Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act Goal

protect agriculture/industry from foreign competition

Why Coolidge did not run for re-election

President couln't be effective more than 8 years

Description of U.S. economy in 1929

wages low, more goods than people could buy

photographed Dust Bowl refugees

National Credit Corporation

private agency - buy failed banks assets

Event that led to "this is no longer America" being written:

attacked on unarmed protesters by the Army

Coolidge foreign policy

U.S. help countries - no military force

Reason for soap opera's name:

usually sponsored by detergent companies

Why investors payed no attention to instability of stock prices

would lead to a large increase in stock prices

D.C. police superintendent response to Bonus Army:

provided food, medical care and supplies

decreased Americans' ability to support business

Posed greatest danger to those living in Great Plains during Dust Bowl

migrating to California and living in squatter camps

returned to country of one's citizenship

Norris-LaGuardia Act affect on laborers

stengthened the power of laborers

How Great Depression affected European politics:

increase power for authoritarian leaders

investor groups bought/sold stock among themselves to run up price

These had nicknmaes that included Hoover's name

things that demonstrated severe poverty

coordinate the efforts of volunteers helping unemployed

1929 plan to reduce Germany's war debt

provided only temporary relief to Germany's economy

Role Religion played in 1928 election:

Smith was Catholic, Hoover benefited

WWl veterans who wanted early payment

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1
Decrease in stock value on Black Tuesday
$12 billion
$16 million
$9 billion
$13 million
2
Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act Goal
help Germany with reparations
have Europeans purchase U.S. goods
protect agriculture/industry from foreign competition
encourage imports
3
Why Coolidge did not run for re-election
President couln't be effective more than 8 years
was unpopular with farmers
afraid the economy was weakening
Wanted Hoover to run
4
Musician who wrote "Goodnight Irene"?
Woody Guthrie
Lead Belly
Pete Seeger
Benny Goodman
5
Screwball comedies name after
baseball pitch
fast-pace jazz music
character from a radio program
skilled aviators
6
Description of U.S. economy in 1929
wages high, supply of houses/cars - not meet demand
wages low, prouction of goods low
wages low, more goods than people could buy
wages high, production low
7
Dorthea Lange
called black blizzards dust storms
photographed Dust Bowl refugees
Farm Security Adminstration official
novelist who told the story of Okies
8
National Credit Corporation
private agency - buy failed banks assets
federal agency - rebuld farms
federal agency - provided loans
private agency - invested in technology
9
Mussolini philosophy
republicanism
socialism
communism
facism
10
Date of the stock market crash
October 24, 1929
Octoober 24, 1930
October 29, 1929
October 29, 1930
11
Event that led to "this is no longer America" being written:
attacked on unarmed protesters by the Army
Democrates gaining majority in the House
passage of a bill to strengthen labor power
failure of bill providing aid to umemployed
12
Coolidge foreign policy
help countries with force
U.S. help countries - no military force
only help countries in Europe
not help countries in need
13
Reason for soap opera's name:
soapy meant sentimental
housewives would listen to them
usually sponsored by detergent companies
were popular with housewives
14
Federal Reserve took this approach to banks in 1930:
created a system of banking insurance
closed banks
did not intervene
loaned money
15
Buying on Margin
buy/sell stocks to affect their price
buy/sell stocks same day
buy undervalued stock
buy stocks on credit
16
Tried to stabilize farm prices
Federal Farm Board
Mexican Repatriation Program
Farm Security Administration
Bum Brigrade
17
Ran against Hoover
Al Smith
Richard Wright
Walker Evans
Williams Jennings Bryan
18
Now Let Us Praise Famous Men
John Dos Passos
Richard Wright
James Agee
John Steinbeck
19
Hoovervilles
cities that voted for Hoover
shantytowns built by homeless
small farming towns
relief camps
20
Why investors payed no attention to instability of stock prices
changes in stock prices were small
only affected a few companies
saw as a warning not to own stocks
would lead to a large increase in stock prices
21
A state not affected by the Dust Bowl
Oklahoma
Nevada
New Mexico
Kansas
22
