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WWI 1920's Great Depression
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1
President Wilson's peace plan was known as
Treaty of Versailles
Sussex Pledge
Zimmerman telegram
Fourteen Points
2
Prohibition led directly to the rise of organized crime in the United States
True
False
3
The Great Depression
An economic collapse throughout the world from 1929-1945
the time of Reconstruction in the South after the civil War
the terrible time after the assassination of Lincoln
A period after WWI in Europe
4
During the first two years of the Great Depression
more than 2500 hospitals closed
more than 5000 banks closed
smallpox cases rose dramatically throughout the country
more than 50% of Americans lost their jobs
5
Information designed to influence opinion
Espionage
Sussex Pledge
Contraband
Propaganda
6
James J. Braddock
US Army general in WWII
Mafia boss during Prohibition
US Supreme Court Justice from New York
Heavyweight boxing champion of the 1920's and 30's who rose from poverty
7
Roosevelt's first act was to close the banks in order to ...
give the bank workers a much-needed rest
allow people time to decide which bank to use
Give Americans confidence in the banking system again
decide which banks to close for good
8
Women who had short hair, drank, danced, and smoked
College girls
Telephone operators
Suffragettes
Flapper girls
9
In the election of 1932, Americans overwhelmingly voted for
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
10
Babe Ruth was
A popular chocolate bar
the most famous baseball player in the 1920's
a popular tennis player
a famous boxing champion
11
Jazz music was developed by
college musicians
American Blacks
American teenagers
Latinos
12
In WWI ___________ were battles in the air between aircraft with attached machine guns
trench warfare
Zeppelins
dirigibles
dogfights
13
What were 2 jobs that women performed in the armed services during WWI?
infantry & nursing
drafting & nursing
administration & clerical work
nursing & clerical work
14
Why did many American's support FDR as president in 1932
He was a famous actor and everyone knew him
As governor of California, he had created many jobs
He promised bold changes an to fix the economic problems
He was a famous baseball player and very popular
15
A new law that provided an old-age pension to all retired Americans
The Pension Plan of 1926
The Social Security Act
The Neutrality Act
The Welfare Act
16
The Bonus Army
Black soldiers who fought in WWII
WWI veterans who marched on Washington demanding their WWI bonus pay
Women who worked in weapons factories during WWII
Additional soldiers drafted to fight in the Pacific War
17
"Buying on Margin" meant
Paying full price for stocks, but no taxes
Borrowing money from banks to buy stock.
Paying only 10% of the price of stock while borrowing the remaining 90%.
Paying 20% of the price of stock and borrowing the remaining 80%.
18
World War I started when
The U.S.S. Maine was sunk
Pearl Harbor was bombed
Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austria hungary, was assassinated
Hitler invaded Poland
19
The belief that America should keep out of the world’s problems
Isolationism
Anarchism
Interventionism
Creationism
20
Roosevelt could easily understand the suffering of Americans because
He had come from a very poor family himself
He was disabled due to the terrble disease of Polio
He had lost all his money in the stock market crash of 1929
He had been homeless as a child
21
"Selling" the war to the American people was known as...
Propaganda
J. Edgar Hoover
War bond
Conservation
22
The _________ was a nationwide panic that Communists might seize power in the U.S.
FBI
Palmer Panics
Red Scare
Civil War
23
According to the Versaille Peace Plan, Germany was required to admit their guilt in starting the war.
True
False
24
The New Deal
A program to take money from the rich to give to the poor
Federal programs by President Roosevelt to help end the Great Depression
A form of segregation focused on "separate but equal."
A program aimed at ridding the South of the Boll Weevil
25
Americans blamed the Great Depression on President Hoover and the Republicans
False
True
26
The CCC
Congressional Cancellation Committee..to repeal unfair laws
Congressional Creative Caucus...to make new laws
Civilian Conservation Corps: Relief program tto create jobs
Coffee Cream Company: 1920's Starbucks
27
As president, what was the first step FDR took to bring about economic recovery?
