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Roaring 20's, Great Depression, and the New Deal
Roaring 20's, Great Depression, and the New Deal
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What DANGEROUS economic behavior did many US families begin engaging in during the 1920’s?
Buying bitcoins
Buying on credit
Buying Junk Bonds
Buying houses they couldn't afford
2
With which innovation did Henry Ford revolutionize the auto industry?
Interchangeable Parts
Assembly Line
Internal Combustion Engine
Automatic Transmission
3
Which two jazz musicians brought worldwide popularity to jazz music?
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Stevie Wonder & Smokey Robinson
Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington
4
Trial in Tennessee about the teaching of evolution in public schools.
Medici and Machiavelli Trial
Rosenberg Trial
Scopes Monkey Trial
Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
5
She changed the role of the first lady.
Nancy Reagan
Betty Ford
Eleanor Roosevelt
Jackie Kennedy
6
What was Hoover's policy with respect to the Economy?
Laissez Faire
Income Tax Cuts
Corporate Tax Cuts
Spend your way to prosperity
7
A series of 30 evening radio conversations given by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Weekly Updates
Fireside Talks
Depression Debriefings
Fireside Chats
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Why was there an immigration quota after WW1?
Immigrants refused to assimilate
Fear of Communism
A rise of hate groups like the KKK threatened their safety
No availability of jobs for new immigrants
9
A era of intense paranoia about communist influence in the United States.
Red Paranoia
Red Scare
Immigration Scare
Union Strikes
10
Who was elected President after Calvin Coolidge?
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Warren Harding
Teddy Roosevelt
11
Identify and describe Hoover’s plan for economic recovery:
Vigilantism
Volunteerism
Nothing
Government Aid
12
Explosion of music & culture & poetry arose from African Americans in Harlem during 1920’s.
Queens Resurgence
Manhattan Revival
Brooklyn Rebirth
Harlem Renaissance
13
Put more than 2.5 million young men to work restoring & maintaining beaches, forests & parks…
SEC
TVA
AAA
CCC
14
Which President in the early 20s had an administration marred by corruption?
Bill Clinton
Warren G. Harding
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
15
Tried to raise farm prices through subsidies (farmers are paid not to raise certain crops)…
TVA
SEC
AAA
CCC
16
Which new entertainment invention created a common culture across the United States?
Compact Disk Player
Telephone
Record Player
Radio
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Which structure was constructed as a monument to national optimism during the Depression?
Bank of America Tower
World Trade Center
Empire State Building
Willis Tower
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Policy where banks were closed for 4 days to ensure they were capable of staying open.
Bank Hiatus
Bank Closure Act
FDIC
Bank Holliday
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Which extreme hate group re-emerged in the 1920s?
Confederate Army
Nazi Party
Ku Klux Klan
White Supremicists
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A severely drought-stricken region in the Midwest during the 1930’s.
Orange Bowl
Fiesta Bowl
Dust Bowl
Cotton Bowl
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Practice of engaging in risky financial transactions to profit from short term fluctuations.
Buying on Margin
Speculation
Pork Barrel Spending
Inflation
22
Amendment that gave women the right to vote.
16th
21st
18th
19th
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Amendment that prohibited the production, transportation and sale of alcohol.
19th
16th
21st
18th
24
Tried to raise farm prices through subsidies (farmers are paid not to raise certain crops)…
CCC
AAA
SEC
TVA
25
Government spending, in excess of revenue
Debt Spending
Buying on Margin
Speculation
Deficit Spending
26
From where did most of popular music of the 1920’s originate?
Tin Pan Alley
Motown
Los Angelos
Memphis
27
What is the process of buying stock with borrowed money?
Speculation
Pork barrel spending
A Bad idea
Buying on margin
28
What was the name of Roosevelt’s plan for economic recovery?
Forward Progress
The New Direction
The New Deal
Economic Recovery Plan
29
Amendment that repealed Prohibition.
16th
21st
19th
18th
30
Who was the most famous writer of the Harlem Renaissance
?
Maya Angelou
Langston Hughes
Terrance Mann
W.E.B. Dubois
31
Two Italian immigrant anarchists were convicted of murder despite sketchy evidence.
Scopes Monkey Trial
Gandalfini and Buscemi Trial
Medici and Machiavelli trial
Sacco & Vanzetti Trial
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Harding’s Secretary of Interior allowed a private oil company to drill and sell US oil reserves
Watergate
Tea Pot Dome
Deflategate
Fast and Furious
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A group of WW1 vets who marched on Washington to receive their bonuses.
Veteran Affairs Association
Renegade Rangers
Disgruntled Vets
Bonus Army
34
Mass arrests and deportation of radicals at the height of the post–World War I era red scare
Prendergast Raids
Paulson Raids
Pullman Raids
Palmer Raids
35
A large movement of African Americans from the South to the North
Great Marginalization
Great Mitigation
Great Migration
Great Immigration
36
Which new entertainment invention became the first democratic art-form in the United States?
Movies
Compact Disk Player
Radio
Record Player
37
The assembly line allowed for RAPID MANUFACTURE of products. However, this created a problem
A demand for higher tariffs
Too many goods for people to purchase
Hyperinflation
Increased demand for foreign products
38
Regulates the stock market…
AAA
TVA
SEC
CCC
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Who was elected President in 1932?
Warren G. Harding
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
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What type of music is considered the only form of art native to the United States?
Jazz
Taylor Swift Whining
Polka
Mumble Rap
