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1
Roosevelt's first act was to close the banks in order to ...
allow people time to decide which bank to use
give the bank workers a much-needed rest
Give Americans confidence in the banking system again
decide which banks to close for good
2
A dogfight is
A battle between two or more airplanes in World War I
an argument between Coco and Daisy
a tank battle in World War II
An illegal sport in most countries
3
Homeless families built small towns of cheap shacks made of cardboard and waste products in parks called
Smallvilles
Cheaptowns
Sunnylands
Hoovervilles
4
Jazz music was developed by
American teenagers
American Blacks
Latinos
college musicians
5
21st Amendment
Gave Black men to right to vote
The Amendment that ended Prohibition
Gave women the right to vote
Ended segregation in the South
6
Prohibition led to the rise of
the growth of religion
addiction to other forms of drugs
Organized crime in America
a return to a simpler culture in the country
7
Roosevelt's plan to end the Great Depression was called
The New Deal
Make America Great Again
The Great Society
The Square Deal
8
Information designed to influence opinion
Propaganda
Contraband
Sussex Pledge
Espionage
9
President Wilson's peace plan was known as
Treaty of Versailles
Fourteen Points
Zimmerman telegram
Sussex Pledge
10
What were fireside chats?
Radio sports broadcasts on Sundays
Radio speeches given by FDR to discuss the New Deal with Americans
Radio programs to entertain Americans in the 1920's
Speeches designed to teach Americans to heat their homes
11
The Great Depression
the terrible time after the assassination of Lincoln
An economic collapse throughout the world from 1929-1945
A period after WWI in Europe
the time of Reconstruction in the South after the civil War
12
Prohibition
A New Deal Program to increase taxes
Basically ended Free Speech in the US during WWI
Banned the manufacture, sale, & transportation of alcohol in the US
Event which started the Great Depression
13
Al Capone, an organized crime boss and murderer
was convicted of murder and sent to prison for life
was finally arrested and sent to prison for tax evasion
was killed in a gunfight with FBI agents in December, 1934
escaped to Canada in 1933 and was never arrested
14
19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote
gave Native Americans the time to vote
gave blacks the right to vote
Confirmed the jim crow laws
15
Installment Buying
people could make a monthly, weekly, or yearly payment on an item
first form of mass media
method of paying for items in cash all at once
borrowing money from banks to purchase items
16
The US government raised money to finance WWI by
selling Liberty Bonds to Americans
asking France and Britain to immediately repay their loans
raising taxes across the country
borrowing heavily from New York banks
17
The Great Depression was not limited to the United States but can be considered a...
Old World economic depression
Worldwide Economic Depression
New World economic depression
North American Depression
18
As president, what was the first step FDR took to bring about economic recovery?
Created the CCC and The AAA
Set up food kitchens in all the major cities to ffed the poor
He closed all the banks for one week
destroyed the Hoovervilles to clean up the cities
19
Radio programs and motion pictures (movies) in the 1920s
affirmed and supported the diversity of traditional Old Country cultures
were for the most part too expensive for ordinary working families
were less popular than had been anticipated
led to the standardization of American life, creating one American culture
20
One condition of the Treaty of Versailles was that..
Austria-Hungary must pay reparations the the U.S.
Germany must adhere to all of the Fourteen Points
Austria-Hungary must reduct the size of its military
Germany must admit its guilt in causing WWI, and pay war reparations.
21
Native Americans, Blacks and Farmers continued to struggle economically in the 1920's.
False
True
22
The Bonus Army
Additional soldiers drafted to fight in the Pacific War
Black soldiers who fought in WWII
Women who worked in weapons factories during WWII
WWI veterans who marched on Washington demanding their WWI bonus pay
23
The CCC
Coffee Cream Company: 1920's Starbucks
Congressional Cancellation Committee..to repeal unfair laws
Congressional Creative Caucus...to make new laws
Civilian Conservation Corps: Relief program tto create jobs
24
How did FDR reassure and comfort the American people during the Great Depression?
