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1
Which state is the center of the automobile industry in the United States?
Illinois
Detroit
Michigan
Wisconsin
2
In his book
The Grapes of Wrath
,
he wrote about the hardships of poor migrant workers.
John Steinbeck
Jacob Lawrence
J.D. Salinger
F. Scott Fitzgerald
3
What failed to prevent the collapse of the banking system at the start of the Great Depression?
Stock Market
Federal Reserve
Social Security
New Deal
4
One of the causes of the Great Depression, this discouraged international trade.
inflation
high tariffs
stocks
low income
5
How many Americans were without jobs as a result of the Great Depression?
3/4
1/3
1/2
1/4
6
Georgia O'Keeffe was known for ----
writing novels
poetry
paintings
blues music
7
What happened to the popularity of the artists associated with the Harlem Renaissance?
became neutral
grew after WWII
spread to all society
declined over time
8
"I'm so disgusted, heartbroken, too. I've got those down hearted blues"
Beyonce
Bessie Smith
Ella Fitzgerald
Diana Ross
9
Which of these occurred
first
in the era of the Great Depression?
stock market crash
Federal Reserve does not prevent banks from closing
1/4 unemployment
high tariffs
10
Which captain of industry is associated with what is happening in the picture below?
John D. Rockefeller
Bill Gates
Henry Ford
Andrew Carnegie
11
The picture below is credited to the -----
Everly Brothers
Central Powers
Henry Ford
Wright Brothers
12
The picture below is an example of which feature of the New Deal?
farm assistance
Social Security
environmental improvement
rights for labor
13
In the 1920s Americans began accumulating debt from purchasing consumer goods on _______ _____.
federal reserve
credit cards
the stock market
installment plans
14
Franklin Roosevelt's plan to end the Great Depression was called the ----
New Deal
Great Society
Fair Deal
Big Stick Diplomacy
15
Whose incomes fell to extremely low levels as a result of the Great Depression?
teachers
politicians
steel workers
farmers
16
Who wrote about the Jazz Age of the 1920s?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jacob Lawrence
Ernest Hemingway
John Steinbeck
17
What was a result of improved transportation brought by the affordable automobile?
rural movement
suburban movement
Prohibition
urban movement
18
Who is credited with inventing the telephone?
Thomas Edison
Samuel Morse
Eli Whitney
Alexander Graham Bell
19
FDR became president the same year that Prohibition ended. What year did this happen?
1938
1941
1933
1929
20
Which of the following people was a
Jazz
composer of the Harlem Renaissance?
Copland
Hughes
Smith
Ellington
21
Which of the following would
NOT
have directly benefited from the Social Security Act?
disabled workers
business owners
retired workers
families of deceased workers
22
Which of these are communication changes of the early 20th century?
radio/movies
computer/movies
television/radio
telephone/television
23
Which one of these is an example of a labor-saving product brought by electrification?
steel plow
washing machine
radio
automobile
24
Which of these occurred
last
in the era of the Great Depression?
New Deal
stock market crash
1/4 unemployment
high tariffs
25
Which Constitutional amendment repealed Prohibition?
14th
21st
22nd
18th
26
"Rest at pale evening...A tall, slim tree...Night coming tenderly...Black like me."
Langston Hughes
Louis Armstrong
Jacob Lawrence
Bessie Smith
27
__________ smuggled illegal alcohol and promoted organized crime during Prohibition.
ninjas
temperance
speakeasies
bootleggers
28
Where did African Americans face discrimination during the time of
The Great Migration
?
North
all of the above
Midwest
South
29
What were created as places for people to drink alcoholic beverages during Prohibition?
tree houses
speakeasies
bootleggers
carpetbaggers
30
Which were features of the New Deal?
Social Security/work programs
farm help/higher salaries
work programs/stocks
segregation/labor rights
31
This was a period of outstanding African American achievement in the arts and literature.
Harlem Renaissance
Great Migration
Prohibition
Great Depression
32
Jacob Lawrence painted scenes of the -----
Great Migration
Great Depression
Southwest
World War I
33
Due to the rise in crime, Prohibition was a complete ________ for the United States government.
tax exemption
popular era
failure
success
34
The ______ _______ was the movement of African Americans to northern and mid-western cities.
Harlem Renaissance
Great Depression
Great Migration
Great Journey
35
People overspeculated on these with borrowed money they couldn't repay when the market crashed.
stocks
markets
mutual funds
bonds
36
George Gershwin and _______ _________ were composers of uniquely American music.
Bessie Smith
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
Aaron Copland