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The Roaring 20s and Great Depression
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Famous for the New Deal, he thought the government should take action to end the Depression.
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt (FDR)
unemployment
New Deal
2
Flappers were independent women often seen dancing to jazz music in secret bars known as...
dance halls
prom
speakeasies
Congress
3
Henry Ford found that he could produce cars less expensively by...
using designs made in Japan
using a moving assembly line
using plastic instead of steel for some car parts
hiring only immigrants to work in his factory
4
What happened after the stock market crash?
people borrowed money to buy more stocks
there was a boom in the economy
the economy grew strong
the economy grew weak
5
What event happened in 1929 that signaled the start of the Great Depression?
the stock market crashed
World War II
Roosevelt began deficit spending
the bombing of Pearl Harbor
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Crime rose in the 1920s due in large part to... (choose all that apply)
the sale of illegal alcohol
18th Amendment
Volstead Act
Prohibition
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Believed that the govt. shouldn't play big role in economy & it would improve on its own through rugged individualism.
unemployment
Franklin Roosevelt (FDR)
New Deal
Herbert Hoover
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Which of the following BEST describes President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal?
A company in which investors buy stock
Government programs designed to ease economic hardships
Strategy for improving national parks & forests
Power company supplying southern Appalachia with electricity
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A variety of government programs started by Franklin Roosevelt.
Franklin Roosevelt (FDR)
New Deal
Herbert Hoover
unemployment
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The place where stocks are bought & sold
banks
boom
stock market
stock
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Eleanor Roosevelt pushed for gov't. action to help minorities & others hurt by the Depression redefining the role of...
Governor
President
First Lady
Senator
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During the Great Depression, there was...
work for everyone excepts farmers
growth & prosperity
unemployment & hardship
a flood in the Great Plains
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This man was a famous baseball player who hit 60 homeruns in one season.
Babe Ruth
Louis Armstrong
Charles Lindbergh
Henry Ford
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How did Hoover & Roosevelt differ in their political views?
how long someone should be President
how much the federal government should do to help individuals
how much the minimum wage should pay workers
how much Social Security should pay people over 65 years old
15
An important poet in the Harlem Renaissance was...
Carrie Chapman Catt
W.E.B. Dubois
Langston Hughes
D.W. Griffith
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A share of ownership in a company.
boom
stock
banks
stock market
17
A period in which jazz musicians, writers & artists mainstreamed black culture into American society.
the Dust Bowl
the Harlem Renaissance
the Great Awakening
the Great Depression
18
This person was a famous band leader & piano player during the 1920s & 1930s.
Margaret Mitchell
Martin Luther King
Langston Hughes
Duke Ellington
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The number of people who are looking for a job but can't find one.
unemployment
New Deal
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt (FDR)
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Which amendment granted women the right to vote (suffrage)?
the 13th
the 19th
the 1st
the 26th
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What was the Harlem Renaissance?
System allowed ppl to pay little money each month for goods
Program for rebuilding large areas of NYC after a fire
Time of great activity in arts by African Americans
Migration of African Amer to the North during the 1920s
22
List in order: 1. stock market crashed 2. FDR's New Deal 3. US economy boomed during WWII
2, 1, 3
3, 1, 2
3, 2, 1
1, 2, 3
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They hold people's money & make loans with it to individuals & businesses.
stock market
banks
boom
stock
24
Another name for the Roaring Twenties was the
Great Depression
Jazz Age
Harlem Renaissance
Happy Days
25
This man was famous for his trumpet playing & his deep voice.
Henry Ford
Babe Ruth
Louis Armstrong
Charles Lindbergh
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He was a pilot who was famous for being the first to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean
Louis Armstrong
Charles Lindbergh
Babe Ruth
Jesse Owens
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A period of fast economic growth.
boom
stock
stock market
banks