Imperialism, WWI, 20s, the Crash, the Depression, and the New Deal

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a challenge to the traditional role of women?

Accepted Answer

the rise of Rosie the Riveter

Question 2

Which was NOT a reason the U.S. got involved in WWI?

Accepted Answer

the desire to help the Germans

Question 3

Which of the following happened because the stock market crashed?

Accepted Answer

banks had no money

Question 4

Which New Deal program provided financial security to people who couldn't support themselves?

Accepted Answer

Social Security

Question 5

Which New Deal agency provided work, maintaining national parks, beaches, and forests?

Accepted Answer

CCC

Question 6

Which New Deal Agency was a relief measure and put 8 million people to work?

Accepted Answer

WPA

Question 7

Which New Deal agency regulates the stock market?

Accepted Answer

SEC

Question 8

All of the following were examples of mass media in the 1920s EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

television

Question 9

Which New Deal agency tried to restore the public's confidence in banks by protecting deposits?

Accepted Answer

FDIC

Question 10

True or false? The collapse of the American financial system led to a worldwide depression.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

What was the economy like before the market crashed in 1929?

Accepted Answer

business boomed and investments were made with borrowed $$$

Question 12

What was a long term effect of the Hawley Smoot tariff and other ways we protected trade?

Accepted Answer

retaliatory tariffs were passed, which crippled world trade

Question 13

Which New Deal agency created jobs by reactivating a hydroelectric power plant?

Accepted Answer

TVA

Question 14

How did the New Deal change the way people thought about government?

Accepted Answer

the gov't should be more involved in the lives of people

Question 15

True or false? Everyone in the U.S. during the 1930s supported FDR's New Deal.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

Which was NOT a cause of the stock market crash?

Accepted Answer

Social Security funds were invested in the market

Question 17

Which New Deal agency paid farmers to not grow crops?

Accepted Answer

AAA

Question 18

What happened to the supply of money after the market crashed and the banking system collapsed?

Accepted Answer

decreased severely

Question 19

All of the following are examples of challenges to traditional values in the 1920s EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Prohibition

Question 20

What was the most immediate cause of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

stock market crash

Question 21

What tipped the balance of World War I and led to Germany's defeat?

Accepted Answer

America's military resources of soldiers and war materials

Question 22

Why did banks run out of money after the market crashed?

Accepted Answer

they had invested their money in the market

Question 23

Which happened because of the Spanish-American War?

Accepted Answer

Puerto Rico was annexed by the U.S.

Question 24

Which was NOT one of the New Deal R's?

Accepted Answer

end racial segregation

Question 25

In the 1920s, what did movies like The Wizard of Oz do?

Accepted Answer

provide an escape from Depression-era reality

Question 26

The Open-Door Policy

Accepted Answer

opened China to free trade

Question 27

How did the Great Depression affect farmers?

Accepted Answer

farmers lost their farms when they couldn't pay their debts

Question 28

Why did the U.S. refused to join the League of Nations?

Accepted Answer

we didn't want foreign policy decided by someone else

Question 29

What challenges to Prohibition occurred in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

creation of speakeasies and smuggling of alcohol

Question 30

American policy makers promoted expansionism in the late 1800s because

Accepted Answer

the U.S. needed new markets for its goods

Question 31

How did Social Security affect the economy?

Accepted Answer

offers safeguards for workers

Question 32

What did FDR promise in 1932 when he was elected president?

Accepted Answer

a New Deal for the American people

Question 33

Which country got independence from Columbia with U.S. assistance?

Accepted Answer

Panama

Question 34

How did the Great Depression affect labor unions?

Accepted Answer

they became more militant and caused political unrest

Question 35

How did the Great Depression change the relationship between the government and economy?

Accepted Answer

Government agencies were created to regulate the economy

Question 36

How did FDR communicate with the American people during the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

radio fireside chats

Question 37

What has been a lasting reform of the New Deal?

Accepted Answer

federal responsibility for the welfare of citizens

Question 38

Which of the following was part of the Treaty of Versailles?

Accepted Answer

France and Britain insisted that Germany pay war reparations

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