Why were movies so popular during the Great Depression?

it provided an escape from life's realities

How did the Scope's Trial challenge traditional values?

it challenged religious views with the theory of evolution

What impact did the New Deal have on the role of the federal government?

it made the government more involved in solving problems

How did the collapse of the stock market affect the economy?

people ran to banks to withdraw money, causing them to fail

What was one cause of the Stock Market crash?

people bought stock with borrowed money

What New Deal program provided "recovery" to help farmers get out of their financial troubles?

Agicultural Adjustment Administration

What New Deal program provided "reform" to prevent another Great Depression with bank collapse?

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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1
Complete the quote: "We have nothing to fear, but ____________"
homelessness
fear itself
unemployment
stocks
2
All are effects of the Great Depression EXCEPT:
unemployment
farm foreclosures and migration
increased demand for goods
bank failures
3
What is NOT true of the way women in the 1920s challenged traditional roles?
they appeared in movies
they "bobbed" their hair short
they wore short dresses to their knees
they voted
4
Why were movies so popular during the Great Depression?
because women had recently received the right to vote
it provided an escape from life's realities
they were colorized
becasue so many people were unemployed
5
How did the Scope's Trial challenge traditional values?
it advocated for women's voting rights
it challenged religious views with the theory of evolution
it shocked people with new women's roles
it challenged conservative rural views on drinking
6
How did radio influence American culture in the 1920s and 1930s?
playing rock and roll music
spreading news of World War I
spreading yellow journalism
broadcasting Fireside Chats
7
How did the Hawley-Smoot Tariff affect international trade?
it increased foreign trade
it decreased foreign trade
it had no effect on foreign trade
it stimulated the US economy
8
What impact did the New Deal have on the role of the federal government?
it made the government more involved in solving problems
none of these
people accepted that the government can't help the economy
it lessened the government's role in the economy
9
What New Deal program provided "relief" & put people to work?
Social Security
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Works Progress Administration
Agicultural Adjustment Administration
10
What was the unemployment rate during the Great Depression?
1 in 20 workers
1 in 4 workers
1 in 2 workers
1 in 10 workers
11
How did Prohibition affect America?
all of the above are true
alcohol consumption was made illegal
illegal speakeasies opened
people smuggled alcohol
12
How did the collapse of the stock market affect the economy?
all of the above
people invested in failing businesses
people began to invest their excess money there
people ran to banks to withdraw money, causing them to fail
13
What was one cause of the Stock Market crash?
people bought very low priced stock
people risked their homes to invest in the market
people bought stock with borrowed money
people were careful to use little credit
14
What New Deal program provided a safeguard for workers, providing a retirement pension?
Agicultural Adjustment Administration
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Social Security
Works Progress Administration
15
What New Deal program provided "recovery" to help farmers get out of their financial troubles?
Works Progress Administration
Agicultural Adjustment Administration
Social Security
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
16
What New Deal program provided "reform" to prevent another Great Depression with bank collapse?
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Works Progress Administration
Agicultural Adjustment Administration
Social Security
17
What resulted from the post-war rise in immigration?
the stock market crash
Prohibition of alcohol;
women's voting rights
the rise of the Ku Klux Klan

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