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History Quiz
Author’s Name
Department Name
Name and Number of Course
Instructor’s Name
Date
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1. After the World War 1 United States became more involved in the world by signing the
Treaty of Versailles and joining the League of Nations (Spiegel International)
President Wilson signed that treaty during his trip to Europe.
2. Henry Ford romanticized the small American farming background he came from and was
openly bigoted about Jews. (History.com Editors) Ford has published an anti-
Semitic paper and was a strong Hisupporter of Adolf Hitler.
3. The three Republican Presidents who were in office during the boom times (Harding,
Coolidge and Hoover) all believed should not directly do things to help the struggling
workers and farmers. (Ladenburg, 2007)
4. During the 1950’s, in order to discourage unionization of workers some companies began
to offer private pensions and leisure time activities.
5. On “Black Thursday” Oct. 24 1929 the US stock market lost 11% of its value at the
opening bell but on the next Monday and Tuesday it fell even more by 23% in just two
days (History.com Editors)
6. Two of the big problems that created the Great Depression of 1929 to 1941 were high
food prices and underproduction in factories in mid 1920s. False. (Amedeo, 2020).
These problems created the worst natural disaster the “Dust Bowl” which caused
the destruction of good farming land which worsened the Great Depression.
History Quiz
Author’s Name
Department Name
Name and Number of Course
Instructor’s Name
Date
, 2
1. After the World War 1 United States became more involved in the world by signing the
Treaty of Versailles and joining the League of Nations (Spiegel International)
President Wilson signed that treaty during his trip to Europe.
2. Henry Ford romanticized the small American farming background he came from and was
openly bigoted about Jews. (History.com Editors) Ford has published an anti-
Semitic paper and was a strong Hisupporter of Adolf Hitler.
3. The three Republican Presidents who were in office during the boom times (Harding,
Coolidge and Hoover) all believed should not directly do things to help the struggling
workers and farmers. (Ladenburg, 2007)
4. During the 1950’s, in order to discourage unionization of workers some companies began
to offer private pensions and leisure time activities.
5. On “Black Thursday” Oct. 24 1929 the US stock market lost 11% of its value at the
opening bell but on the next Monday and Tuesday it fell even more by 23% in just two
days (History.com Editors)
6. Two of the big problems that created the Great Depression of 1929 to 1941 were high
food prices and underproduction in factories in mid 1920s. False. (Amedeo, 2020).
These problems created the worst natural disaster the “Dust Bowl” which caused
the destruction of good farming land which worsened the Great Depression.
