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3rd Nine Weeks Review Test
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1
Which was NOT a New Deal Program?
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
United Auto Workers (UAW)
2
For many Americans the Roaring Twenties was a time of
bank closures
rising living standards
unemployment
abolition
3
Because of the New Deal many Americans began to accept the idea that the federal government had
a responsibility to build schools
a responsibility to end racial discrimination
a responsibility to bulid dams and bridges
a responsibility to care for citizens in need
4
This painting is a part of a series. What is the series, and who painted it?
Black men wearing blue - Pablo Picasso
Working Men Series - Georgia O'Keeffe
Great Migration Series - Jacob Lawrence
Slave Labor Series - W.E.B. DuBois
5
What did the FDIC do for Roosevelt's New Deal?
Federal government's promise to guarantee deposits in bank
To prevent Communism from spreading in America
to stop future international military conflicts
To reduce the number of unemployed veterans
6
When did farmers in the United States begin to struggle?
after the great fires of the Plains
When the stock market fell
When California stole the best workers
at the end of World War I
7
The Prohibition movement led to the ban of what goods in the United States?
Foreign imports
Soft Drinks
Tobacco products
Alcoholic beverages
8
Why did many African Americans move north during the Great Migration?
the low farming output in rural areas across the nation
because of reduced racial conflict in the South
because of high tax rates in the South
because of labor shortages in the industrial Northern cities
9
What was the date of "Black Tuesday"?
January 1st, 1933
September 11th, 1931
October 29th, 1929
April 23rd, 1928
10
What were Hoovervilles?
Quaint lovely villages for tourists
Vacuum cleaners
Towns created by Dr. Seuss
Shantytowns built by homeless during the Great Depression
11
What do the 18th and the 21st Amendments have in common?
Women's right to vote
Freedom of Speech
Taxes
Alcohol
12
What group gained the right to vote from the Nineteenth Amendment?
African Americans
young adults, age 18 and older
immigrants
women
13
What name was given to the area of ruined Great Plains farmlands?
Dust Bowl
Great Flood
Hoovervilles
Central Desert
14
What are Aaron Copland and George Gershwin known for?
Jazz Musicians
Artists
Authors
Composers
15
African American culture was reborn in this neighborhood of New York in the 1920s:
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Harlem
Queens
16
What caused the Great Depression?
Stock market crash of 1929
Risky lending by banks
All answers are reasons
deep debts of American farmers
17
Harlem was the center of what genre of music that became extremely popular during the 20s?
ragtime
jazz
blues
classical
18
Who would come to power in Germany around the same time Franklin Roosevelt was being elected?
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Herbert Hoover
19
What does it mean to "buy on margin"?
buying stock in a company with borrowed money
buying stock in a new or unproven company
buying a limited amount of stock in any one company
buying too much stock in any one company
20
What do electric vacuum cleaners and washing machines have in common?
Both were new labor saving devices
Both were used by Progressives
Both were made possible by Thomas Edison
Both were items that sold for under $50 in 1925
21
Who would be the painter of this distinctive painting?
Mary Shelley
Jacob Lawrence
Georgia O'Keeffe
Langston Hughes
22
How did Henry Ford make it possible to build cars more efficiently?
low paying jobs
labor unions
assembly line
slave labor
23
Women who bobbed their hair, rode in cars, smoked cigarettes and had a lot of fun were:
flappers
floozies
boppers
hiphoppers
24
Traditionalists and modernists were arguing over what subject in the Scopes Trial?
Evolution
Banking
Unemployment
Role of Government
25
What happened on Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929?
The stock market crashed in a great wave of selling
The Ku Klux Klan marched on the streets of the nation's capi
Prohibition began and the nation went completely dry
Hundreds of banks closed their doors after running out of mo
26
What was the main goal of the Social Security Act?
to reduce the unemployment rate
to help elderly people in need
to fight crime in urban areas
to help war veterans find jobs
27
Why were some New Deal programs referred to as "safety net" programs?
They were intended to help the nation's neediest people
They were created to prevent illegal immigration
They were designed to capture secret communists
They were intended to rescue the nation's economy
28
What one invention is solely responsible for the growth of suburbs?
Swimming pools
Electricity
Automobiles
Telephones
29
Roosevelt signed into law many relief measures (New Deal). The goal of these measures was to:
reduce government influence
help the unemployed
promote racial equality
improve working conditions in factories
30
What caused the population decrease across the Great Plains?
all answers provided are reasons
Drought had left the farming lands unproductive and useless
Farmers lost their lands through debts
The more they produced, the less they made
