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USII: Roaring 20s And Great Depression
Test Description: The Roaring 20s and the Great Depression Review.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following best explains the decreasing trend that occurred in Model T prices from 1910 to 1920?
A
The use of cheap materials enabled more cars to be produced which lowered the cost for consumers.
B
D Machines increased the assembly time which required cars to be sold at a higher price.
C
The assembly line enabled a faster method of producing cars which lowered the cost for consumers
D
Work teams built one car at a time which caused an increase in the price for consumers.
2) Wilbur and Orville Wright are most famous for their invention of:
A
The assembly line
B
The glider
C
The bicycle
D
The first airplane
3) What movement took place during the 1920s in which thousands of African Americans moved north to find work?
A
The Great Depression
B
The Great Migration
C
The Great White Fleet
D
The Great Gatsby
4) While there were many reasons for African American families to move north, the main reason that many likely migrated to the North or West during the early to mid-1900s was to -
A
find religious freedom
B
find better jobs
C
allow women to vote
D
receive free land
5) Which statement is the most valid about African Americans before moving north during the Great Migration?
A
They faced discrimination and violence.
B
They lost their citizenship and voting rights.
C
They were denied educational benefits.
D
They were denied their religious freedom.
6) Which industry was created by the 18th Amendment of the Constitution?
A
Bootlegging
B
Cooper tubing manufacturing
C
Corn boilers
D
Barrel making and binding
7) Which of the following did NOT occur as a result of prohibition?
A
It became legal to manufacture and sell alcoholic beverages
B
Speakeasies were created as places for people to drink alcohol
C
It became illegal to transport and consume alcoholic beverages
D
Bootleggers smuggled alcohol and promoted organized crime
8) What were the illegal bars of the Prohibition era called?
A
Watering holes
B
Saloons
C
Speakeasies
D
Pubs
9) The ratification of the 21st Amendment marked the end of —
A
Prohibition
B
segregated society
C
women’s suffrage
D
the Progressive Movement
10) The period of rebirth of African American art forms is known as the —
A
Black Eagles
B
Great Migration
C
Harlem Renaissance
D
Harlem Revival
11) Which artist is incorrectly matched with his or her career?
A
F. Scott Fitzgerald — novelist
B
Bessie Smith - Singer
C
Langston Hughes — poet
D
John Steinbeck — composer
12) What form of jazz was made known worldwide by Bessie Smith?
A
Mississippi River jazz
B
String jazz
C
The Blues
D
Big Band jazz
13) Louis Armstrong, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Bessie Smith were all -
A
painters
B
poets
C
writers
D
musicians
14) What caused an increase in the unemployment rate from 1929-1939?
A
The Harlem Renaissance
B
World War I
C
World War II
D
The Great Depression
15) Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Great Depression?
A
Farmers' incomes increased to high levels
B
One-fourth of workers were without jobs
C
Many banks and businesses failed
D
There were large numbers of homeless and hungry people
16) As a result of the Great Depression, about how many workers were without jobs?
A
Three-fourths
B
One-fourth
C
One-half
D
Two-thirds
17) Which institution was most at fault and failed to prevent the collapse of the banking system in 1929?
A
US Congress
B
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
C
Federal Reserve
D
Social Security Administration
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