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Test Description: Play these games to review information about the Roaring Twenties and Great Depression.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What was the purpose of FDR's New Deal programs
A
to prepare the US for WWII
B
to increase the role of the federal government
C
to quickly end the Great Depression
D
to provide relief, recovery and reform
2) Which of the following best describes the role of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?
A
to give food to people in need
B
to protect bank deposits
C
to pay farmers to not grow certain crops
D
to build dams for flood control
3) A New Deal program that still exists today that provides money for elderly Americans.
A
Soil Conservation Service
B
Civilian Conservation Corps
C
Social Security Administration
D
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
4) Which of the following is true about the Great Depression?
A
It caused more immigrants to move to the U.S.
B
Herbert Hoover ended it.
C
It was the longest lasting economic depression in U.S. history.
D
FDR's New Deal ended it quickly.
5) Term used to describe modern women in the 1920s.
A
big cheese
B
gangster
C
speakeasy
D
flapper
6) How did the New Deal change the role of the federal government?
A
It decreased the role of the federal government.
B
It had no effect on the federal government.
C
It eliminated the federal government.
D
It increased the role of the federal government.
7) Why were some New Deal programs called safety net programs?
A
they were designed to capture communists
B
they were created to stop illegal immigration
C
they were intended to help the nation's neediest people
D
they were intended to save the nation's economy
8) FDR's plan to bring the US out of the Great Depression.
A
New Deal
B
Square Deal
C
World War II
D
Progressive Movement
9) Which of the following New Deal programs taught farmers new methods in hopes of preventing another dust bowl?
A
Soil Conservation Service
B
Social Security Administration
C
Tennessee Valley Authority
D
Civilian Conservation Corps
10) What was the time period called during which the manufacture and sale of alcohol was illegal?
A
Prohibition
B
Abolition
C
Depression
D
Reconstruction
11) Which of the following was NOT a consumer good available in the 1920s
A
Model T
B
radios
C
toasters
D
televisions
12) This was a uniquely American style of music that began in New Orleans and became very popular during the 1920s.
A
hip hop
B
rock and roll
C
jazz
D
ragtime
13) One result of the New Deal was that Americans began to accept the idea that the federal government should:
A
Build dams
B
Educate America's children
C
Care for citizens in need
D
End racial discrimination
14) What term is used for the movement of southern African Americans into northern cities for better jobs from 1915-1930?
A
Great Migration
B
Red Summer
C
Prohibition
D
Great Depression
15) Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
A
Agricultural overproduction
B
FDR's New Deal
C
Recession began in the late 1920s
D
Consumer Confidence Decreases
16) What event is considered to be the start of the Great Depression?
A
Stock market crash of 1929
B
FDR's 1932 presidential election
C
Immigration Act of 1924
D
The end of WWI
17) What was an environmental disaster that struck the Great Plains during the 1930s?
A
earthquakes
B
volcanoes
C
hurricanes
D
dust storms
18) What nickname was given to shantytowns of unemployed and homeless people during the Great Depression?
A
Hoovervilles
B
Boomtowns
C
Ghost Towns
D
Speakeasies
19) What ended the Great Depression
A
The Stock Market Crash
B
Herbert Hoover's laissez-faire policies
C
U.S. entry into WWII
D
FDR's New Deal
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