Question 1

During the Roaring Twenties, the United States had just got out of __________, and business was booming.

Accepted Answer

World War I

Answer

the Great Recession

Answer

World War II

Answer

the Great Depression

Question 2

In the 1920s, many Americans invested money in the ______ market.

Accepted Answer

stock

Answer

black

Answer

share

Answer

credit

Question 3

True or False: The value of a share in a company hardly ever changes.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

Yes

Answer

True

Answer

Maybe

Question 4

What happened in the summer of 1929?

Accepted Answer

Production of goods decreased, and employment dropped.

Answer

Production of goods increased, and employment rose.

Answer

Americans paid back the money that they had borrowed to buy stocks.

Answer

Americans sold millions of shares, and the stock market crashed.

Question 5

What happened on Black Tuesday in October 1929?

Accepted Answer

Americans sold millions of shares, and the stock market crashed.

Answer

Americans paid back the money that they had borrowed to buy stocks.

Answer

Factories shut down and cut millions of positions.

Answer

Companies sold millions of shares, and the stock market crashed.

Question 6

The ____________ caused food shortages in the southwestern Great Plains.

Accepted Answer

Dust Bowl

Answer

Drought Bowl

Answer

Hungerville

Answer

Depression Drought

Question 7

What is another term for shantytowns?

Accepted Answer

Hoovervilles

Answer

Rooseveltvilles

Answer

depression houses

Answer

Hoover slums

Question 8

At the beginning of the Great Depression, which president did many Americans blame for their problems?

Accepted Answer

President Herbert Hoover

Answer

President Woodrow Wilson

Answer

President Theodore Roosevelt

Answer

President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 9

Which of the following are programs that were part of the New Deal?

Accepted Answer

the Works Progress Administration and the Social Security Act

Answer

the Social Security Act and the Employment Administration

Answer

the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Pension Act

Answer

the Works Progress Administration and the Tennessee Veterans' Authority

Question 10

The Social Security Act of 1935 guaranteed

Accepted Answer

pensions for the retired elderly and unemployment money for the jobless.

Answer

access to education for children from impoverished families.

Answer

citizenship for working immigrants who moved to America.

Answer

employment for workers who would construct public buildings.

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