APUSH 33: The Politics of Boom and Bust, 1920-1932 (Jordan Chandonia)

Question 1

Hoover consistently followed his belief that federal gov't shouldn't provide Depression relief

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

Main sources for the candidate Robert LaFollette in '24 were urban workers&socialreformers

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

Two terms that describe the Harding & Coolidge admins. approach to foreign policy were

Accepted Answer

isolationism and disarmament

Question 4

High tariff rates of the 20s had the economic effect of

Accepted Answer

causing European creation of tariff barriers, damaging trade

Question 5

American Great Depression economic collapse was the most severe of any 30s industrial nation

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Coolidge's image of honesty&thrift helped restore confidence in the Gov't after admin scandals

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Exception to America's isolationist foreign policy was US armed intervention in the Caribbean

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

20s High tariff policies enhanced american prosperity but hindered Europe's economic recovery

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Reconstruction Finance Corp. provide loans to business/gov't institutions w/o individual aid

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

20s Republican admins. believed in enforcing of antitrust laws for strong business competition

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

General policy of the federal gov't toward industry in the early 20s was a(n)

Accepted Answer

weakening of fed. regulation/encouragement of trade assoc.

Question 12

The most corrupt members of Hardig's cabinet were the secretaries of state & the treasury

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

As president, Warren G. Harding proved to be

Accepted Answer

weak-willed & tolerant of corruption among friends

Question 14

1928 election nominee Al Smith's background cost him support from Southern voters

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

20s Farmer's looked unsuccessfully to Federal Gov't Aid to relieve severe economic troubles

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

Britain&France didn't repay their US war debts until the Dawes plan provided loans to Germany

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

The depression was caused partly by over-expansion of credit and excessive consumer debt

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

The proposed "5-5-3" ratioin the 1922 Washington Disarmament Conf. referred to the

Accepted Answer

allowable battleship&carrier ratio among US,Britain & Japan

Question 19

20s Republican admins pursued isolationist approach to security by engaging in military buildup

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

The central scandal of the Teapot Dome involved members of Harding's cabinet who

Accepted Answer

took bribes for leasing federal oil lands

Question 21

The Hawley-Smoot Tariff stregthened trends of expanded internat'nl trade/economic cooperation

Accepted Answer

False

Question 22

The one major group that experienced hard economic times amidst general 20s prosperity was

Accepted Answer

farmers

Question 23

Two groups who suffered severe political setbacks in the immediate post-WWI environment were

Accepted Answer

organized labor and blacks

APUSH 33: The Politics of Boom and Bust, 1920-1932 (Jordan Chandonia)

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APUSH 33: The Politics of Boom and Bust, 1920-1932 (Jordan Chandonia)

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