SS Unit 5 Test Review - 5th Grade Question Preview (ID: 54171)


This Test Reviews The Great Depression, Post WW1. It Discusses Important People And Events That Occurred During The 1930s. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

Who was president during the Great Depression and began the New Deal programs that assisted Americans with employment?
a) Herbert Hoover
b) Franklin D. Roosevelt
c) Theodore Roosevelt
d) Duke Ellington

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) Jesse Owens
b) Margaret Mitchell
c) Duke Ellington
d) FDR

What author is known for the book Gone with the Wind that is about life during the Civil War?
a) Duke Ellington
b) Jesse Owens
c) Margaret Mitchell
d) Franklin D. Roosevelt

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) Jesse Owens
c) Margaret Mitchell
d) Duke Ellington

How did Americans feel when Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president?
a) they were shocked that he won the election over Herbert Hoover
b) they had hope that he could help the US out of the Great Depression
c) they celebrated the end of the Great Depression
d) they were disappointed that Herbert Hoover did not win

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) sinking of the Lusitania, Dust Bowl
d) election of Herbert Hoover, Dust Bowl

What type of place could unemployed Americans go for a free meal during the Great Depression?
a) soup kitchens
b) local churches
c) public schools
d) homeless shelters

What caused many Americans to migrate west to California during the 1930s?
a) a disease going around in the East
b) Stock Market Crash of 1929
c) over populated cities
d) Dust Bowl

What two things caused the Dust Bowl?
a) poor farming practices, over populated cities
b) FDR's election, widespread drought
c) widespread drought, poor farming practices
d) poor farming practices, Herbert Hoover's election

What area of the US suffered the MOST from the Dust Bowl?
a) Midwest
b) West
c) Mideast
d) South

Who developed the New Deal and government programs to help Americans find employment?
a) Herbert Hoover
b) Duke Ellington
c) Theodore Roosevelt
d) Franklin Roosevelt

Why were Americans traveling around the United States during the 1930s?
a) looking for work so they could feed their families
b) looking for better neighborhoods to raise their children
c) looking for good school systems for their children
d) looking for work that had high pay so they could live a luxurious life

What did the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) provide for residents of the Tennessee River Valley?
a) shelter
b) food
c) electricity
d) roads

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, CCC
b) CCC, AAA
c) TVA, WPA
d) CCC, WPA

When banks closed, due to the Great Depression, what did a lot of Americans lose?
a) savings
b) credit cards
c) coins
d) debt

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