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11.7 Prosperity and Depression

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    This is a review game for the NYS 11.7 Unit on the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression. This review game focuses on identifying and understanding the core concepts.
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  • What type of "war" does the US see during the Roaring Twenties?
    World War II
    Culture War
    Cold War
    World War I
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  • Which of the following is NOT a feature of the Roaring Twenties
    Speakeasies
    Jazz Music
    Flappers
    Social Security
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  • In 1920, women acquired the right to vote via?
    18th Amendment
    The New Deal
    Seneca Falls Convention
    19th Amendment
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  • What is the name of this style that became popular during the 1920s for women?
    Speakeasies
    Bootlegging
    Denim
    Flappers
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  • Which of the following did NOT develop as a result of America's 18th Amendment, Prohibition?
    Jazz Music
    Speakeasies
    Mafia
    Bootlegging
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  • Explain what the Quota Acts, and immigration policy, did to the amount of immigrants who could come to the US during the Roaring 20s?
    Stop Immigration
    Open Immigration
    Limit Immigration
    Reverse Immigration
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  • Explain nativism and xenophobia. State how they are different
    Nativism - disliking non-natives (foreigners) & Xenophobia - fear of the unknown (foreigners)
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  • The rise of the KKK during the 1920s can be seen as a result of
    Rise in Nativism, Xenophobia, Foreigners, Fear, etc...
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  • The John Scopes "Monkey" Trial involved a high school teacher being fined for teaching what in a high school in Tennessee?
    Theory of Evolution
    Communism
    History of Unionization
    Fundamentalism
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  • The Harlem Renaissance was a golden age for what culture in America?
    African American
    Asian American
    Hispanic/Latino
    Caucasian
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  • The NAACP and the UNIA were groups that focused on helping who in the United States?
    People of Color
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  • What major change in life began to affect over 50% of Americans during the Roaring Twenties and Great Depression?
    Telephone Lines
    Heat
    Electricity
    Nuclear Power
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  • This image is an example of what practice that exploded for Americans during the 1920s and continues to this day?
    Buying on Credit
    All of the Above
    Consumerism
    Buying on Margin
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  • Before the Stock Market Crash, what caused the Stock Market to constantly rise in value?
    Unemployment
    Overspeculation
    Consumerism
    Buying on Credit
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  • Rockefeller, Carnegie, Vanderbilt, Bezos, and Elon Musk are all examples to show what aspect of the American economy?
    Unequal Wealth Distribution
    Overspeculation
    Buying on Margin
    Unemployment
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  • Under Presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover during the Roaring 20s, the US government is remembered for
    massive oversight and regulation
    expanding its programs and power
    trust busting and breaking up monopolies
    little oversight and regulation
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