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Roaring 20s, Great Depression, New Deal
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19**. Which was NOT a cause of the Dust Bowl?
high winds
drought - no rain
overgrazing
lots of grass
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8.Science of improving a human pop by controlled breeding to inc occurrence of desirable traits
galtonism
darwinism
evolution
eugenics
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3. Jamaican-born immigrant who advanced black pride & argued for a potential return to Africa
Marcus Garvey
Langston Hughes
Claude McKay
James Weldon Johnson
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26** What was the unemployment rate in the Great Depression?
75%
25%
10%
50%
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2. American president elected 4 times and confined to a wheelchair due to polio
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
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13* Period during with the 18th amendment banned the manufacture, sale, & possession of alcohol
Bootleg Times
Speakeasy
Persecution
Prohibition
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7. Person who smuggled alcoholic beverages into the United States
bootlegger
mob boss
speakeasy
flapper
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17.** Communism was "eating it's way into people's homes" according to
James Kelly
Herbert Hoover
Mitchell Palmer
Calvin Coolidge
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14. A system that sets limits on how many immigrants from countries a nation will admit
immigration
nativism
quota system
isolationism
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26**. Which was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
lack of bank insurance
low tariffs
big debts from credit
stock market crash
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24**. Term for when you want to make a quick profit on stock
speculation
debt financing
buying stock on margin
credit swaps
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18**. How did the New Deal work?
Federal aid
low tariffs
lowered spending
increased taxes
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12**. A secret organization that uses terrorist tactics to restore white supremacy
Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klan Klux
Klux Ku Klan
Klan Klux Ku
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21. These people believed the Bible should be taken literally?
fundamentalists
prohibitionists
temperance leaders
teetotalers
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4. The Harlem Renaissance celebrated
African American culture and art
African Americans
jazz
Harlem's government
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17**. The elimination of private property to equally distribute wealth and power is known as
democracy
theocracy
nativism
communism
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1. First US president born in west, went to Stanford; made money in mining; saw country into GD
Herbert Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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9. A index of stock prices of 30 large companies that indicate the stock market's health
Dave Jones
NASDAQ
Dow Jones
S&P 500
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10. An agency created in '33 to insure bank accounts, protecting people against losses
WPA
FDIC
SEC
SSA
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16. Nativist are people who wanted
immigration heavily restricted
immigration increased
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22. The Scopes Trial was about the teaching of
calculus
evolution
eugenics
biology
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11. opposition to political and economic entanglements with other countries
imperialism
nativism
isolationism
nationalism
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20. Which duo was convicted of robbery and murder?
Sacco and Vanzetti
Palmer and Peters
SpongeBob and Squidward
Princip and Ferdinand
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23** What enabled an increase in the consumer culture?
advertising and installment plans
babies and more babies
women working
cars and buses
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6. Period b/w 1919-20 that led to the deportation of many immigrants accused of being commies.
Yellow Scare
White Scare
Red Scare
Green Scare
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23** What caused urban sprawl?
gas
babies
planes
cars
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27. The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
decreased trade
increased trade
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15. A law enacted (1935) to provide aid to retirees, unemployed, disabled, & dependent children
National Recovery Act
Works Progress Act
Social Security Act
Public Works Act
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24**. When you borrow money to pay for stock its called
debt financing
credit swaps
speculation
buying stock on margin
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19**. What was NOT a problem for farmers
high foreign demand
low prices
low demand
Debt
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13* Prohibition was hard to police for each of these reasons EXCEPT
not enough money
it only applied to US booze
people liked it
people were easily bribed
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18**. Which component of the New Deal was most responsible for putting people to work?
National Recovery Act
Fair Labor Act
Social Security
Works Progress Act
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5. Who was moving in The Great Migration
Farmers to cities
Immigrants to the US
Blacks to the north and west
Africans to America
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12.** What was NOT a membership tactic of the KKK?
spreading fear
demonizing immigrants
recruiting women
paying recruiters
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25. Who was in the Bonus Army?
steel workers
former slaves
WWI vets