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Kansas History Ch. 10- Good Times, Bad Times
Kansas History Ch. 10- Good Times, Bad Times
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1
William Allen White decided to run for Kansas governor in 1924 because:
wanted to stop the Ku Klux Klan from expanding into Kansas
he wanted to support the United Mine Workers of America
his newspaper business was no longer successful
there was no presidential election that year
2
What did they call the panhandleof Oklahoma?
No Man's Land
The Great AMERICAN desert
the Sooner Panhandle
3
During the Dust Bowl the government encouraged farmers to
join forces in a political movement
use terracing and contour farming methods.
move to California where the weather was better
sell their land to urban developers
4
The day the Stock Market Crash was called
Black Friday
Red Sunday
Black Tuesday
Red Monday
5
What was so strong that peoplecouldn’t shake hands during a “duster”?
Wind
Static Electricity
Dust
Hail
6
Some sand storms were so strongthey could take the paint of what?
cars
classrooms
animal cages
7
A suitcase farmer would drop seeds out in the country and return to the city
True
False
8
The consumer economy of 1920 was based on
the censoring of popular entertainment such as movies
teenagers consuming large quantities of hamburgers
families saving money rather than spending it.
Americans spending more money on recreation and new products
9
The largest dust storm was 200 miles wide and had 65 mph wind and happened when?
July 4th, 1776
April 14th, 1935
April 17th, 1935
April 7th, 1935
10
During the Great Depression:
fast food was invented.
the country doubled its number of roads and highways
ready-to-wear clothing was popularized
the aviation companies in Wichita went out of business
11
The Great Migration of African Americans from the South to northern cities was motivated by:
jobs
the New York Knicks
baseball
jazz
12
What New Deal Program helped the most Kansans get jobs
Social Security
Environmental Protection Agency
Work Progress Administration
Tennessee Valley Authoriry
13
The Dust Bowl resulted from:
years of drought and over plowing and over grazing
mining strikes in southeast Kansas.
too many years as a consumer economy
the damage done by establishing rural electrification.
14
This man was recruited by Lloyd Stearman and Walter Beech to start an aviation business
FDR
Harriet Tubman
Charles Lindbergh
Clyde Cessna
15
The New Deal was
a type of fast food invented in Wichita
governor’s order for college students to work in the mines
jazz music being played on the streets in Kansas City
series of programs that helped unemployed people to get jobs
16
This govornor worked to run the KKK out of Kansas
John St. John
Andrew Reeder
Paul McCartny
Henry Allen
17
Writer from Harlem who was a major part of the black "Harlem Renaissance"
Louis Armstrong
Lanston Hughes
John St. JOhn
W.C. Handy
18
What did hardware stores in Garden CIty sell out of during the Dust Bowl?
curtains
hammer
nails
googles
19
Who was elected president in 1932?
Warren Harding
Harry Truman
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
20
The First Woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean was
Charles Lindbergh
Clyde Cessna
Carmelo Anthony
Amelia Earhart
21
Kansas became the “Wheat State”because of what War?
World War I
Korean War
World War Two
The American Revoultion
22
This man received the nomination for president from the Republican in 1936
Harry Truman
Alf Landon
Warren Harding
Herbet Hoover
23
This man was president of the southeast Kansas chapter of the United Mine Workers of America
Walter Johnson
Henry Allen
Alexander Howat
24
The Kansas Court of Industrial Relations:
funded the Amazon Army that marched on mining camps
supported mine workers during the United Mine Worker strike.
was formed to fight the Ku Klux Klan
created to arbitrate between workers and management
25
Nicknamed "Big Train" this pitcher for the Washington Senators was from Kansas
Pete Rose
Walter Johnson
Stephen Strasberg
Babe Ruth