1920s, 1930s & The Great Depression

Question 1

TheScopes Trial resulted over –

Accepted Answer

Darwins Theory

Question 2

In 1935, which provideda retirement pension while establishing other safeguards for workers?

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Social Security Act

Question 3

Was designed to protect American farmers and manufacturersfrom foreign competition?

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TariffAct of 1930

Question 4

The worst year of the depression was?

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1933

Question 5

Onecause of the stock market crash was investments made with borrowed money called –

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overspeculation

Question 6

Woman who embraced newfashions and urban attitudes of the1920’s would have been called –

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Flappers

Question 7

Which program sought to reduce crop surpluses by paying farmers who cutproduction?

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AAA

Question 8

President Roosevelt used “fireside chats” to talk to Americans through -

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radio

Question 9

The total value of goods and services produced in the United States each year?

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GNP

Question 10

TheWorks Progress Administration (WPA) was considered to be a –

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relief measure

Question 11

A result of openimmigration in the 1920s was nativist feelings, and the rise of the new -

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Ku Klux Klan

Question 12

This Reform measure corrected unsound banking and investment practices

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FDIC

Question 13

The18th Amendment launched the era known as –

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Prohibition

Question 14

Bythe 1930’s, millions of Americans went to the movies each week mainlyto –

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escape the realities created by the depression

Question 15

Thelegacy of the New Deal was the public’s belief that the U.S. government –

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assume responsibility for the economic welfare of citizens

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