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The Roaring 20's, Great Depression, and the New Deal!
The Roaring 20's, Great Depression, and the New Deal!
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Roaring 20s and Great Depression for US History #roaring20s #greatdepression #ushistoryii
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1
What does the Wagner Act do?
Guarantees basic rights to labor unions
Limits what government can do towards economic sanctions
Limits labor unions to protect companies
Adopts a more Laissez-faire economic position
2
Wagner Act (NLRA)
allowed only mine workers to join unions
gave unions the right to stike
gave union workers raises
allowed workers to join unions
3
What did the Palmer Raids do in America?
violated the civil liberties of suspected radicals
protected peoples natural rights
clean out the honest Americans from the US
separated church and state
4
What does the Wagner Act do?
Guarantees basic rights to labor unions
Limits what government can do towards economic sanctions
Limits labor unions to protect companies
Adopts a more Laissez-faire economic position
5
Which amendment repealed the 18th amendment?
20
19
21
22
6
One purpose of the Federal Reserve was to regulate the supply of money in the economy?
True
False
7
What is the term for restricting immigration in the 1920's?
Boulder Act
Nativism
Isolationism
Imperialism
8
FDR's critics complained about the president attempting the pact the court bc it violated?
a system of checks and balances
gave the vice president more power
made the court much strong
made the congress stronger
9
Which new Deal reform helped victims of the dust bowl?
tax breaks
low-cost loans and parity payments
letting farmers unionize
regulating stock sales
10
A major cause of the great depression was
Buying stocks on the margin
U.S. involvement in the League of Nations
High prices on farm foods
Taxation without representation
11
With FDR election, his attempt to court pack, and his New Deal programs, many thought he was behaving like a king?
False
True
12
The Palmer raids and the Red Scare were results of
Klu Klux Klan increase
Communist elections
fear of strikers links to communism
fear of the Bolsheviks
13
Which program in the New Deal attempted to protect the abuses of the stock market?
Civilian Consevation Corp
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Securities & Exchange Commision
Workers Progress Administration
14
What were Hoovervilles?
Shanty towns built during the Great Depression
A famous community created by Dr. Suess.
Herbert Hoovers house.
Houses for the Rich.
15
What did the Works Progress Administrations (WPA) do?
Welfare (Food Stamps, Living cost assistance)
Provided unemployment funds to the rich
Employment assistance for the unemployed
Gave funds to corporations in an effort to increase jobs
16
Which of the following helped to lead to the Great Depression?
Only the rich could invest in the stoack market
The failure of the US government to regulated the stock market
banks lent out less money than they took in
people only bought stocks they could afford
17
A major effect of the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) allowed unions to_____?
control large businesses
right to collectively bargain & support of labor unions
lost the right to strike
Gain new members
18
This established work programs to help Americans get back on their feet and improve the economy
New Program
Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Deal
New Deal
19
What did the Social Security Act achieve?
gave financial assistance to the employed
gave financial assistance to orphans
gave financial assistance to single mothers
gave financial assistance to retired workers 65+ years old
20
What president did Americans blame the depression on?
Herbert Hoover
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
21
The 1920's were referred to as the "Roaring Twenties" because of?
social and cutural changes
political change
ending prohibition
the Depression
22
During the New Deal the government was
LESS
involved in peoples lives than before the Great Depression?
False
True
23
What is Nativism?
Disrespect of people who did not fight in WWI.
Discrimination against Native American Indians.
Prejudice against foreign-born people.
Disrespect of American Values.
24
The Quota Acts and the Ku Klux Klan were similar in that both?
wanted to increase the Muslim population
both supported immigration
Were against immigration
wanted to increase the Jewish populaion in the US
25
What famous trial delt with religion and evolution?
the elephant trial
Scopes trial
Sacco and Vanzetti
the Perkins trail
26
American farmers failed to share in economic growth after WWI because of overproduction and competition?
True
False
27
What was a major cause of the the Great Depression?
people buying goods and stocks on credit
limiting trade to just Great Britain
saving rather than spending
eliminated tariffs on all products
28
This picture depicts:
Rooseveltville
shanty towns
Hooverville
Hoovertown
29
FDR's (Supreme) court packing attempts was considered ____________________?
checks and balances
congressional power
term limits
judicial restraint
30
Hoover believed the answer to the depression was......?
