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Virginia and US History SOL Module 5 Twenties, Depression, and World War II overview quiz quiz

18questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s is best described as:

  2. Which factor helped the economy boom in the 1920s?

  3. What did Prohibition (the 18th Amendment) do, and what was one effect?

  4. Which event is most associated with the start of the Great Depression?

  5. Besides the crash, which was a deeper cause of the Great Depression?

  6. What was the Dust Bowl?

  7. The New Deal programs are summarized by which three goals?

  8. Which New Deal program created pensions for the elderly and aid for the unemployed and disabled?

  9. What was the New Deal's most lasting effect?

  10. Which describes a totalitarian government?

  11. What was American isolationism before 1941?

  12. What event brought the United States directly into World War II?

  13. Why was D-Day (June 6, 1944) significant?

  14. Which battle was the turning point of the Pacific war?

  15. What was the Holocaust?

  16. Why did President Truman decide to use the atomic bomb against Japan?

  17. How did World War II affect the Great Depression?

  18. In Korematsu v. United States (1944), the Supreme Court ruled that: