDR's plan to create jobs for US during the Great Depression?
The New Deal
Jim Crow Laws
The Tennessee Valley Authority
The WPA
10
What was significant about the 19th amendment?
Women's right to go to college.
Women's right to work outside the home
Women's right to vote
Women's right to play sports
11
What is the time period when Americans enjoyed dancing, jazz, sports, radio, and automobiles?
Jazz Age
Roaring Twenties
1920s
all are correct
12
New Deal agency- provided work for artists and musicians; built roads, bridges, and buildings
TVA
WPA
CCC
EPA
13
What was the effect of the Dust Bowl?
Migrant workers couldn't find work.
Crops were ruined.
People left their homes and moved to California.
All of the above
14
What is the fastest way to build a car?
Both A and B
for one person to build a car alone
for many people to do one part each and become good at it
none of the above
15
What is the time period when African American artists and writers expressed their talents?
Jazz Age
New Age
Manhatten Renaissance
Harlem Renaissance
16
Charles Lindbergh was the first person to
build a railroad across the US.
run a marathon.
fly a plane solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
go into space and orbit the moon.
17
Jazz band leader, composer, and piano player
Duke Ellington
Jesse Owens
Louis Armstrong
Langston Hughes
18
Which person was considered one of the most popular jazz artists of the 1920s?
Henry Ford
Babe Ruth
Louis Armstrong
Charles Lindbergh
19
Henry Ford introduced the assembly line in 1913. As a result of the assembly line method,
price of the Model T decreased
price of the Model T doubled
the efficiency of the workers declined
price of the Model T stayed the same
20
What is a
long term effect
of the Civilian Conservation Corps(CCC)?
Provided food and shelter for families during the GD
created temporary camps in parks
parks and forests were preserved for generations
provided jobs during the Great Depression
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New Deal agency that built dams to control flooding and produce electricity
TVA
CCC
WPA
EPA
22
When many people lost their jobs and money during the Great Depression, where did they live?
Midwest
Apartments
California
Hoovervilles
23
Day of the stock market crash, 1929, signaling the great depression began
Fat Sunday
Black Friday
Manic Monday
Black Tuesday