Fireside Talks
Town-Hall Meetings
Fireside Chats
State of the Union Addresses
25
Which of the following is true about African American soldiers during WWI?
they served separately from white, male soldiers
They served only in non-combat positions
They received a standard rank
They enlisted voluntarily
26
World War I started when
Pearl Harbor was bombed
The U.S.S. Maine was sunk
Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austria hungary, was assassinated
Hitler invaded Poland
27
During the 1920s, most American immigrant ethnic groups
maintained a greater loyalty to the old country than to the United States
lived in neighborhoods with their own churches, newspapers, and theaters
rapidly assimilated into the mainstream of American life
sought to escape urban poverty by migrating to rural areas
28
One of the major problems facing farmers in the 1920s was
the prosecution of cooperatives under antitrust laws
passage of the McNary-Haugen Bill
the inability to purchase modern farm equipment.
Over-production, which lowered prices
29
What was the Espionage Act?
law that prohibited free speech that was disloyal to the US
All of the above
A law that required citizens to spy on Germans
A law that encouraged free speech & protest
30
James J. Braddock
Mafia boss during Prohibition
US Supreme Court Justice from New York
US Army general in WWII
Heavyweight boxing champion of the 1920's and 30's who rose from poverty
31
Why did President Wilson believe war should be declared?
German submarines have stopped all trade routes
Innocent people have been killed in their homes
property had been wrongly seized
The Zimmerman Telegram and German submarine attacks killed Americans
32
"Selling" the war to the American people was known as...
J. Edgar Hoover
Conservation
Propaganda
War bond
33
According to the Versaille Peace Plan, Germany was required to admit their guilt in starting the war.
True
False
34
The criticism of the war at home was effectively silenced by...
the Committee on Public Information
The Espionage & Sedition Acts
the Red Scare
the Palmer Raids
35
Roosevelt supported the repeal of prohibition because
it gave him the opportunity to raise federal money in taxes and create jobs
he believed the problem could be solved by restricting alcohol content
he needed support from the repeal movement to gain reelection
he thought it was unconstitutional
36
Why did many American's support FDR as president in 1932
He promised bold changes an to fix the economic problems
He was a famous baseball player and very popular
He was a famous actor and everyone knew him
As governor of California, he had created many jobs
37
Social Security Act
A program to build cheap housing for homeless Americans
a program to feed unemployed Americans
A program to give retirement pensions and aid to blind and disabled people
A job program to pout Americans back to work
38
A government program (FDR NewDeal) to help the elderly and disabled
The Agricultural Adjustment Act
The Civilian Conservation Corps
The Tennessee Valley Authority
The Social Security Act
39
Franklin Roosevelt promised to put all Americans back to work.
False
True
40
A New Deal program to provide electricity to the South
The Civilian Conservation Corps
The Agricultural Adjustment Act
The Tennesee Valley Authority
The Works Progress Administration
41
The belief that America should keep out of the world’s problems
Interventionism
Anarchism
Isolationism
Creationism
42
During the first two years of the Great Depression
more than 50% of Americans lost their jobs
more than 2500 hospitals closed
smallpox cases rose dramatically throughout the country
more than 5000 banks closed
43
Prohibition led directly to the rise of organized crime in the United States
False
True
44
Americans' isolationism in the 1930s was caused by
their regrets about participating in WWI
the Great Depression and the need to focus on getting out of it.
All the Above
US failure to understand the possible threat to the US by Germany, Japan
45
The _________ was a nationwide panic that Communists might seize power in the U.S.
FBI
Civil War
Palmer Panics
Red Scare
46
Americans blamed the Great Depression on President Hoover and the Republicans
True
False
47
In WWI ___________ were battles in the air between aircraft with attached machine guns
dogfights
Zeppelins
trench warfare
dirigibles
48
Roosevelt could easily understand the suffering of Americans because
He had been homeless as a child
He was disabled due to the terrble disease of Polio
He had lost all his money in the stock market crash of 1929
He had come from a very poor family himself
49
Babe Ruth was
a popular tennis player
the most famous baseball player in the 1920's
a famous boxing champion
A popular chocolate bar
50
"Buying on Margin" meant
Borrowing money from banks to buy stock.
