Early 20th Century

Which was NOT a part of the Great Depression?

• The stock market crashed.

• Isolationism removed help from other countries.

• There was over farming so prices dropped.

• People bought on credit and could not pay it back.

Which is NOT true about President Franklin D. Roosevelt?

• Ended World War II by bombing 2 Japanese cities

• Served 3 terms as president

• Helped end the Great Depression with New Deal programs

• Cousin of former President Theodore Roosevelt

What caused the Dust Bowl?

• there were too many farmers and they were attacking each other's farms

• the Great Plains are always dusty

• tornadoes were constantly happening

• over farming and drought

Which is NOT true of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team?

• was awarded thousands of military medals & honors

• proved their loyalty to the U.S.

• fought in Europe

• only African American military unit in World War II

How did immigrants affect the economy in the early 1900s?

• caused unemployment in America

• brought growth to America

• closed the Westward Movement

• caused decline in America

Dust storms blew across the Great Plains during the 1930s. At this time, this area was known as -

• the Dust Bowl

• the Sand Dunes

• the Great Depression

• the Great War

In the early 1900s, factory jobs were being sought out by -

• only women and children

• immigrants and farmers

• jazz musicians

• suffragettes and supporters

Why were Americans outraged and entered World War I?

• The bombing of Pearl Harbor

• The Zimmerman Telegram and the Treaty of Versailles

• The Zimmerman Telegram and Germans sinking US ships

• The Great Depression

How did the innovative inventor, Thomas Edison, helped change the world?

• created the telephone

• created the steel plow

• created a long lasting light bulb

• created the automobile

At the end of the World War I, America -

• retreated into isolationism

• created atomic bombs

• joined the League of Nations

• opened the United Nations