Where was the Dust Bowl?
East Coast
Northwest
Southwest
Great Plains
23
D.C. police superintendent response to Bonus Army:
arrested everyone
used tear gas
provided food, medical care and supplies
offered them $100,000
24
Musician known for Big Band Swing
Louis Armstrong
John Steinbeck
Benny Goodman
Al Smith
25
All goods and services produced in a nation
GNP
CCC
TVA
GOP
26
GNP following Black Tuesday
fell - $88 - $76 billion
changed a little
fell - $76 - $9 billion
did not change
27
Revenue Act of 1932:
provided farmers with better prices
funded jobs
subsidized the cost of housing
decreased Americans' ability to support business
28
Posed greatest danger to those living in Great Plains during Dust Bowl
retrieving livestock
remaining in their homes
farming the land
migrating to California and living in squatter camps
29
National Credit Corp and Reconstruction Finance Corp are similar:
both established loans to farmers
both helped failing banks
both established to support business
both established to support business
30
repatriation
paying a fine for immigrating
moving to a country where you have family
pledging loyatly to a new country
returned to country of one's citizenship
31
Norris-LaGuardia Act affect on laborers
stengthened the power of laborers
gave workers more control
provided laborers with access to jobs
made it difficult to find employment
32
How Great Depression affected European politics:
increase power for authoritarian leaders
more Europeans embrace socialism
increased support for European leaders
led to a decline in U.S. influence
33
Photographer in the South
Al Smith
John Steinbeck
Richard Wright
Walker Evans
34
Trading pools:
bank accounts to speculate the market
rooms were brokers bought stocks
investor groups bought/sold stock among themselves to run up price
teams of Federal Reserve agents
35
These had nicknmaes that included Hoover's name
programs created by the president
items given to unemployed
food provided for animals of farmers
things that demonstrated severe poverty
36
Discrimantory term used to describe people moving west during Dust Bowl
migrants
Okies
margins
trading pools
37
POUR
connect unemployed to employers
create federal jobs
provide food and clothing
coordinate the efforts of volunteers helping unemployed
38
Comic book hero from the 25th century:
W.C. Fields
Lone Rogers
Buck Rogers
Dick Tracy
39
Turned Okies away at the border
Farm Security Administration
bum brigade
All of the above
Federal Farm Board
40
Percentage of people with no savings
80
60
50
70
41
Pecent of people at or below the poverty level
70
80
50
40
42
1929 plan to reduce Germany's war debt
provided only temporary relief to Germany's economy
helped Germany's economy stabilize
helped Germany's economy flourish
had little effect on Germany's economy
43
Led to increased productivity in automobile industry:
less competition
new machinery/assembly line
more experienced workers
increased demand for cars
44
Benefited the most from Coolidge tax cuts
politicians
middle-class
farmers
wealthy Americans
45
My Man Godfrey was a:
movie musical
gangster movie
drama
screwball comedy
46
Nickname given to the stock market crash
Blue Tuesday
Blue Thursday
Black Tuesday
Black Thursday
47
Role Religion played in 1928 election:
Charasmatic leader endoresed Hoover
Smith was Jewish
Smith was Catholic, Hoover benefited
both candidates were Protestant
48
How Guthrie was able to capture plight of refugees
interviewed refugees
He was an "Okie"
worked for Resettlement Adminstration
volunteered in migrant camps
49
Wrote Native Son
Walker Evans
Al Smith
Benny Goodman
Richard Wright
50
Wrote the Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
Walker Evans
Dorthea Lange
Richard Wright
51
Bonus Army
WWl veterans who wanted jobs
WWl veterans who protested Hoover
WWl veterans who wanted early payment
WWl veterans who protested income tax
52
Emergency Relief and Construction Act
funds to states to build public structures/create jobs
provided food and clothing to homeless
created new factories
money and homes to homeless
53
What happened to customers' savings when banks failed?
lost all of their money
received their savings from a larger bank
petioned bank to get their money
lost nothing
54
Why did Japan occupy Manchuria?
expand empire/raw materials
discourage trade among other nations
all of the above
increase agricultural lands
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Made possible for small investors to invest in the market
tax breaks
declining stock prices
bank loans
increased wages

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