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A look at the Roaring 20's and the Crash of the Depression, and the hope of the New Deal
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1
I played Scarlet O'Hara in Gone with the Wind
Snow White
Mary Pickford
Cinderella
Vivien Leigh
2
How did Calvin Coolidge become president
Won in a landslide
Won by a narrow margin
Harding died in office
He won the lottery
3
Used by Ford to increase manufacturing effiency
Welfare Capitalism
direct relief
reparations
assembly line
4
People went quickly to the bank to withdraw their money before they lost it.
budget deficit
speculation
Buying on the Margin
Bank Run
5
What was a soup kitchen?
A place where a famous cook teaches others to cook
A place to give poor people a meal
Where cooks compete to win prizes
The Plagemann Palace
6
The Fair Labor Standards Act abolished
set a 44 hour workweek
Set Federal Minimum wage at .25 an hour
child labor
all of the above
7
The Harlem Renaissance was
African Americans leaving the South
The flowering of African American Arts in the 1920's
A group of basketball players that use tricks to entertain
a suburb of New York City
8
The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) does what
provided relief and work to artist
oversees sports in colleges in the southeastern U.S.
Regulates the Stock Market
Insures the banks
9
What was the first feature-length animated film?
Ren and Stimpy
Cinderella
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The Iron Giant
10
Who did Hoover think should provide relief to the unemployed?
The Cotton Club
The Millionaires of the time
The YMCA
State and City Governments
11
What country was the dominant economic power in the world during the 1920's
Japan
The United States
The Soviet Union
France
12
What was the Bonus Army?
A team of Huskies in the Iditarod
A group of WWI veterans who march on Washington DC
An extra branch of the Marines
Another name for the Secret Service
13
What was the first thing Roosevelt concentrated on to help fight the depression
regulate the stock market
Restore confidence in banks
unemployment
increase trade exports
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What made the assembly line so efficient?
Lots of people could work on it
The sociological department watched the workers
It divided the operations into simple task
The cars were all the same color
15
What were "fireside chats"
Term used to destroy garbage
The best date night ever
Inviting a stockbroker over to listen to his pitch
Roosevelt's Radio programs set up to reassure citizens
16
Famous Harlem nightspot where many African American entertainers got their start
American Bandstand
The Cotton Club
Studio 54
The Nighthawke
17
What happened when a bank collapsed in the 1920's
The bank paid you and I.O.U.
The Federal Government covered the money
You lost your money
Your name went into a hat to win a free toaster
18
What is buying stocks mostly on borrowed money with hopes the stock market would raise?
Buying on the Margin
smart investment
simple investment
Pooling your stocks
19
What governor oversaw the the creation of the first state relief agency to aid the unemployed?
Franklin D Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Teddy Roosevelt
20
A Bull Market mean stock prices are _________
Falling
Staying the same
Rising
21
What is deficit spending? clue - Roosevelt used it Hoover did not .
spending more money than you make esp. by a government
making more money than you spend (balanced budget)
22
I wrote numerous Jazz pieces for the piano, bands, orchestras, and movie scores.
John Steinbeck
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
Marcus Garvey
23
What organization caused further harm to the economy by raising the interest rate
The Supreme Court
Congress
The Federal Reserve
The New York Stock Exchange
24
A system where companies allowed workers profit sharing, medical care benefits, and pensions
reparations
direct relief
assembly line
Welfare Capitalism
25
What group helped Henry Ford set requirements workers had to meet?
The minions
The Big 3
The Sociological Department
The Brain Trust
26
The famous court case where prejudice against people based on ethnic origin led to 2 executions
Sacco and Vanzetti
The Scopes Monkey Trial
Charles Manson and the Family
Lyle and Erik Menendenz
27
Who lost a presidential campaign due to a smear campaign because he was Catholic?
Adlai Stevenson
Thomas Dewey
Ross Perot
Alfred E. Smith
28
I wrote the Grapes of Wrath about a family fleeing the Dust Bowl
Leon Uris
John Grisham
John Steinbeck
Sir Walter Scott
29
The group of friends that President Harding appointed to the cabinet who liked to party
New Kids on the Block
The Ohio Gang
The Black Cabinet
The Think Tank
30
By the 1920's the Automobile __________________
was only a futuristic dream
had become something only the really rich could afford
had become an accepted part of American life
was not available in large quantities
31
What is a Hooverville?
A community of shacks built by homeless people
A place where stocks are bought and sold
A new Trump country club
A presidential retreat
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Who introduced an improvisational early form of jazz?
Louis Armstrong
Groucho Marx
Fats Domino
Langston Hughes
33
Payments Germany was required to make as punishment for starting WWI
direct relief
assembly line
Welfare Capitalism
reparations
34
What was the New Deal?
Hoover's plan to provide relief
Buying stocks and selling them quickly for a profit
New financing options for cars
Franklin Roosevelt's Policies during the Depression
35
I flew the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight
Alfred Smith
Marcus Garvey
Langston Hughes
Charles Lindberg
