1900-1930 (or so)

Question 1

This was the U.S. government's approach to the economy during the 1920s.

Accepted Answer

Laissez Faire

Question 2

Which of the following DID NOT happen as a result of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

The government adopted a laissez faire

Question 3

The assembly line made automobiles less expensive, which led to . . .

Accepted Answer

Cities spending more on infrastructure, More people moving farther from the city centers, The increase in traffic fatalities, More traffic congestion

Question 4

Yellow journalism can best be described as . . .

Accepted Answer

Printing sensationalized stories to influence readers.

Question 5

The Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in 1911, killed 150 workers. What was the result?

Accepted Answer

Reforms were implemented to make safer working conditions.

Question 6

The goal of the newly created Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was to . . .

Accepted Answer

Provide jobs for young men, such as building roads and parks.

Question 7

The Dust Bowl in states like Oklahoma and Texas forced many farmers to . . .

Accepted Answer

Foreclose on and lose their farms.

Question 8

This MBL team beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1920 World Series.

Accepted Answer

Cleveland Indians

Question 9

What was Herbert Hoover's original reaction to the Great Depression.

Accepted Answer

Just ride it out, since people don't like being helped.

Question 10

Which is not an example of the 1920s Clash of Cultures?

Accepted Answer

The New Deal.

Question 11

Which of the following did not lead to the Stock Market Crash of 1929?

Accepted Answer

Farmers cut back on production, which saved money.

Question 12

The U.S. entered World War I following . . .

Accepted Answer

The Zimmerman note.

Question 13

Which of the following helped fuel the 1900 Akron riot that burned down the City Building.

Accepted Answer

Competition for jobs at the time made Akronites angry., Race relations had deteriorated during the Great Migration., The man, Louis Peck, was black., Illustrates how racially divided even the North was in 1900.

Question 14

The Great Migration had all of the following impacts except . .

Accepted Answer

Southerners adopted the Jim Crow Laws

Question 15

The U.S. didn't join the League of Nations following World War I because . . .

Accepted Answer

The Isolationist policies kept U.S. out of European affairs.

Question 16

Mr. Milo sang you Woody Guthrie's song in class because it was an example of . . .

Accepted Answer

Music to help build morale during the Depression.

Question 17

The Tennessee Valley Authority aimed to do this

Accepted Answer

It built dams for electricity

Question 18

Xenophobia increased during the 1920s, which helped lead to . . .

Accepted Answer

The rise of the Ku Klux Klan., The execution of Sacco and Vanzetti., Stricter quotas on immigrants, Anti-Japanese Immigration Act of 1924.

Question 19

The Teapot Dome Scandal of Warren G. Harding's presidency included. . .

Accepted Answer

government officials scamming money from the public.

Question 20

The Wagner Act made it legal for unions to organize, which helped . . .

Accepted Answer

Increase union bargaining power.

1900-1930 (or so)

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1900-1930 (or so)

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