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Roaring 20s, Great Depression, New Deal
Test Description: 5th grade sc social studies
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following best describes the Harlem Renaissance?
A
Organization to help highly educated women find jobs
B
Government program in New York to help people pay their taxes
C
Period of great achievement for African American writers, artists, and musicians
D
Many social and economic changes took place affecting the lives of Americans.
2) Why are the 1920s often called the “Roaring Twenties?”
A
Government program in New York to help people pay their taxes
B
Agricultural trade with foreign nations prospered during this time.
C
Organization to help highly educated women find jobs
D
Many social and economic changes took place affecting the lives of Americans.
3) The period of time when African Americans moved from rural south and urban north is known as the ____________________ .
A
Great Migration
B
great movement
C
Dust Bowl
D
Harlem Renissance
4) The “Roaring Twenties” was not a good time for all Americans. For example, ______________________ weren’t able to afford the new advances in technology that improved standard of living because the boll weevil was destroying their profits.
A
immigrants
B
African Americans
C
factory workers
D
sharecroppers
5) In the 1920’s, African Americans still faced discrimination in the south because of?
A
suffrage and lynchings
B
lynchings and slavery
C
Jim Crow Laws and lynchings
D
slavery and Prohibition
6) What happened as a result of the women’s suffrage movement?
A
women were allowed to enter the military as soldiers
B
Congress passed the 18th amendment
C
Congress passed the 19th amendment
D
women were no longer allowed to do certain jobs in factories or on farms
7) Why did many farmers living on the Great Plains migrate westward during the 1930s?
A
The Gold Rush
B
Westward Expansion
C
The Dust Bowl conditions
D
To avoid farming on Native American reservations
8) Which answer most closely represents what African Americans found in the north during the Great Migration?
A
no jobs but social equality
B
better job opportunities but continued discrimination and segregation
C
many jobs and much fairer treatment
D
worse conditions than they faced in the south
9) The period of time when African Americans in urban areas had the opportunity to allow their culture to flourish is known as the _______________________.
A
Harlem Revolt
B
Harlem Renaissance
C
Harlem Reconstruction
D
Harlem Recovery
10) African American artists such as Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Bessie Smith were some of the best known ______________.
A
jazz musicians
B
painters
C
writers
D
opera singers
11) How did new inventions such as radios, automobiles, and movies change life for Americans during the 1920s?
A
Workers went to special training schools to learn to make the products.
B
The nation became more divided since the products were only available in cities.
C
All people were able to buy these new products and improve their lives.
D
The standard of living improved for people who could afford the new products.
12) During the Roaring 20s why did farmers fail to share in the economic growth of the period?
A
Overproduction of crops led to falling prices for farm goods.
B
Farmers over-predicted the amount of food that the American population would need.
C
Farmers failed to use new technology to help them farm their fields.
D
Hurricanes and tornadoes destroyed most of the farmers' crops.
13) Why did some factories start to lay off worker in the late 1920s?
A
Some industries overproduced, decreasing the value of their products.
B
The migration of African Americans to the North left southern factories without workers.
C
Many industries depended on demand created by World War I.
D
The price of steel went up, increasing the cost to build factories.
14) During the 1920s, what economic trend helped cause the Great Depression?
A
People stopped buying consumer goods they did not need.
B
Businesses did not introduce any new products.
C
Consumers bought too many things on credit.
D
The government spent too much money helping farmers.
15) What did a loss of confidence in the banking system lead many people to do?
A
buying stock on credit
B
withdraw all their money from banks
C
a lack of investment in new industries
D
too few consume goods for sale
16) Which practice contributed to the crash of the stock market in 1929?
A
withdraw all their savings from the banks
B
riot in the streets and set fire to many of the banks
C
borrow additional funds in order to be able to support themselves
D
exchange their paper money for gold and silver
17) How did Congress prevent another stock market crash?
A
It created the Civilian Conservation Corps to create jobs in stock trading.
B
It created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to guarantee stock prices.
C
It created the Securities and Exchange Commission to regulate stock trading.
D
It created Social Security to give seniors a different option for investing their wealth.
18) How did the outbreak of WWII impact the Great Depression in the U.S.?
A
It helped the nation recover economically by increasing demand for war materials.
B
It hurt the nation's economic recovery as natural resources were destroyed.
C
It hurt the nation's economic recovery as many trading partners were left in ruins.
D
It helped the nation recover economically by ending trade restrictions from the 1920s.
19) During the Depression, Congress passed a wide range of programs called the Deal.What philosophy (belief) was behind these programs
A
The federal government should help people who are suffering.
B
The federal government is responsible for protecting the environment.
C
Neither the federal or state governments should interfere in economic issues.
D
State governments are responsible for helping people.
20) Who were the relief programs of the New Deal designed to benefit?
A
the poorest Americans
B
the wealthy business owners
C
the foreign allies of the United States
D
the foreign businesses that invested in the United States
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