Practice Test

Question 1

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

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pull factors.

Question 2

A pull factor that caused African Americans to migrate north in the early 1900s was

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higher wages.

Question 3

Hemingway and Fitzgerald were two authors who criticized American consumerism and the war. They were part of a literary movement known as

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the lost generation.

Question 4

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

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the Dust Bowl.

Question 5

To buy goods on credit means to

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promise to pay for goods later.

Question 6

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

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the necessity of escaping financial problems

Question 7

What did the Social Security Act of 1935 do?

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set up a fund for retired Americans

Question 8

A lasting effect of the New Deal can be seen when

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the government intervenes in a time of national crisis.

Question 9

The term temperance refers to

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the practice of avoiding alcohol consumption.

Question 10

In the consumer culture of the 1920s,

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people purchased nonessential goods on a regular basis.

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