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1
Swing and Jazz became unpopular
False
True
2
The Tuskagee Airmen proved black pilots were as good, even better, than the white ones
True
False
3
When did the USA join WW2?
1956
1941
1940
1935
4
Roosevelt gave 60 speeches while campaigning
True
False
5
Hoover believed in 'laissez fair'. What else did he believe Americans were?
proud patriots
rugged individualists
6
New Deal cut unemployment from ___ to ___
20%, 11%
50%, 25%
25%, 14%
7
By 1932, how many people were unemployed?
12%
50%
25%
20%
8
The Great Depression took over peoples lives. ____ banks shut down. _____ businesses shut down.
5,000 & 100,000
1000 & 200
100,000 & 5,000
9
50 million dollars was spent on weapons and food for Britian and Russia
True
False
10
Where would poor people live?
Hoovervilles
Villes
suburbs
For some, nowhre. ('hobos')
11
Farmers grew too much food, so value went down. Whats that called?
Overproduction
Overestimation
Underachievement
Bad luck
12
The TVA was an alphabet agency that built 33 dams for job opportunities and for farmers. But how many jobs did it make?
20
20,000,000
2,000,000
200,000
13
Cinema became popular. Give examples of popular 30s films
Harry Potter
Snow White
Sleeping Beauty
Wizard of Oz
14
The Alphabet Agency CCC did what?
Got men in factories
Got men time in mines
Got men experience of work in the countryside
15
Roosevelt scrapped prohibition,used Bank Holiday to check good banks opened.He did an act to stop banks gambling, called
Glass Steagul Act
Lend Lease
Truman Doctrine
New Deal
16
___ and ____ left their farms to live in California
Okies and arkies
Owners and farmers
Onies and anies
17
Breadlines were people waiting for food from soup kitchens
False
True
18
How did the Bonus Marchers make Hoover look bad?
The army was used to clear their camp, even 2 babies died
They made petitions against him
They denied the money Hoover offered
19
War gave women opportunities in factories and in healthcare. Name a figure of propaganda that motivated this
Melanie the mechanic
Fiona the farmer
Rosie the riveter
No one
20
More factories had to be made as car factories wouldn't convert to war fare
False
True
21
The Alphabet Agency AAA did what?
Paid Farmers to destroy food to combat over production
Paid men to engage in miltary training
Paid women to start businesses
22
The Dust Bowl helped farms
True
False
23
Who didn't support the New Deal?
Rich people
Francis Townsend (wanted pensions for elderly)
Huey Long (wanted to share wealth)
Supreme court (felt it broke law)
24
Double V Campaign, CORE, FEPC fought for...
LGBT equality
Racial equality
Class equality
Gender equality
25
Lend Lease ended mass unemployment, as shown with 'Roosevelt Recession'
True
False
26
What did Roosevelt promise the 'forgotten americans'?
Red Scare
New Deal
Emergency Bill
27
The dams made cheap electricity. This opened many jobs.
False
True
28
Roosevelt had...
Been the Governor of New York
Been involved in the watergate scandal
Previously set up soup kitchens
29
Farms were sold in...
foreclosure sales
production sales
closure sales
30
WPA paid....
journalists, reporters to keep the public with the news
artists, actors, writers to make entertainment
31
The Hawley Smoot Tariff worked
False
True
32
Which of these wasn't a measure Hoover did to help?
Fordney-Mccumber Tariff
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Projects like Hoover Dam
Emergency Relief Act
