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The West After World War I: Roaring 20s & Great Depression
The West After World War I: Roaring 20s & Great Depression
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1
October 29, 1929, is known as...
Black Tuesday
Black Sunday
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Black Wednesday
2
What were the shanty towns built in public parks all over the country after the stock market crash and Great Depression?
Hooverville
Whoville
Wilsonville
Rooseville
3
Developed by Africa-Americans in New Orleans in 1920s (a combination of traditions from Africa, the South, and Europe)
Poetry
Mah-jongg
Baseball
Jazz
4
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
Race riots that took place in Harlem in the 1920s
Another term for the flapper movement
New fads like dance and clothing trends the erupted in 1920s
African Americans express their feelings about prejudice (lit music art)
5
What is the name of the movement that led the way for Prohibition?
Suffrage
Temporance Movement
New Deal
Prohibition
6
What event brought the US out of the Great Depression?
WWI
The Dust Bowl
Harlem Renaissance
WWII
7
FDR used fireside chats to explain what he was doing to fix the economy during his presidency?
False
True
8
What was the name of FDR's plan to end the Great Depression?
Great Society
Great Deal
New Job
New Deal
9
Which of the following is NOT a reason that many Americans feared immigrants during the 1920s?
Afraid too many Canadians were crossing the boarder
Afraid of the overwhelming number of immigrants
Afraid they would take American Jobs
Afraid that most of the immigrants were communist "reds"
10
What term describes a rising market?
Bull
Flying
Birfd
Bovine
11
Al Capone was the head of the mafia in what city?
Tucson
New York
Chicago
Boston
12
Many investors began to buy stocks with the intention of selling them very soon to make a profit. What is this called?
Borrowing
Buying on margin
Speculation
Brokerage
13
Which of the following did not help cause the Great Depression?
Weakness of the banking system
Overproduction of Farms
Week Government control
A large Middle Class
14
What was John Scopes accused of doing in the infamous Scopes Trial?
Teaching Jazz
Teaching about immigration
Teaching evolution
Teaching Bible Theory
15
Some of FDR's New Deal programs exist today.
True
False
16
What term describes a falling market?
Bovine
Bear
Crashing
Sinking
17
What was the term for borrowing money to buy stocks?
Bonds
Buying on credit
Buying on margin
Buying through brokers
18
A large number of African Americans moved to northern cities looking for better jobs and neighborhoods, known as what?
Mass Exodus
Trail of Tears
Harlem Renaissance
Great Migration
19
The _____ amendment began Prohibition, and the _____ amendment repealed Prohibition.
20, 22
21, 18
18, 21
1, 21