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Roaring 20's and Great Depression
Roaring 20's and Great Depression
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1
Name the movement of the American population from rural areas to cities?
Ruralization
Gentrification
Urban sprawl
Urbanization
2
Cash payments & food supplied by gov't and local charities that provided relief during the GD?
WIC
Direct Relief
Government Cheese
Cash assistance
3
What caused speakeasys to be so popular during the Depression?
Entertainment
Boredom
Despair due to economic conditions
World War II
4
What invention brought sports, entertainment, and advertising to every American household?
Twitter
TV
Newspaper
Radio
5
Who said "We in America are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before" in 1928
Herbert Hoover
FDR
Alfred Smith
Woodrow Wilson
6
The first true American form of music, a fusion of Europen, African, and American sound?
Jazz
Hip Hop
Country
Heavy Metal
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Protestant movement grounded in literal interpretation of the Bible?
Fundementalism
Catholicism
Lutheranism
Orthodoxy
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Why did many African American families flee the poor, rural South for the more urban North?
All of the above
For more equal opportunities
To escape the Jim Crow South
There was more work available in the North
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Drought, high wind, and lack of crop rotation led to this natural disaster through the US?
Great Chicago Fire
Hurricane Katrina
Dust Bowl
Tornado
10
Arrangement in which consumers agreed to buy now and pay later for a purchase?
Debit
Buying on Credit
Credit Cards
PayPal
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What inference can you make about the life of a 1920's housewife?
They took on the role of men at work
They were treated poorly
Inventions simplified their lives
They relied on their husbands for support
12
Period from 1929-1941 in which the economy was in severe decline and millions out of work?
Inflation
Reaganomics
Great Depression
Baby Boomers
13
Why was the mass availability of the radio significant to the American people?
It created a shared experience for Americans
It allowed you to listen to live sporting events
All of the above
It brought the world to America's living room
14
What is the significance of October 29th, 1929?
Stock market crash
Pirates win the world series
World War I ends
World War II begins
15
Who was John T. Scopes?
POTUS
PM of the UK
Lawyer
Bio teacher charged with teaching evolution
16
What facts show that buy stocks on Speculation was a bad idea?
Companies and share holders made money
Prices of stocks increased
Ignoring the risks helped expedite the stock market crash
17
How did life for the average women change during the 1920's?
Women had the right to vote
Women began to break the double standards
Women were working and making their own money
All of the above
18
What did the defeat of the Bonus Army do for Hoover's presidency and legacy?
It made him very popular amoung the American people
It ensured his defeat at the hands of FDR
It helped him win his re-election
It cemeted his legecy as the best president in history
19
Who was John Scopes's ACLU Lawyer?
Johnny Cochran
Robert Kardashian
George Washington
Clarence Darrow
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Who was the famous 1920's painter who painted the American Southwest?
El Greco
Salvador Dali
Pablo Picasso
Georgia O'Keeffe
21
What was the Eighteenth Amendment?
Prohibition
Free Speech
Women's Suffrage
Abolished Slavery
22
What inference can you make about Prohibition and Organized Crime?
The mob ended Prohibition
Organized crime flourished during Prohibition
Prohibition ended Organized Crime
23
A person who smuggled illegal alcohol into the US from Canada, Cuba or the West Indies?
FBI Agent
Bootlegger
Treasury Agent
Gangster
24
What were shantytowns also referred to as?
Soweto
Favelas
Hoovervilles
Slums
25
What were some ways the Federal Government tried to provide relief to suffering families?
Direct relief
All of the above
Soup kitchens
Bread lines
26
What was the outcome of the mass increase in buying on credit in America?
All of the above
Default on payments to banks
False spending power
Banks defaulting
27
Minnesota native pilot who made the first non-stop trans-Atlantic flight?
John Boyd
Amelia Earhart
Paul Tibbets
Charles Lindbergh
28
Why were 'flappers' so different from the women of the early 1900's?
They did not work, unlike women during WWI
They wore short skirts, drank, smoked, and dated casually
They brought there conservative vaules to the American women
They were not different at all
29
Illegal drinking establishment (bars) during the depression?
Bar
Speakeasy
Rum Runner
Tavern
30
What was the outcome of the Scopes Monkey Trial?
Scopes was found guilty
Scopes was fined $100
All the above
The trial led to a change in science education
31
What was the Great Migration?
Bird migration
Movement of African Americans back to Africa
Movement of African Americans from the South to the North
Movement of African Americans from the North to the South
32
The area of New York City that was the center of the Jazz world?
Queens
Harlem
Bronx
Brooklyn
33
Who were the 10,000 to 20,000 World War I veterans who marched on Washington, DC?
US Marines
Bonus Army
Hoovervilles
Bread Lines
34
Why were athletes, such as Jim Braddock and Babe Ruth, so popular during the 1920's?
The Yankee's won the world series
Television made them popular
They both played for the Pirates
Radio brought them into American's homes
35
What invention, bought by nearly every homeowner, made life easier in the 1920's?
Car
Refrigerator
iPhone
Microwave
36
A method of production, invented by Henry Ford, that revolutionized automobile production?
Mass production
Assembly line
Flow production
Large batch production
37
Investors paid a small percentage of a stock's price as a down payment and borrowed the rest?
Buying on Margin
Capital Gain
SP500
NSADAQ
38
What was an outcome of General MacArthur's use of force on the Bonus Army?
General MacArthur was courtmartialed
The American people lost support for President Hoover
Bonus Army received thier bonuses
All the protesters were killed by the Army
39
Who was the Harlem Renaissance's most well-known poet?
Langston Hughes
W.E.B DuBois
Claude McKay
Louis Armstrong
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Why was F. Scott Fitzgerald's writing style so different from many other writers of the day?
He wrote about the good side of the 1920's
His writing chronicled World War I
His writing was the same as other authors
His writing exposed the excess and materialism of the era
