Duplicate of America Between the Wars

Question 1

WWI Veterans who marched on washington during the Depression.

Accepted Answer

Bonus Army

Question 2

The Red Scare led some to believe which New Deal program was a gathering place for Communists.

Accepted Answer

Public Works Administration

Question 3

President who failed to address the problems of the Depression.

Accepted Answer

Hoover

Question 4

What bill was passed to address the problems associated with the savings and loans crisis?

Accepted Answer

Emergency Banking Act

Question 5

The natural rise and fall of the economy is known as what?

Accepted Answer

Business cycle

Question 6

Program that insured individuals deposits in banks.

Accepted Answer

FDIC

Question 7

The Glass-Stegall Act protected bank customers by requiring

Accepted Answer

separating commercial and investment banks

Question 8

Allows laborers to negotiate as a group.

Accepted Answer

Collective Bargaining

Question 9

The Rural Electrification Administration provided electricity to whom?

Accepted Answer

The farmers

Question 10

At its heart the Scopes Monkey trial was a clash between

Accepted Answer

Religion and Science

Question 11

What was the destination of most people fleeing the Dust Bowl

Accepted Answer

Cities to find work

Question 12

Which of the following is true of early commercial radio broadcasting

Accepted Answer

Stimulated consumerism and fads

Question 13

The National Recovery Administration created all of the following except

Accepted Answer

laws protecting black workers

Question 14

What crime was Al Capone convicted of?

Accepted Answer

Tax Evasion

Question 15

What were dust bowl refugees who fled to cities called?

Accepted Answer

Okies

Question 16

Which New Deal initiative built facilities, roads, and trails in National Parks?

Accepted Answer

Civilian Conservation Corps

Question 17

Built a series of dams to generate power and control flooding in the south.

Accepted Answer

TVA

Question 18

What was the chief complaint of conservatives against the New Deal?

Accepted Answer

Made the government too powerful

Question 19

What act passed during the New Deal guaranteed the right to collective bargaining?

Accepted Answer

Wagner Act

Question 20

This New Deal program was created for skilled workers to build roads, bridges and hospitals.

Accepted Answer

Public Works Administration

Question 21

Between which two years did Social Security payments experience the greatest increase?

Accepted Answer

40-41

Question 22

Process of federal government taking responsibility for its citizens well-being.

Accepted Answer

Welfare State

Question 23

Federal program that promoted the arts during the New Deal. FAP

Accepted Answer

Federal Arts Project

Question 24

A form of credit used to buy stocks that may have caused Depression.

Accepted Answer

Buying on margin

Question 25

At the onset of the Great Depression, what happened to the unemployment rate?

Accepted Answer

Increased dramatically

Question 26

What bill was passed to help retirees?

Accepted Answer

Social Security Act

Question 27

Farmers contributed to the causes of the Dust Bowl by

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using farming techniques that removed protective grasses

Question 28

Type of manufacturing to rapidly and efficiently assemble products.

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Assembly line

Question 29

Policy of limited governement regulation of the economy.

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Laissez-faire

Question 30

The Agricultural Adjustment act helped farmers because it

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helped end overproduction and raise crop prices

Question 31

The literature of the Harlem Renaissance...

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explored the joys and pains of being black in the U.S.

Question 32

Roosevelt created the SEC to

Accepted Answer

regulate the stock market

Question 33

A period of rising stock prices.

Accepted Answer

Bull Market

Question 34

President who promised a New Deal to America.

Accepted Answer

Roosevelt

Question 35

In 1933 Congress repealed Prohibition with what Amendment?

Accepted Answer

21

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