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The Roaring 20's and The Great Depression
The Roaring 20's and The Great Depression
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1
The Nineteenth Amendment gave which group of Americans the right to vote?
women
men
adolescents
children
2
The most important change for women in the 1920's was that they
worked outside their homes
played sports
won the right to vote
went to college
3
The Social Security Act helped Americans by providing for people
security guards at airports
social events and bus trips
funds for the disabled and elderly
jobs for the unemployed
4
WPA workers built public works projects such as
restaurants, houses, and paper plants
roads, hospitals, and power plants
chairs, desks, and file cabinets
amusement parks, malls, and cruise ships
5
A period of fast economic growth is known as a
investment
boom
bust
stock market
6
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President in 1932 be cause he gave Americans
new hope
long speeches
an ultimatum
new addresses
7
A famous poet of the Harlem Renaissance Period was
Walt Whitman
Phyllis Wheatley
Langston Hughes
Shel Silverstein
8
What discovery gave people more free time as well as made their lives easier?
radio broadcast
electricity
movies with sound
airplane transportation
9
Henry Ford's factories used assembly lines and division of labor to
produce appliances
produce more stocks for investors
build more homes
build cars
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Why did some people call the New Deal programs "alphabet soup"?
they were introduced by a soup company
they thought the programs were weak as water
programs were known by their acronyms
the government alphabetized the programs
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What caused the Great Depression?
disagreements with government, divorce rate, and disease
problems on farms, bank failures, and a slowing economy
migration, voting rights, and slow postal delivery
low U.S. population rate, no technology growth, and mining
12
On "Black Tuesday" October 29, 1929
President Hoover closed all banks
a huge dust storm covered the U.S.
President Roosevelt ended the Depression
the U.S. stock market crashed
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President Hoover was elected in which era?
1980's
1940's
1880's
1920's
14
The focus of the Second New Deal was on
rich and poor
gains and action
policy and procedure
relief and reform
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Why did women have more free time in the 1920's?
assembly line production made the work day shorter
people could hear news and entertainment on the radio
electric vacuums and washing machines made chores easier
cars helped them get from place to place much faster
16
The Dust Bowl was located in/on
The Great Basin
Death Valley
The Great Plains
Appalachian Mountains
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How did entertainment in the U.S. change in the 1920's?
country music became popular
new music and sports were introduced
people didn't listen to the radio
people stopped going to the movies
18
The term "stock" refers to a share of ownership in a
song
marriage
company
game
