1920's and 1930's Unit Test

Your unit test will be next class, after the 3-day weekend. I'm glad that you will have this time to relax at home and study for socials. excellent.

Test Format:
1. MC - selections from Provincial Exams - Socials 11 and History 12
2. Short Answer - focusing on key vocabulary terms
3. Famous Quotes - identify the speaker and signficance of the quote
4. Paragraph Question - there will be a choice - they will relate to overall themes of the unit such as Autonomy and Independence, the development of the Social Welfare State, and the rise of alternate political parties.

QUOTES:

  • "The only thing to fear is fear itself." Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  • "I never so much as stole a dime, a loaf of bread, a gallon of gas, but in those days I was treated like a criminal." - Barry Broadfoot, explaining the social effects of the Great Depression
  • "I made three round trips across Canada that summer by boxcar." 'Ridin' the rails' during the Great Depression.
  • "A government is not here to subsidize idleness." Bennett
  • "Hitler smiled very pleasantly and indeed had a sort of appealing and affectionate look in his eyes. My sizing up of the man as I saw and talked with him was that he was the sort who truly loves his fellow man." PM King (1938)

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