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What was the dust bowl?
The Harlem Renaissance refers to
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The Harlem Renaissance refers to
a population increase in Harlem in the 1920s
a struggle for civil rights led by the NAACP
a program to promote African American owned businesses
a celebration of African American culture in literature&art
2
What was the dust bowl?
The location where the Hoover Dam was built
Deadly dust that took place in the Great Plains
FDR's new plan to end the Great Depression
A bowl of soup for the poor
3
What happened on Black Tuesday?
over 600 banks were invaded by joyful penguins
Roosevelt created the New Deal
the government placed tariffs on imported goods
Stock Market crashed
4
Conservatives who opposed FDR believed what about the New Deal?
It went too far
It didn't go far enough
It didn't work
5
Allowed people to buy goods over a period of time without having to put money down up front
urban payment plan
layaway
redeem plan
installment plan
6
What big event helped to ultimately end the Great Depression?
WWII
the New Deal
WWI
Stock market crash
7
Government agency set up by FDR to insure bank deposits so people wouldn't lose their savings.
AAA
CCC
FDIC
SEC
8
He claimed that the New Deal didn't go far enough and proposed "Share Our Wealth"
Francis Townsend
Huey Long
Charles Coughlin
John L. Lewis
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What does buying a stock on margin mean?
buying the stock for someone else
paying less than the market price of the stock
purchasing the stock outside the regular stock exchange
borrowing money to help pay for the stock
10
What was the name given to people who rode the rails as they searched for work?
hoboes
Okies
Bonus Marchers
speculators
11
Shantytowns were also named Hoovervilles because Hoover he didn't do much to help the people
False
True
12
John T. Scopes challenged a Tennessee law that forbade the teaching of
creationism
evolution
biology
fundamentalism
13
This president supported direct relief
Herbert Hoover
Teddy Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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A lasting result of the New Deal in the United States has been the...
control of stock prices by the Federal Governmen
effort of business and labor to strengthen the Presidency
reduction of the national debt
Government taking responsibility for the nation's welfare
15
Herbert Hoover's approach to the Depression economy was based on a belief in
separation of church and state
the golden rule
voluntary cooperation/charitable organizations
direct government relief
16
Which was not a cause of the Great Depression?
farmers’ crisis of failing crop prices
growing number of homeless people
tariffs on foreign goods
the availability of easy credit
17
Refers to making extremely risky business transactions on the chance of making a profit
bull market
speculation
buying on margin
Dow Jones
18
Which President began the "New Deal" programs to help pull the country out of the Depression?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Herbert Hoover
Teddy Roosevelt
19
The Securities and Exchange Commission regulated
banks
monopolies
stocks
farming
20
By 1932, what percent of Americans were unemployed?
100%
50%
25%
75%
21
The term when you borrow money to help pay for a stock is called
buying on credit
buying on fraud
buying on stock
buying on margin
22
Which of the following was not a result of Prohibition in the 1920s?
The popularity of Speakeasies
The rise of organized crime in the large cities
The organization of the Temperance Movement
The establishment of Napa Valley wineries
23
Which event signaled the beginning of the Great Depression?
crash of the New York stock exchange
the purchase of Alaska
election of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charles Lindbergh's non-stop flight over the Atlantic
24
The crash of the 1929 stock market is known in history as
Morbid Monday
Black Tuesday
Wonderful Wednesday
Wednesday Bottom
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What were the main factors in creating the Dust Bowl?
Over cultivation/Drought
Tornadoes
Stock Market
Earthquakes