Created the CCC and The AAA
Set up food kitchens in all the major cities to ffed the poor
He closed all the banks for one week
destroyed the Hoovervilles to clean up the cities
28
The American economy in the 1920's
Grew swiftly through government regulation of business.
was heavily damaged by the misuse of credit and installment payments
Was booming throughout the decade
Benefitted the black population more than the white population
29
What was the Espionage Act?
A law that required citizens to spy on Germans
law that prohibited free speech that was disloyal to the US
A law that encouraged free speech & protest
All of the above
30
Prohibition
Event which started the Great Depression
Banned the manufacture, sale, & transportation of alcohol in the US
Basically ended Free Speech in the US during WWI
A New Deal Program to increase taxes
31
The criticism of the war at home was effectively silenced by...
the Committee on Public Information
the Palmer Raids
The Espionage & Sedition Acts
the Red Scare
32
One condition of the Treaty of Versailles was that..
Austria-Hungary must reduct the size of its military
Germany must admit its guilt in causing WWI, and pay war reparations.
Germany must adhere to all of the Fourteen Points
Austria-Hungary must pay reparations the the U.S.
33
21st Amendment
Amendment to end Prohibition
Gave women the right to vote
Gave Black men to right to vote
Ended segregation in the South
34
German submarines that attacked ships bound for Britain were called ________________
U-boats
Tanks
Zepplins
Sussex
35
Al Capone, an organized crime boss and murderer
escaped to Canada in 1933 and was never arrested
was convicted of murder and sent to prison for life
was finally arrested and sent to prison for tax evasion
was killed in a gunfight with FBI agents in December, 1934
36
Spying to acquire government secrets
Espionage
Liberty Bonds
Contraband
Sussex Pledge
37
The US government raised money to finance WWI by
raising taxes across the country
borrowing heavily from New York banks
selling Liberty Bonds to Americans
asking France and Britain to immediately repay their loans
38
Franklin Roosevelt promised to put all Americans back to work.
True
False
39
The economic prosperity that developed in the 1920s
enabled labor unions to gain strength
led to a growing level of savings by the American public.
was accompanied by a large amount of consumer debt
greatly closed the gap between rich and poor
40
The Neutrality Acts were laws designed to
force the US to sell weapons only to England and France
allow the sale of weapons to all countries at war
keep the US out of war by banning the sales of weapons to countries at war.
prohibit the US from aiding China
41
Why did President Wilson believe war should be declared?
German submarines have stopped all trade routes
The Zimmerman Telegram and German submarine attacks killed Americans
property had been wrongly seized
Innocent people have been killed in their homes
42
New Deal Program (FDR) aimed at protecting deposits you make in a bank
FDIC
SEC
AAA
FBI
43
KKK membership in the 1920's was
4 million
2.1 million
3.5 million
More than 5 million
44
During the 1920s, most American immigrant ethnic groups
maintained a greater loyalty to the old country than to the United States
sought to escape urban poverty by migrating to rural areas
rapidly assimilated into the mainstream of American life
lived in neighborhoods with their own churches, newspapers, and theaters
45
Installment Buying
first form of mass media
method of paying for items in cash all at once
borrowing money from banks to purchase items
people could make a monthly, weekly, or yearly payment on an item
46
A New Deal program to provide electricity to the South
The Tennesee Valley Authority
The Works Progress Administration
The Civilian Conservation Corps
The Agricultural Adjustment Act
47
A dogfight is
A battle between two or more airplanes in World War I
a tank battle in World War II
an argument between Coco and Daisy
An illegal sport in most countries
48
The Great Depression was not limited to the United States but can be considered a...
Worldwide Economic Depression
North American Depression
Old World economic depression
New World economic depression
49
Which of the following is true about African American soldiers during WWI?
they served separately from white, male soldiers
They served only in non-combat positions
They received a standard rank
They enlisted voluntarily
50
The event that caused the the first declaration of war during WWI was...
