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Chapter 6 Social Studies
Test Description: Social Studies Study Guide
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1) The government limited, or _______________the amount of food and supplies that a person could purchase during the Great Depression.
A
got rid of
B
gave
C
supplied
D
rationed
2) A _________________ is a time when business activity is slow and many people were unemployed.
A
recession
B
sale
C
opression
D
depression
3) Shares ,or portions, or ownership in companies are called ________.
A
stocks
B
all of the above
C
money
D
bonds
4) When you sell something for less money than you bought it for it is called a __________.
A
profit
B
sale
C
loss
D
loan
5) ______________ become home to the Navy's first flight school during World War I.
A
Ybor City
B
Tampa
C
Pensacola
D
Tallahassee
6) Some people took advantage of people buying land without seeing it and often sold them land that was under water. This was joked about by calling it ____________________.
A
cheap
B
lakes
C
land by the gallon
D
ponds
7) ___________ _____________ created St. Petersburg as a town by making it the last stop of his railroad, Orange Belt Railway.
A
William Gilbreath
B
Carl Fisher
C
Johnny Blanding
D
Peter Demens
8) The Dixie Highway was built to link Florida to the states in the Midwest beginning in 1915 by firends _____________ and _____________.
A
Carl Fisher and Peter Demens
B
Peter Demens and William Gilbreath
C
Henry Flagler and Jose Ybor
D
Carl Fisher and William Gilbreath
9) The ____________ was the party of President Roosevelt's 'New Deal that hired artists and actors to create and perform plays in their communities.
A
Work Progress Administration
B
None of the above
C
Civilian Conservation Committee
D
Farm Security Administration
10) The main uses of _________________ one of Florida's largest military bases during World War II, was to train troops and hold prisoners of war.
A
Camp Blanding
B
Camp Germain
C
Camp Augustine
D
Camp Florida
11) Most of the prisoners of war at Camp Blanding were from _______ and _______.
A
Italy and Germany
B
Italy and Poland
C
Germany and Austria
D
Germany and Poland
12) The children of World War II helped the home front by volunteering to collect __________________ to recycle.
A
cans
B
grease
C
all of the above
D
rubber
13) Floridians were ordered to turn off their lights so that ______ ______ would not see the U.S. ships
A
German subs
B
German planes
C
None of the above
D
war ships
14) David McCampbell was the first American to receive the _____ of ______ during World War II.
A
Medal of Honor
B
Medal of Life
C
None of the above
D
Line of Duty
15) Thousands of workers in the Florida citrus industry lost their jobs because of the __________ _____________ _____
A
Great Freeze
B
Mediterranean Fruit Flies
C
Subterranean Fruit Flies
D
All of the above
16) Many norther newcomers withdrew their money from the bank and fled back north after a hurricane tore through Florida, causing many banks to ______.
A
fail
B
succeed
C
open
D
None of the above
17) Cars contributed to Florida's land boom in the 1920's by making it ________ to travel.
A
harder
B
free
C
impossible
D
easier
18) When the demand for land began to drop as prices increased Florida's __________ came to an end in the 1920's.
A
land by the gallon
B
None of the above
C
land drop
D
land boom
19) Many people lost their jobs and many families had to leave their homes to find work during the ___________.
A
Great Freeze
B
Land Boom
C
War
D
Great Depression
20) After Japan bombed a naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii the US joined Great Britain, France, and ____________.
A
United Kingdom
B
United States
C
Soviet Union
D
Germany
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