Boom and Bust

Question 1

Calvin Coolidge was ___ and believed in _______ approach to government

Accepted Answer

pro-business; laissez-faire

Question 2

These men rode the rails throughout the country in search of employment

Accepted Answer

Hoboes

Question 3

When the stock market is stagnant or going down it is called a ______ market

Accepted Answer

Bear

Question 4

Popular form of music during the 20s featuring Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong was

Accepted Answer

Jazz

Question 5

Overall, the New Deal pulled America out of the Great Depression

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

This natural disaster in the mid-30s created a cloud that reached as far as the east coast

Accepted Answer

The Dust Bowl

Question 7

This group broadened its discrimination to Jews, Catholics, and immigrants

Accepted Answer

Ku Klux Klan, The Invisible Empire

Question 8

_____ founded the first American birth control center in 1916

Accepted Answer

Margaret Sanger

Question 9

The trial that was representative of conflict between traditional and modern cultural values

Accepted Answer

Scopes Monkey Trial

Question 10

Mass consumption, chain stores, installment plans, and credit were all a part of

Accepted Answer

consumerism

Question 11

Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston were among the artists and writers during the

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Harlem Renaissance

Question 12

The decade of economic prosperity, social change, and cultural dynamism was known as

Accepted Answer

The Roaring 20s.

Question 13

This person made the first solo airplane trip across the Atlantic Ocean non-stop

Accepted Answer

Charles Lindbergh

Question 14

Whew!!! On to politics, YAAAAYYYY!!! Warren G. Harding campaigned on the slogan

Accepted Answer

"Return to Normalcy"

Question 15

Buying on margin and overproduction were two causes of the Great Depression; two others were

Accepted Answer

Speculation and Hawley-Smoot Tariff

Question 16

The election of 1932 pitted these two candidates, _______ a _________ and _________ a _________

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Hoover; Republican; Roosevelt; Democrat

Question 17

Women who wore short dresses, make up, smoked, and partied were known as

Accepted Answer

Flappers

Question 18

The SEC was designed to

Accepted Answer

help prevent future stock market crashes, supervise the stock market and prevent fraud

Question 19

The concept that people should take care of themselves was known as

Accepted Answer

rugged individualism

Question 20

____ was a strict belief in a literal translation of the Bible

Accepted Answer

Fundamentalism

Question 21

What media method did Franklin D. Roosevelt use to address the nation?

Accepted Answer

Radio

Question 22

What were "talkies"?

Accepted Answer

Movies with sound

Question 23

___ used the assembly line to produce large numbers of inexpensive ____

Accepted Answer

Henry Ford; automobiles

Question 24

The Harding Administration was implicated in the

Accepted Answer

Teapot Dome Scandal

Question 25

The stock market goes up because investors have ____, it goes down because investors are _____

Accepted Answer

confidence; fearful

Question 26

When the government spends more money than it receives is called

Accepted Answer

deficit spending

Question 27

What was the primary source of information and entertainment during the 20s?

Accepted Answer

Radio

Question 28

The ___ Amendment prohibited alcohol while the ___ Amendment repealed the ___ Amendment

Accepted Answer

18th; 21st; 18th

Question 29

Huey P. Long's presidential campaign was based on a _______, wanting to pay every American

Accepted Answer

"share the wealth" program; $5,000

Question 30

WWI vets that marched on Washington demanding their bonus money early

Accepted Answer

The Bonus Army

Question 31

____ supported the Back-to-Africa movement and was founder of the UNIA

Accepted Answer

Marcus Garvey

Question 32

This program was designed to ensure your money is safe in banks

Accepted Answer

FDIC

Question 33

The Hawley-Smoot Tariff encouraged Americans to buy American and it kept the US economy going

Accepted Answer

False

Question 34

The group of writers such as Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Ezra Pound were known as the

Accepted Answer

Lost Generation

Question 35

The New Deal was designed to get the US out of the depression

Accepted Answer

True

Question 36

Where could you buy alcohol illegally during prohibition?

Accepted Answer

Speakeasies

Question 37

When the stock market is going up it is called a _____ market

Accepted Answer

Bull

Question 38

These little "villages" built by homeless people during the depression, were known as

Accepted Answer

Hoovervilles

Question 39

Several of FDR's New Deal programs were deemed _____ by the SCOTUS

Accepted Answer

unconstitutional

Question 40

What was the name of a popular dance during the 20s?

Accepted Answer

The Charleston

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