Assassination of the archduke of Germany
Gavrilo Princip assassinated the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary
The German invasion of Russia
The German invasion of Belgium
51
What United States president is blamed for the Great Depression?
Hoover
Roosevelt
Wilson
Coolidge
52
Homeless families built small towns of cheap shacks made of cardboard and waste products in parks called
Sunnylands
Cheaptowns
Smallvilles
Hoovervilles
53
Roosevelt's plan to end the Great Depression was called
Make America Great Again
The Great Society
The New Deal
The Square Deal
54
A message from Germany to Mexico, promising to return Texas and California if Mexico fought the US...
The Truman Doctrine
The Capone letter
The Zimmerman Note (Telegram)
the Naxi-Soviet Pact
55
Speakeasies
Newspapers in New York and Boston
Young women of the 1920s that behaved and dressed in a radical fashion
New and inexpensive radios sold in the 1920's
Secret bars that operated illegally during Prohibition
56
Americans' isolationism in the 1930s was caused by
US failure to understand the possible threat to the US by Germany, Japan
the Great Depression and the need to focus on getting out of it.
All the Above
their regrets about participating in WWI
57
Social Security Act
A job program to pout Americans back to work
a program to feed unemployed Americans
A program to give retirement pensions and aid to blind and disabled people
A program to build cheap housing for homeless Americans
58
Prohibition led to the rise of
a return to a simpler culture in the country
Organized crime in America
addiction to other forms of drugs
the growth of religion
59
How did FDR reassure and comfort the American people during the Great Depression?
Fireside Chats
State of the Union Addresses
Fireside Talks
Town-Hall Meetings
60
A government program (FDR NewDeal) to help the elderly and disabled
The Agricultural Adjustment Act
The Tennessee Valley Authority
The Social Security Act
The Civilian Conservation Corps
61
Woodrow Wilson's Peace Plan
Palmer Raids
General Strike
Fourteen Points
War Industries Board
62
Method of loaning money to the government to pay for war
Propaganda
Espionage
Contraband
Liberty Bonds
63
Radio programs and motion pictures (movies) in the 1920s
affirmed and supported the diversity of traditional Old Country cultures
were less popular than had been anticipated
led to the standardization of American life, creating one American culture
were for the most part too expensive for ordinary working families
64
Jazz
new form of music in the 1920's created by blacks
the profit made from sales of stock
a new drink sold in speakeasies
a type of bread eaten by US soldiers in france
65
19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote
gave Native Americans the time to vote
gave blacks the right to vote
Confirmed the jim crow laws
66
Native Americans, Blacks and Farmers continued to struggle economically in the 1920's.
True
False
67
According to the Zimmerman telegram, if Mexico allied with Germany, Germany would...
Help Mexico take control of Central America
Send troops to support the Huerta government
Prevent the U.S. from taking control of Mexico
Help Mexico regain Texas, New Mexico & Arizona
68
In the first two years of the Great Depression more than ..... banks failed.
5000
3000
2500
2000
69
One of the major problems facing farmers in the 1920s was
Over-production
the inability to purchase modern farm equipment.
passage of the McNary-Haugen Bill
the prosecution of cooperatives under antitrust laws
70
What were fireside chats?
Radio sports broadcasts on Sundays
Radio programs to entertain Americans in the 1920's
Radio speeches given by FDR to discuss the New Deal with Americans
Speeches designed to teach Americans to heat their homes
71
Agricultural Adjustment Act
New New Program to create jobs
New Deal program designed to bring electricity to rural areas
New Deal program that provided retirement pensions to Americans
A New Deal Act that paid farmers a stipend not to grow crops
72
Roosevelt supported the repeal of prohibition because
he thought it was unconstitutional
he needed support from the repeal movement to gain reelection
he believed the problem could be solved by restricting alcohol content
it gave him the opportunity to raise federal money in taxes and create jobs
