1. Labor unions organize to _____.

a. improve life for poor people
b. fire workers who complain
c. give free education
d. get better wages for workers

2. World War I began in _____.

a. Europe
b. Japan
c. the United States
d. Mexico

3. Which event helped lead to the Great Depression?

a. the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941
b. the suffrage movement in the early 1900s
c. the stock market crash of 1929
d. the Allies winning World War II in 1945

4. The states of Texas, Kansas, and __________ made up the "Dust Bowl."

a. New Mexico
b. California
c. Missouri
d. Oklahoma

5. What created the "Dust Bowl"?

a. floods
b. drought
c. tornadoes
d. fires

6. What was the first "truly American" type of music?

a. bluegrass
b. country
c. rock and roll
d. ragtime

7. Who opened a house in Chicago to help the poor?

a. Andrew Carnegie
b. John D. Rockefeller
c. Jane Addams
d. Cornelius Vanderbilt

8. Groups of workers organized _____ to improve working conditions.

a. unions
b. schedules
c. struggles
d. Okies

9. Who found a cheaper way to build cars?

a. Andrew Carnegie
b. John D. Rockefeller
c. Henry Ford
d. Cornelius Vanderbilt

10. What ended the good times of the 1920s?

a. war
b. stock market crash
c. floods
d. New Deal