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1
All of the following were reasons for the Great Depression except
People losing trust in the banks
Increased salaries for workers
Industries flooding the market with products
Banks making poor loan choices
2
A large number of Chinese immigrants came to the U.S.
to work in the mines
to work on the railroads
through the Open Door Policy
through the Emergency Quota Act
3
War bonds were
helped fund WWI
All of the above
purchased by citizens to help the war effort
were established by the War Industries Board
4
This poem is an example of
All of the above
The challenges facing African Americans
The African American experience in the U.S.
Harlem Renaissance writing
5
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve system
regulates Bull Market tendencies
requires Congress to print more money
sets interest rates for reserve banks
decides on U.S. foreign tarriffs
6
Many African Americans got their start at
The Jazz Singer
speakeasies
bootlegger clubs
The Cotton Club
7
The Great Depression occurred...
Before WWI
None of the above
after WWI
Before the Spanish American War
8
The Gilded Age meant
things looked successful, but there was a lot of corruption
showed that the US economy was booming
focused on creating opportunities for all
produced great wealth for all social classes
9
NAACP influenced the House of Representatives to pass
voting rights
Jim Crow laws
anti-lynching laws
anti prohibition laws
10
The Homestead Act
encouraged Big Business to expand south
provided inexpensive land contingent on residency of 5 years
increased movement east of the Mississippi
provided low income housing in urban areas
11
17th amendment allowed
women the right to vote
prohibited the sale of alcohol
voters to directly choose their senators
prohibition to be reversed
12
A Bull Market is...
Collapse in farming subsidies
long period of rising stock prices
Decrease in corporation subsidies
long period of declining stock prices
13
The main factor in the Dust Bowl was
Over farming
Industrial waste
A severe drought
depletion of top soil
14
During the Great Depression
Banks did not have enough cash on hand for their customers
all of the above
People had lost all of their savings in the banks
Banks had given a lot of loans with low interest rates
15
The Bonus Army was...
Those waiting to be drafted
Militia groups that protected home front efforts
WWI Veterans that served between fronts
WWI Veterans that were protesting to receive monies promised
16
Germany and Austria-Hungary were known as the
Eastern Front
Central Powers
Allied Front
Axis Powers
17
Ellis Island was used to
supply the steal industry with raw materials
detain those hoping to immigrate back to Europe
welcome a number of immigrants to the U.S.
help troops adjust to life after WWI
18
Corporations used stock to...
raise large amounts of money
lower wages
spread financial risk
encourage monopolies
19
Sacco and Vanzetti were convicted of crimes during a time when
crime rates were at it's lowest
anti-immigrant sentiments were high
fear of anarchy was high
crime rates soared
20
Woodrow Wilson wrote the _____________ as a peace agreement at the end of WWI
Zimmerman telegram
All of the above
Treaty of Versailles
14 points
21
The assembly line helped
train workers to complete divided tasks
train employees to build entire vehicles
increase workers pay
decrease workers pay
22
The Teapot Dome Scandal
was caused by leasing land with US Navy oil reserves
showed the corruption of the political machines
involved Albert Fall
involved the harbor clean up after the Boston Tea Party
23
The Emergency Quota Act placed
a 3% visa restriction was placed on southern European countries
a 3% limit was placed on ethnic groups could enter the U.S. each year
a 10% limit was placed on immigant numbers in the US
a 100,000 immigrant limit on everyone entering the U.S.
24
Welfare capitalism caused...
business economic independence
cooperative individualism
Union enrollment to decline
increase in pay to workers
25
Speculators...
Sold stocks quickly and saved money
Gave advice to stockbrokers
Watched stock market prices without purchasing any
Invested in stocks and hoped the market would climb
26
During WWI, U-boats sank the
S.S. Minnow
Luisitania
Red Baron
Maine
27
Industrialization in the U.S. was due in large part to
scientific developments
creation of corporations
skilled labor
natural resources
28
The Harlem Renaissance was
major industrial growth in the Harlem area
a time of renewed arts in New York
arts and industrial growth in New York
a time of renewed African American Arts
29
The Great Migration was
Europeans immigrants moving from New York to the mid-west
Movement between war fronts
Mexican troops moving from Mexico to the U.S.
African Americans moving from the South to the North
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Red Scare was
propoganda that fed fears of Communism
a Flu epidemic in the early 1900's
a system of anti-lynching laws
a fear of Russian invasion
