Practice Test

Question 1

To buy goods on credit means to

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B: promise to pay for goods later.

Question 2

Which factor encouraged farmers to leave their land in the Great Plains during the 1930s?

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D: the necessity of escaping financial problems

Question 3

Which best describes an unintended consequence of Prohibition?

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D: an increase in “medicinal alcohol”

Question 4

Which statement best explains the relationship between new forms of entertainment in the 1920s and the fads of the era?

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B: The availability of radio and film helped spread the word about new fads.

Question 5

In the consumer culture of the 1920s,

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B: people purchased nonessential goods on a regular basis.

Question 6

The main reason alcohol abuse caught the attention of the public in the early 1900s was an increase in

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C: the negative social effects of excessive drinking.

Question 7

What is the last step to breaking down a source?

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A: Decide how you can use the source.

Question 8

During the 1930s, the large area of farmland experiencing droughts was known as

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B: the Dust Bowl.

Question 9

What did the Social Security Act of 1935 do?

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A: set up a fund for retired Americans

Question 10

The aspects of a specific location that make people want to move there are called

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C: pull factors.

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