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1920's And The Great Depression
Test Description: Chapters 20-23
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) All of the following were causes of the Great Depression except?
A
Easy to obtain credit.
B
Buying on margin/speculation.
C
Stock Market Crash
D
Farmers were making record profits.
2) What was Black Tuesday?
A
The day the stock market crashed.
B
The day the majority of the banks closed.
C
It signaled the end of the Great Depression.
D
The day JFK was assassinated.
3) What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A
A religious revolution.
B
A civil rights movement in the 1920's.
C
A rebirth of African American culture and literature.
D
A band from the 1950's that introduced rock and roll.
4) What was Hoover's approach to the Great Depression?
A
Engage in huge deficit spending to help the poor.
B
Little gov't intervention and encourage businesses to help fix the economy.
C
Have the gov't create as many jobs as possible.
D
Direct gov't relief.
5) What was FDR's approach to the Great Depression?
A
Encouraging charities to help out more than the government.
B
Direct government relief.
C
Encouraging individuals to help themselves instead of relying on the government.
D
Encouraging businesses to not lay off employees.
6) What is buying on margin?
A
Borrowing money to buy stock.
B
Selling your stock.
C
Paying less than what the stock is worth.
D
Purchasing a stockfrom a broker instead of on your own.
7) What is the Red Scare?
A
The targeting of Hollywood actors and directors.
B
Concerns in the United States regarding communism.
C
The fear that Hitler was going to conquer the United States.
D
A symbol of America's growing isolationism in the 20's and 30's.
8) What does the 18th amendment do?
A
Banned the manufacturing, sale, and transportation of alcohol.
B
Repealing the Prohibition of alcohol.
C
Income tax
D
Women's right to vote.
9) All of the following are changes women encountered in the 1920's except?
A
The right to vote.
B
Moving towards a more traditional role in the family.
C
Shorter dresses and hair.
D
Drinking and smoking in public.
10) What does debt mean?
A
Money owned to an individual or company.
B
You are spending more money than you make.
C
The government creates programs for direct relief.
D
Creation of jobs.
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