Why was Prohibition a failure?

Did not slow alcohol consumption or crime

What was the New Deal?

Programs that fought the Great Depression

Which statement about S.C. and the Great Depression is true?

S.C. was in a depression before the stock market crash

Non-traditional women that challenged social rules

Mary McLeod Bethune did all of the following except:

Opened the first mill to hire the black community

How did automobiles help the economy of S.C.?

Tourism along the coast and historical sites

What happened in Columbia, Charleston, and Beaufort during WWII?

Training camps prepared Americans to go to war

What was the goal of the Civilian Conservation Corp.?

Develop the natural parks and wildlife

The Southern Literary Renaissance proved ______________.

the South was not a cultural wasteland

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1920-1945 Test

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A social studies test for South Carolina history.

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1
The culture of _______________ spread across the U.S. during the Harlem Renaissance.
Immigrants
World War I veterans
African-Americans
Flappers
2
What event brought the U.S. into World War II?
The sinking of the Lusitania
The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
The invasion of Poland
The attack on Pearl Harbor
3
Why was Prohibition a failure?
Led to the Great Depression
Women could not votes
Did not slow alcohol consumption or crime
Ruined the economy of the Roaring Twenties
4
What was the New Deal?
Programs that fought the Great Depression
A plan to help America's allies during WWII
The end of the Jim Crow era
The womens' rights movement
5
How were the WPA and PWA similar to each other?
Helped WWI veterans to adjust to post-war life
Constructed public facilities
Provided free homes to the unemployed
Both were segregated for whites only
6
Which statement about S.C. and the Great Depression is true?
The mills produced more and more goods
Unemployment was at 80% in S.C.
S.C.'s banks forgave the loans to farmers
S.C. was in a depression before the stock market crash
7
Which was not an example how the American people helped the WWII war effort?
Collected scrap metal and rubber for war materiasl
Rationed the food and gas supply
Protested against the war
Bought war bonds to help pay for the war
8
What group served honorably during WWII, but returned to a segregated country after?
The 54th Massachusetts
Rosie Riveters
The Buffalo Soldiers
The Tuskegee Airmen
9
What area of S.C. saw the most improvements during the 1920s?
Rural areas
Low Country
Urban areas
Upstate
10
After World War I, the supply of cotton ______ while the demand _______.
decreased, increased
increased, increased
increased, decreased
decreased, decreased
11
Why were so many Carolinians rejected from military service during WWII?
Lacked fitness and education
They were African-American
Violent criminal history
Their ancestors fought for the South in the Civil War
12
Who was known as the "Assistant President" because they were a trusted adviser to Pres. FDR?
Benjamin Tillman Jr.
James Byrnes
Strom Thurmond
Mary McLeod Bethune
13
What was a flapper?
African-Americans that left the South
Advertisements selling consumer goods
Non-traditional women that challenged social rules
The owner of a fast food restaurant
14
The KKK added which two groups to their list of targets during the 1920s?
college students and mill workers
flappers and communists
bootleggers and immigrants
tourists and African-Americans
15
Which caused the biggest threat to the cotton crop of S.C.?
The Great Migration
Natural disasters
The boll weevil
Humid and wet conditions
16
Mary McLeod Bethune did all of the following except:
Was a teacher and opened schools for black community
Advised Pres. Roosevelt on opinions of black community
Founded a hospital in Florida for the black community
Opened the first mill to hire the black community
17
What program was intended to provide help to the elderly and jobless?
Medicare
Food stamps
Social Security
The Income Tax
18
Men of the Doolittle Raid trained in Columbia, SC. What was the purpose of that mission?
Get revenge for Pearl Harbor
Assassinate Adolf Hitler
Liberate Jewish concentration camps
Prepare to drop atomic bombs on Japan
19
How did automobiles help the economy of S.C.?
More construction job available to pave roads
Tourism along the coast and historical sites
Many car manufacturers located in the Upstate
Profits from the illegal bootlegging operations
20
Why did Carolina's mills & farms profit from the early 1920s?
The Jim Crow Laws
Prohibition
The New Deal
World War I
21
What happened in Columbia, Charleston, and Beaufort during WWII?
German prisoner of war camps were constructed
Training camps prepared Americans to go to war
Riots between the races took place
Factories pumped out weapons and supplies
22
What was the goal of the Civilian Conservation Corp.?
Provide affordable health care
Offer public education to both races
Develop the natural parks and wildlife
Protect trade with our allies
23
The Southern Literary Renaissance proved ______________.
the South was not a cultural wasteland
education in S.C. was poor
new technology was necessary
segregation was best for America
24
America's entry into the Second World War ended ________.
Prohibition
The Roaring Twenties
The Great Depression
segregation and Jim Crow

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