What was the basic cause of the Great Depression of the 1930s?

The distribution of income was unequal.

Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes and Bessie Smith are most closely associated with efforts to

promote the cultural identity of Afr Amer. through the arts

Which New Deal program was chiefly designed to correct abuses in the stock market?

Securities and Exchange Commission

During the 1920s, much of the debt accumulated by consumers was due to

installment buying of manufactured goods

During the 1930s, poor land management & severe drought in parts of the Midwest resulted in the

development of Dust Bowl conditions on the Great Plains

The main reason FDR attempted to increase the number of Justices on the US Supreme Court was to

make the Court more supportive of New Deal programs

Labor unions in the US increased their power during the administration of FDR mainly because

unions gained major rights under Federal law

Senator Huey Long, Dr. Francis Townsend, and Father Charles Coughlin are best known as

outspoken critics of President Roosevelt's New Deal

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1
What was the basic cause of the Great Depression of the 1930s?
Tariffs on foreign manufactured goods were reduced.
Immigration was not limited.
The distribution of income was unequal.
Too many antitrust laws were passed.
2
Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes and Bessie Smith are most closely associated with efforts to
promote the cultural identity of Afr Amer. through the arts
establish the NAACP
fight discrimination through the judicial system
expand the Back to Africa movement
3
Which New Deal program was chiefly designed to correct abuses in the stock market?
Works Progress Administration
Securities and Exchange Commission
Federal Emergency Relief Act
Civilian Conservation Corps
4
Which 1920s event best reflects the conflict in American society between science & religion?
Scopes Trial
trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
passage of the quota acts
opposition to the Ku Klux Klan
5
During the 1920s, much of the debt accumulated by consumers was due to
long strikes by labor unions
installment buying of manufactured goods
rising income taxes
overproduction of farm products
6
During the 1930s, poor land management & severe drought in parts of the Midwest resulted in the
creation of wheat surpluses
formation of the United States Department of Agriculture
growth of the Granger movement
development of Dust Bowl conditions on the Great Plains
7
The main reason FDR attempted to increase the number of Justices on the US Supreme Court was to
increase the independence of the Court
make the Court more supportive of New Deal programs
speed up the Court's review of cases
force the S.C. to hear cases re rights of minorities & women
8
The Red Scare, growth of the KKK, and murder convictions of Sacco & Vanzetti were influenced by
an effort to stop fascism
the passage of immigration quota acts
the rise of organized crime
a distrust of foreigners
9
Labor unions in the US increased their power during the administration of FDR mainly because
unions gained major rights under Federal law
union leaders were elected to high government offices
more people went to work for the Federal Government
there were so many unemployed workers
10
Senator Huey Long, Dr. Francis Townsend, and Father Charles Coughlin are best known as
supporters of FDR's reelection campaign in 1940
members of the Supreme Court nominated by President FDR
outspoken critics of President Roosevelt's New Deal
members of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's cabinet

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