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What was the purpose of the Treaty of Versailles?
a) To end WWI and punish the United Kingdom
b) To end the fighting and punish Germany for WWI
c) To end the fighting and punish Russia for WWI
d) To end WWII and punish Germany

Who was a famous baseball player during the 1920's?
a) Babe Ruth
b) Charles Lindbergh
c) Duke Ellington
d) Henry Ford

What did Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong have in common?
a) Both were great athletes.
b) Both were actors in Gone with the Wind.
c) Both were writers in the Harlem Renaissance.
d) Both were African-American musicians during the Jazz Age.

Who murder caused WWI to begin?
a) Langston Hughes
b) Archduke Franz Ferdinand
c) Czar Nicholas II
d) Franklin D. Roosevelt

The cultural movement among mostly African Americans that focused on African American music, writing, art, and theater is known as what?
a) Jazz Age
b) Economic Boom
c) Harlem Renaissance
d) Roaring 20's

What marked the beginning of the Great Depression?
a) Black Friday
b) Dust Bowl
c) Stock Market Crash
d) WWI

Who was a famous writer of the Harlem Renaissance ?
a) Langston Hughes
b) Louis Armstrong
c) Babe Ruth
d) Henry Ford

Which of the following was NOT an allied country during WWI?
a) Spain
b) United Kingdom
c) Russia
d) France

Who won WWI?
a) Neutral countries
b) Allies
c) Central Powers
d) Germany

Which boat's sinking is one reason why the US became involved in WWI?
a) SS Maine
b) Lusitania
c) SS Roosevelt
d) HRH Queen Elizabeth II

Who was the President when the Great Depression hit?
a) Abraham Lincoln
b) William McKinnley
c) Franklin D. Roosevelt
d) Herbert Hoover

What was FDR's plan to help America out of the Great Depression called?
a) The Good Deal
b) Make America Great Again
c) The New Deal
d) The New America Act

Which program gave young men jobs working to preserve America's natural resources during the Great Depression?
a) Tennessee Valley Authority
b) Civilian Conservation Corps
c) Works Program Administration
d) Social Security Act

Which program provided jobs building roads, bridges, and buildings during the Great Depression?
a) Civilian Conservation Corps
b) Work Project Administration
c) Social Security
d) Tennessee Valley Authority

Which program helped build dams and provide electricity to residents during the Great Depression?
a) Civilian Conservation Corps
b) Tennessee Valley Authority
c) Works Programs Administration
d) Social Security Act

How did Hoover and F.D.Roosevelt differ?
a) Hoover believed the government should be involved in the economy and Roosevelt did not.
b) Roosevelt believed only charities should help provide for needy citizens while Hoover did not like charities.
c) Hoover died in office while Roosevelt did not.
d) Roosevelt thought the government should be involved in the economy and Hoover did not.

Why was Gone with the Wind significant?
a) Margaret Mitchell focused on overcoming tragedy of the Civil War.
b) Margaret Mitchell focused on the Great Depression.
c) Margaret Mitchell focused on WWI.
d) Margaret Mitchell focused on the Spanish American War.

Which of the following was NOT a condition of the Treaty of Versailles on Germany after WWI?
a) Germany had to give up land.
b) Germany had to pay reparations.
c) Germany had to sell all of its weapons.
d) Germany had to reduce the size of its army.

What did NOT play a role in the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression?
a) droughts (no rain)
b) poor farming methods
c) lack of native grasses to hold the topsoil down
d) too many cars

Who was the fist person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean?
a) Langston Hughes
b) Babe Ruth
c) Louis Armstrong
d) Charles Lindberg

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