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SS Unit 5 Test Review - 5th Grade
Test Description: This test reviews the Great Depression, post WW1. It discusses important people and events that occurred during the 1930s.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Who was president during the Great Depression and began the New Deal programs that assisted Americans with employment?
A
Duke Ellington
B
Herbert Hoover
C
Franklin D. Roosevelt
D
Theodore Roosevelt
2) Who was an influential track and field athlete during the 1930s that won four gold medals at the Olympics in Berlin, Germany in 1936?
A
FDR
B
Duke Ellington
C
Jesse Owens
D
Margaret Mitchell
3) What author is known for the book Gone with the Wind that is about life during the Civil War?
A
Jesse Owens
B
Margaret Mitchell
C
Franklin D. Roosevelt
D
Duke Ellington
4) What jazz musician is known for playing the piano, leading a band in Harlem, and composing songs in swing, jazz, and blues?
A
Louis Armstrong
B
Margaret Mitchell
C
Jesse Owens
D
Duke Ellington
5) How did Americans feel when Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president?
A
they celebrated the end of the Great Depression
B
they were shocked that he won the election over Herbert Hoover
C
they had hope that he could help the US out of the Great Depression
D
they were disappointed that Herbert Hoover did not win
6) What two things caused the Great Depression?
A
Stock Market Crash of 1929, sinking of the Lusitania
B
Dust Bowl, Stock Market Crash of 1929
C
election of Herbert Hoover, Dust Bowl
D
sinking of the Lusitania, Dust Bowl
7) What type of place could unemployed Americans go for a free meal during the Great Depression?
A
soup kitchens
B
homeless shelters
C
public schools
D
local churches
8) What caused many Americans to migrate west to California during the 1930s?
A
a disease going around in the East
B
over populated cities
C
Dust Bowl
D
Stock Market Crash of 1929
9) What two things caused the Dust Bowl?
A
widespread drought, poor farming practices
B
poor farming practices, Herbert Hoover's election
C
poor farming practices, over populated cities
D
FDR's election, widespread drought
10) What area of the US suffered the MOST from the Dust Bowl?
A
West
B
Midwest
C
South
D
Mideast
11) Who developed the New Deal and government programs to help Americans find employment?
A
Franklin Roosevelt
B
Duke Ellington
C
Theodore Roosevelt
D
Herbert Hoover
12) Why were Americans traveling around the United States during the 1930s?
A
looking for good school systems for their children
B
looking for better neighborhoods to raise their children
C
looking for work so they could feed their families
D
looking for work that had high pay so they could live a luxurious life
13) What did the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) provide for residents of the Tennessee River Valley?
A
shelter
B
food
C
electricity
D
roads
14) What two government programs were both engaged in public works designed to provide jobs for unemployed Americans? (for example: building new roads and parks)
A
TVA, WPA
B
CCC, WPA
C
TVA, CCC
D
CCC, AAA
15) When banks closed, due to the Great Depression, what did a lot of Americans lose?
A
coins
B
credit cards
C
savings
D
debt
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