Roaring 20's/ Great Depression Test

Question 1

Purchasing products by making small payment over time is known as __________.

Answer 1

Installment buying

Question 2

A carefree young woman of the 1920’s

Answer 2

Flapper

Question 3

Forms of communication that can reach millions of people like television and radio is known as __________.

Answer 3

Mass media

Question 4

A ban on production, transportation and selling of alcohol/liquor in the US

Answer 4

Prohibition

Question 5

A place where shares of corporations are bought and sold through an organized system

Answer 5

Stock exchange

Question 6

Building highways, parks and libraries with public money for the public to use

Answer 6

Public works

Question 7

Aid for the needy; money for the poor; welfare

Answer 7

Relief

Question 8

To fail to meet an obligation; not pay back a loan

Answer 8

Default

Question 9

A person who moves from place to place to find work

Answer 9

Migrant worker

Question 10

What amendment established Prohibition?

Answer 10

18th Amendment

Question 11

What amendment gave women the right to vote?

Answer 11

19th amendment

Question 12

What is the name of the movement that created an interest in African American culture and pride in being African American?

Answer 12

Harlem Renaissance

Question 13

What group saw a revival (increase) in membership due to nativism?

Answer 13

The Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

Question 14

How did the role of women change during the 1920’s? Give 2 examples.

Answer 14

Women were allowed to vote. More women were working

Question 15

What nickname did the 1920’s have that was tied to the popular music of the decade?

Answer 15

The Jazz age

Question 16

Why was mass media important during the 1920’s? What are 2 examples of mass media?

Answer 16

It helped connect the country. 2 examples are tv and radio

Question 17

What does it mean to buy stocks on margin?

Answer 17

When you borrow money from your broker to buy stocks at a fraction of the cost. You are buying stocks with money you don’t have.

Question 18

What are the 3 causes of the Great Depression?

Answer 18

Banks failing
Stock Market crash
Too much money being borrowed

Question 19

Where did people live when they became homeless?

Answer 19

Tent cities called Hoovervilles

Question 20

What did Herbert Hoover put into place to help combat the Depression?

Answer 20

Public Works Program

Question 21

What was the New Deal?

Answer 21

The name for all the new programs that were meant to help the problems of the depression

Question 22

What became known as the Hundred Days?

Answer 22

The special session of Congress to deal with the problems of the depression

Question 23

What was the purpose of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?

Answer 23

Gave young men jobs on projects of conservation of our natural resources

Question 24

What was the purpose of the Agriculture Adjustment Act?

Answer 24

To reduce the amount of crops that farmers grew so that it would raise the value.

Question 25

What was the purpose of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?

Answer 25

To insure savings accounts against bank failures. So tha people would not lose their money.

Question 26

What was the purpose of the Rural Electrification Administration (REA)?

Answer 26

To provide electricity to rural areas

Question 27

What was the purpose of the Workers Progress Administraion (WPA)?

Answer 27

Gave men Jobs to work on public works projects

Question 28

Explain how the construction of the Hoover Dam helped Nevada.

Answer 28

It provided water, less flooding, electric power and jobs

Question 29

Describe how a bank works.

Answer 29

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Question 30

Explain why the 1920’s were nicknamed the Roaring 20’s. Include 2 positive and 1 negative change.

Answer 30

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Question 31

Worker output, given the amount of time and resources is known as __________.

Answer 31

Productivity