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Roaring Twenties/Great Depression
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To review main topics from the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression.
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1
What caused the Dust Bowl?
Too much rain
The Great Depression
A drought and farmers didn't take care of their farms.
Too few crops.
2
The Tennessee Valley Authority................
set up work camps for millions of young men.
built 50 dams in the South to prevent flooding.
helped farmers decrease production and raise prices of crops
provided monthly payments to the elderly and disabled.
3
An American track and field athlete. 4-time Olympic gold medalist in the 1936 games.
Jesse Owens
Babe Ruth
Margaret Mitchell
Amelia Earhart
4
The Harlem Renaissance had an impact in the US on....
the 19th amendment
classical music, television, and radio
mass production and women's suffrage
poetry, jazz music, and dance in African Amer. culture
5
Why did Prohibition fail?
People spent money on their families, not alcohol.
Police had little success stopping bootleggers.
Many bootleggers moved their businesses to Canada.
Many people moved to Europe and bought alcohol there.
6
The Civilian Conservation Corps..............
provided monthly payments to the elderly and disabled.
set up work camps for millions of young men.
helps farmers decrease production and raise prices of crops.
employed people to build roads, schools, bridges, and parks.
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An area of the Great Plains affected by large dust storms.
Great Depresstion
Dust Bowl
Midwest
Harlem Renaissance
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The Agricultural Adjustment Administration..............
built 50 dams along rivers in the South to prevent flooding.
helped farmers decrease production and raise prices of crops
provided monthly payments to the elderly and disabled.
set up work camps for millions of young men.
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What allowed the Model T to be sold for a cheaper price?
not following safety standards
the use of cheaper materials
the use of the assembly line
the fact that no 2 cars were exactly alike
10
An American aviation pioneer and author. First female to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Margaret Mitchell
Eleanor Roosevelt
flappers
Ameila Earhart
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An American professional baseball player with the MLB. Played 22 seasons from 1914 - 1935.
Louis Armstrong
Michael Jordan
Babe Ruth
Jesse Owens
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The condition of being out of work.
mass production
migrant worker
mass media
unemployment
13
An American industrialist, founder of Ford Motor Company, helped create the assembly line.
Langston Hughes
Babe Ruth
Charles Lindberg
Henry Ford
14
The Works Progress Administration....................
built 50 dams along rivers in the South to prevent flooding.
set up work camps for millions of young men.
employed people to build roads, schools, bridges, and parks.
provided monthly payments to the elderly and disabled.
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How did mass media help make
athletes
popular in the 1920's?
Many newspaper articles were paid for by sports teams.
Many athletes starred ins radio dramas.
Radio made it possible for fans to listen to sports games.
Most movies were about sports.
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How did the Great Depression affect the lives of many Americans?
Farmers became more successful.
Many people moved from shantytowns to suburbs.
More people got married right after high school or college.
Many children quit school to help their families earn money.
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The worst period of economic hardship in American history.
Harlem Renaissance
Dust Bowl
Great Depression
Roaring 20's
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An amendment that ended Prohibition.
18th amendment
20th amendment
19th amendment
21 amendment
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An American aviator, made the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.
Louis Armstrong
Charles Lindbergh
Langston Hughes
Amelia Earhart
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How did Herbert Hoover want to handle the Great Depression?
Hoover believed the government should just stand aside.
Hoover wanted the government to take over everything.
Hoover wanted to give out money to the poor.
Hoover wanted to control businesses.
21
FDR created programs to help the economy during the Great Depression. What did he call this?
The New Deal
The New Roaring Twenties
The New Commission
The New Depression
22
A worker who moves from place to place to harvest crops.
slave
migrant worker
hobo
immigrant
23
Borrowed money.
credit
Stock Market
mass production
Harlem Renaissance
24
Nicknamed Satchmo or Pops. An American trumpeter, composer, singer, and occasional actor.
Langston Hughes
Henry Ford
Charles Lindberg
Louis Armstrong
25
Which of the following was one cause of the Great Depression?
World War I
People buying goods with credit.
The invention of the radio.
Criminal activity took over the country.
26
Period in which artists used writing, music, and painting to share feelings about African Amer.
Harlem Renaissance
Great Depression
18th amendment
21st amendment
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An American poet, novelist, and playwright. Early innovator of "jazz poetry".
Langston Hughes
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
Margaret Mitchell
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How did Franklin D. Roosevelt want to handle the Great Depression?
FDR wanted to create programs called the New Deal.
FDR made children work on the Hoover Dam.
FDR opened 2,000 new banks.
FDR believed that the government shouldn't help at all.
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An amendment that outlawed the making, sale, and transporting of alcoholic beverages.
18th amendment
21st amendment
20th amendment
19th amendment
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A public form of communication that reaches large audiences.
Dust Bowl
migrant worker
Great Depression
mass media
31
The making of large quantities of goods that are exactly alike.
credit
mass media
migrant worker
mass production
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Which of the following was NOT a negative effect of the 18th Amendment?
Gangsters, crime, and violence rose.
People spent more money on families, rather than alcohol.
Bootleggers sold alcohol illegally.
Bootleggers brought alcohol from other countries.
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An American author and journalist. Her only novel published was
Gone With the Wind
.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Margaret Mitchell
Amelia Earhart
Langston Hughes
34
The Social Security Board..............
helped farmers decrease production and raise prices of crops
set up work camps for millions of young men.
employed people to build roads, schools, bridges, and parks.
provided monthly payments to the elderly and disabled.
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A place where stocks are bought and sold.
credit
mall
store
Stock Market