Government jobs
increasing minimum wage
nationalizing industry
rugged individualism
31
The TVA is an example of?
regional transportation
Laissez-faire economics
federal intervention to meet regional needs
Free-market capitalism
32
Which economic trend of the 1920's helped cause the Great Depression?
falling tariff rates
widening income gap between gap between the rich & poor
increasing income taxes
increased price supports for farmers
33
What term is used for when the selling, and manufacturing of alcohol was illegal?
Great Depression
New Deal
Prohibtion
Renaissance
34
What did the Social Security Act achieve?
gave financial assistance to the employed
gave financial assistance to single mothers
gave financial assistance to orphans
gave financial assistance to retired workers 65+ years old
35
What was the Court Packing Scandal?
To increase the number of Supreme Court Cases heard
To limit Supreme Court cases to help get favorable rulings
To replace current Supreme Court justices with Hoovers choices
add Supreme Court justices to get more favorable rulings on the New Deal
36
Teapot Dome Scandal had what valuable resource?
Union kickbacks
oil-rich lands
tariffs
Gold mines
37
Poor farming techniques and drought in the 1930s were characteristics of what event?
mud slides
earth quakes
the Dust Bowl
landslides
38
What do fundamentalist believe?
Prohibition
evolution
Literal translation of the Bible
basics in education
39
The decade of the 1920's was characterized by
active involvement in European affairs
increased consumer borrowing and spending
major reform to labor legislation
willingness to encourage immigration
40
FDIC was created to_________________?.
protect savings
back banking housing loans
give employment opportunities
Banks to take over failing industries
41
What was the name given to the movement of African Americans moving to the North?
Great Migration
Harlem Renaissance
Great Depression
New Deal
42
When FDR got elected to his THIRD term in office, this violated?
it broke the long held political tradition established by Washington
The Constitution
it disrupted the electoral college
it destroyed the federal courts
43
What is the FDIC?
A government agency created to regulate trade
Gov. agency insures the money people deposit in banks
A government agency created to build public works
A gov. agency created to provide jobs
44
The main reason for urban sprawl was the?
jobs opportunities
the automobile
use of electricity
escape poverty
45
What amendment made alcohol illegal?
21
18
19
22
46
Republicans criticized the New Deal because the government spent more money than it took in?
False
True
47
President FDR wanted to give
direct aid
to farmers and the unemployed?
False
True
48
Which is NOT something that came about because of the New Deal?
Hoover Dam
60 hour work weeks
Mount Rushmore
Social Security
49
ALL of the following led to the Great Depression
EXCEPT
Unsound banking policies
World War II
buying on credit
speculation in the stock market
50
Who made alcohol and promoted organized crime?
bootleggers
alcoholics
speakeasies
gangs
51
What does Social Security do?
Provides benefits to surviving family members of decreased
Pays benefits for disabled workers
All of the above
Provides income after retirement
52
African Americans still faced ________ and ________ in the North.
violence; discrimination
violence; voting
violence; desegregation
a migration south
53
The time period in US emphazied the cultural heritage of Black culture?
Speakeasies
Appelton rejuvination
Harlem Renaissance
Jacksonville Reformation
54
The TVA is an example of?
Laissez-faire economics
regional transportation
Free-market capitalism
federal intervention to meet regional needs
55
Herbert Hoover provide
direct
federal help to the unemployed & homeless?
True
False
56
Which is a reflection of nativist sentiments of the 1920
National Origins Act & KKK
Teapot Dome Affair & growth of the auto industry
Washington Naval conferenc
Scopes Trial & Women's sufferage
57
What were secret places that were created for people to drink illegally?
organized crime
talksoftlies
bootleggers
speakeasies
58
Why were the 1920's referred to as the "Roaring 20's"
US leadership in the world
People outrages at prohibition
Widespread political and social. Booming economy
Political change
59
What group was left out of the properous 1920's
the rich
farmers
bootleggers
the middle class