Paying 20% of the price of stock and borrowing the remaining 80%.
Paying only 10% of the price of stock while borrowing the remaining 90%.
Paying full price for stocks, but no taxes
51
The Spanish Flu was
A pandemic infecting 500 million people and spread by returning soldiers
a sickness which only affected Spanish people
a new type of chimney developed in Madrid, Spain
A disease which killed 90% of Native Americans
52
What United States president is blamed for the Great Depression?
Roosevelt
Coolidge
Hoover
Wilson
53
KKK membership in the 1920's was
3.5 million
2.1 million
More than 5 million
4 million
54
The American economy in the 1920's
Was booming throughout the decade
Grew swiftly through government regulation of business.
Benefitted the black population more than the white population
was heavily damaged by the misuse of credit and installment payments
55
Jazz
new form of music in the 1920's created by blacks
a new drink sold in speakeasies
the profit made from sales of stock
a type of bread eaten by US soldiers in france
56
Spying to acquire government secrets
Contraband
Liberty Bonds
Espionage
Sussex Pledge
57
A new law that provided an old-age pension to all retired Americans
The Pension Plan of 1926
The Welfare Act
The Neutrality Act
The Social Security Act
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Method of loaning money to the government to pay for war
Espionage
Liberty Bonds
Propaganda
Contraband
59
The event that caused the the first declaration of war during WWI was...
Assassination of the archduke of Germany
The German invasion of Russia
The German invasion of Belgium
Gavrilo Princip assassinated the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary
60
German submarines that attacked ships bound for Britain were called ________________
Zepplins
Sussex
Tanks
U-boats
61
A message from Germany to Mexico, promising to return Texas and California if Mexico fought the US...
the Naxi-Soviet Pact
The Zimmerman Note (Telegram)
The Capone letter
The Truman Doctrine
62
No Man's Land was
the dangerous area between the trenches of the Germans and the Allies
the land behind the German trenches
unclaimed territory in Africa
a section of Paris where men are not allowed to live
63
Women who had short hair, drank, danced, and smoked
College girls
Telephone operators
Suffragettes
Flapper girls
64
According to the Zimmerman telegram, if Mexico allied with Germany, Germany would...
Prevent the U.S. from taking control of Mexico
Help Mexico take control of Central America
Help Mexico regain Texas, New Mexico & Arizona
Send troops to support the Huerta government
65
The economic prosperity that developed in the 1920s
led to a growing level of savings by the American public.
greatly closed the gap between rich and poor
enabled labor unions to gain strength
was accompanied by a large amount of consumer debt
66
New Deal Program (FDR) aimed at protecting deposits you make in a bank
AAA
SEC
FDIC
FBI
67
Agricultural Adjustment Act
New Deal program that provided retirement pensions to Americans
A New Deal Act that paid farmers a stipend not to grow crops
New New Program to create jobs
New Deal program designed to bring electricity to rural areas
68
Speakeasies
Newspapers in New York and Boston
New and inexpensive radios sold in the 1920's
Secret bars that operated illegally during Prohibition
Young women of the 1920s that behaved and dressed in a radical fashion
69
The New Deal
A program to take money from the rich to give to the poor
Federal programs by President Roosevelt to help end the Great Depression
A program aimed at ridding the South of the Boll Weevil
A form of segregation focused on "separate but equal."
70
What were 2 jobs that women performed in the armed services during WWI?
administration & clerical work
nursing & clerical work
drafting & nursing
infantry & nursing
71
In the election of 1932, Americans overwhelmingly voted for
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
72
In the first two years of the Great Depression more than ..... banks failed.
2500
5000
2000
3000
