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Boom To Bust Test Review
Test Description: Review key information to prepare for Chapter 28: Roaring Twenties and Great Depression Assessment
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The economic boom of the 1920s was mostly built on:
A
Concrete
B
Gold
C
Credit
D
Railroads
2) Why were some New Deal reforms referred to as “safety net” programs?
A
They were intended to help the nation’s neediest peopl
B
They were designed to capture communists
C
They were intended to save the nation’s economy
D
They were created to prevent illegal immigration
3) Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal:
A
Provided relief, reform and recovery
B
Prepared the US for World War II
C
Failed completely
D
Quickly ended the Great Depression
4) Which of the following best describes the role of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
A
Gave food and shelter to people in need
B
Provided jobs planting trees, draining swamps, and fighting fires
C
Paid farmers not to grow certain crops
D
Build dams to control flooding and provide electricity across six southern states
5) Which of these allowed Henry Ford to build cars more quickly and cheaply than ever?
A
assembly lines
B
metal frames
C
low pay
D
labor unions
6) Which of the following was NOT a new consumer good of the 1920’s?
A
automobiles
B
televisions
C
radios
D
vacuum cleaners
7) “Buying on margin” means:
A
Buying stock in a new or unproven company
B
Buying stock in a company with borrowed money
C
Buying too much stock in any one company
D
Buying a limited amount of stock in any one company
8) The New Deal program that still exists today that provides money for many elderly Americans is the:
A
Tennessee Valley Authority
B
Social Security Act
C
Works Project Administration
D
Agricultural Adjustment Act
9) Which of the following is the best descriptor of the US economy in the years following World War 1?
A
Global
B
Slow
C
Crisis
D
Booming
10) Which of the following was a cause of the “black blizzards” in the Great Plains
A
flood waters
B
freezing winters
C
soil erosion
D
acid rain
11) The _________________ signaled the beginning of_______________________.
A
Dust Bowl…the New Deal
B
Stock Market Crash…the Great Depression
C
Election of Roosevelt…consumerism
D
Al Capone’s arrest…Prohibition
12) One result of the New Deal was that many Americans began to accept the idea that the federal government has a responsibility to:
A
Care for citizens in need
B
End racial discrimination
C
Build new dams and schools
D
Educate America’s children
13) Which of the following is true about the Great Depression:
A
It was the longest-lasting economic depression in U.S. history
B
It was over by the time Franklin Roosevelt started his presidency
C
It triggered a wave of immigration out of the United States
D
It was cured during Roosevelt’s 100 days in office
14) The time period during which the manufacture and sale of alcohol were illegal was known as?
A
Depression
B
Abolition
C
Abolition
D
Prohibition
15) How did the New Deal change the role of the federal government in the United States?
A
It had no effect of the role of the federal government
B
It eliminated the role of the federal government
C
It decreased the role of the federal government
D
It increased the role of the federal government
16) Which of the following is an example of a primary source?
A
letter written to President Herbert Hoover
B
a Wikipedia entry about FDR
C
a video about the New Deal
D
History textbook explaining the growth of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s
17) Which decade was a time of an increased standard of living for many Americans?
A
1930s
B
1920s
18) What did John Scopes teach his classes that caused him to be arrested and put on trial in the 1920s?
A
how to make bootleg liquor
B
evolution
C
how to dance the Charleston
D
math
19) What word could be used to describe the economy of the 1930s?
A
Improved
B
Boom
C
Strong
D
Bust
20) What group saw an increase in membership during the 1920s and lashed out against any group they considered to be un-American?
A
Ku Klux Klan
B
Democrats
C
Muckrakers
D
Bootleggers
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