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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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Which two jazz musicians brought worldwide popularity to jazz music?
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald
Stevie Wonder & Smokey Robinson
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
2
Which President in the early 20s had an administration marred by corruption?
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Bill Clinton
Warren G. Harding
3
She changed the role of the first lady.
Jackie Kennedy
Nancy Reagan
Betty Ford
Eleanor Roosevelt
4
What DANGEROUS economic behavior did many US families begin engaging in during the 1920’s?
Buying Junk Bonds
Buying bitcoins
Buying on credit
Buying houses they couldn't afford
5
Practice of engaging in risky financial transactions to profit from short term fluctuations.
Buying on Margin
Speculation
Pork Barrel Spending
Inflation
6
Who was the most famous writer of the Harlem Renaissance
?
Maya Angelou
Langston Hughes
Terrance Mann
W.E.B. Dubois
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Which structure was constructed as a monument to national optimism during the Depression?
Empire State Building
World Trade Center
Willis Tower
Bank of America Tower
8
Put more than 2.5 million young men to work restoring & maintaining beaches, forests & parks…
CCC
AAA
TVA
SEC
9
Which new entertainment invention became the first democratic art-form in the United States?
Radio
Compact Disk Player
Movies
Record Player
10
A era of intense paranoia about communist influence in the United States.
Union Strikes
Red Scare
Red Paranoia
Immigration Scare
11
Who was elected President in 1932?
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
12
A large movement of African Americans from the South to the North
Great Marginalization
Great Immigration
Great Mitigation
Great Migration
13
Mass arrests and deportation of radicals at the height of the post–World War I era red scare
Prendergast Raids
Paulson Raids
Palmer Raids
Pullman Raids
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What was the name of Roosevelt’s plan for economic recovery?
The New Deal
The New Direction
Economic Recovery Plan
Forward Progress
15
Amendment that gave women the right to vote.
21st
18th
16th
19th
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Policy where banks were closed for 4 days to ensure they were capable of staying open.
FDIC
Bank Hiatus
Bank Closure Act
Bank Holliday
17
Which new entertainment invention created a common culture across the United States?
Telephone
Compact Disk Player
Record Player
Radio
18
Government spending, in excess of revenue
Buying on Margin
Debt Spending
Speculation
Deficit Spending
19
Trial in Tennessee about the teaching of evolution in public schools.
Rosenberg Trial
Scopes Monkey Trial
Medici and Machiavelli Trial
Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
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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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Amendment that repealed Prohibition.
19th
16th
21st
18th
22
Identify and describe Hoover’s plan for economic recovery:
Government Aid
Vigilantism
Volunteerism
Nothing
23
The assembly line allowed for RAPID MANUFACTURE of products. However, this created a problem
A demand for higher tariffs
Increased demand for foreign products
Too many goods for people to purchase
Hyperinflation
24
What type of music is considered the only form of art native to the United States?
Polka
Taylor Swift Whining
Jazz
Mumble Rap
25
Why was there an immigration quota after WW1?
Immigrants refused to assimilate
A rise of hate groups like the KKK threatened their safety
Fear of Communism
No availability of jobs for new immigrants
26
Who was elected President after Calvin Coolidge?
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Warren Harding
Herbert Hoover
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Amendment that prohibited the production, transportation and sale of alcohol.
19th
16th
18th
21st
28
A severely drought-stricken region in the Midwest during the 1930’s.
Cotton Bowl
Orange Bowl
Fiesta Bowl
Dust Bowl
29
Regulates the stock market…
SEC
AAA
TVA
CCC
30
Which extreme hate group re-emerged in the 1920s?
Confederate Army
Nazi Party
White Supremicists
Ku Klux Klan
31
Explosion of music & culture & poetry arose from African Americans in Harlem during 1920’s.
Manhattan Revival
Brooklyn Rebirth
Harlem Renaissance
Queens Resurgence
32
With which innovation did Henry Ford revolutionize the auto industry?
Internal Combustion Engine
Automatic Transmission
Assembly Line
Interchangeable Parts
33
What was Hoover's policy with respect to the Economy?
Laissez Faire
Income Tax Cuts
Corporate Tax Cuts
Spend your way to prosperity
34
A series of 30 evening radio conversations given by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fireside Chats
Depression Debriefings
Weekly Updates
Fireside Talks
35
From where did most of popular music of the 1920’s originate?
Los Angelos
Motown
Memphis
Tin Pan Alley
36
What is the process of buying stock with borrowed money?
A Bad idea
Buying on margin
Pork barrel spending
Speculation
37
Tried to raise farm prices through subsidies (farmers are paid not to raise certain crops)…
CCC
AAA
SEC
TVA
38
Tried to raise farm prices through subsidies (farmers are paid not to raise certain crops)…
AAA
CCC
TVA
SEC
39
Harding’s Secretary of Interior allowed a private oil company to drill and sell US oil reserves
Fast and Furious
Deflategate
Tea Pot Dome
Watergate
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A group of WW1 vets who marched on Washington to receive their bonuses.
Bonus Army
Renegade Rangers
Veteran Affairs Association
Disgruntled Vets
