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Information designed to influence opinion
Propaganda
Sussex Pledge
Contraband
Espionage
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The Great Depression
the terrible time after the assassination of Lincoln
the time of Reconstruction in the South after the civil War
A period after WWI in Europe
An economic collapse throughout the world from 1929-1945
3
What were fireside chats?
Speeches designed to teach Americans to heat their homes
Radio sports broadcasts on Sundays
Radio speeches given by FDR to discuss the New Deal with Americans
Radio programs to entertain Americans in the 1920's
4
President Wilson's peace plan was known as
Sussex Pledge
Treaty of Versailles
Zimmerman telegram
Fourteen Points
5
The US government raised money to finance WWI by
borrowing heavily from New York banks
selling Liberty Bonds to Americans
raising taxes across the country
asking France and Britain to immediately repay their loans
6
Prohibition led directly to the rise of organized crime in the United States
True
False
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Prohibition
Event which started the Great Depression
Banned the manufacture, sale, & transportation of alcohol in the US
A New Deal Program to increase taxes
Basically ended Free Speech in the US during WWI
8
"Buying on Margin" meant
Borrowing money from banks to buy stock.
Paying 20% of the price of stock and borrowing the remaining 80%.
Paying full price for stocks, but no taxes
Paying only 10% of the price of stock while borrowing the remaining 90%.
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Roosevelt's first act was to close the banks in order to ...
allow people time to decide which bank to use
Give Americans confidence in the banking system again
give the bank workers a much-needed rest
decide which banks to close for good
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Social Security Act
A program to build cheap housing for homeless Americans
a program to feed unemployed Americans
A job program to pout Americans back to work
A program to give retirement pensions and aid to blind and disabled people
11
The _________ was a nationwide panic that Communists might seize power in the U.S.
FBI
Palmer Panics
Civil War
Red Scare
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Radio programs and motion pictures (movies) in the 1920s
affirmed and supported the diversity of traditional Old Country cultures
led to the standardization of American life, creating one American culture
were less popular than had been anticipated
were for the most part too expensive for ordinary working families
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New Deal Program (FDR) aimed at protecting deposits you make in a bank
SEC
FBI
AAA
FDIC
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Roosevelt could easily understand the suffering of Americans because
He had been homeless as a child
He had come from a very poor family himself
He had lost all his money in the stock market crash of 1929
He was disabled due to the terrble disease of Polio
15
During the first two years of the Great Depression
more than 2500 hospitals closed
more than 5000 banks closed
more than 50% of Americans lost their jobs
smallpox cases rose dramatically throughout the country
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A new law that provided an old-age pension to all retired Americans
The Social Security Act
The Welfare Act
The Pension Plan of 1926
The Neutrality Act
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Speakeasies
Secret bars that operated illegally during Prohibition
Young women of the 1920s that behaved and dressed in a radical fashion
Newspapers in New York and Boston
New and inexpensive radios sold in the 1920's
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Why did many American's support FDR as president in 1932
As governor of California, he had created many jobs
He was a famous baseball player and very popular
He was a famous actor and everyone knew him
He promised bold changes an to fix the economic problems
19
Jazz
a new drink sold in speakeasies
a type of bread eaten by US soldiers in france
new form of music in the 1920's created by blacks
the profit made from sales of stock
20
The American economy in the 1920's
Grew swiftly through government regulation of business.
was heavily damaged by the misuse of credit and installment payments
Was booming throughout the decade
Benefitted the black population more than the white population
21
No Man's Land was
a section of Paris where men are not allowed to live
the dangerous area between the trenches of the Germans and the Allies
unclaimed territory in Africa
the land behind the German trenches
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The Bonus Army
Black soldiers who fought in WWII
Women who worked in weapons factories during WWII
WWI veterans who marched on Washington demanding their WWI bonus pay
Additional soldiers drafted to fight in the Pacific War
23
A dogfight is
An illegal sport in most countries
an argument between Coco and Daisy
A battle between two or more airplanes in World War I
a tank battle in World War II
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19th Amendment
gave Native Americans the time to vote
Confirmed the jim crow laws
Gave women the right to vote
gave blacks the right to vote
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In WWI ___________ were battles in the air between aircraft with attached machine guns
trench warfare
Zeppelins
dogfights
dirigibles
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Installment Buying
borrowing money from banks to purchase items
first form of mass media
method of paying for items in cash all at once
people could make a monthly, weekly, or yearly payment on an item
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Jazz music was developed by
American teenagers
college musicians
American Blacks
Latinos
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How did FDR reassure and comfort the American people during the Great Depression?
Fireside Chats
State of the Union Addresses
Town-Hall Meetings
Fireside Talks
29
Al Capone, an organized crime boss and murderer
was killed in a gunfight with FBI agents in December, 1934
was finally arrested and sent to prison for tax evasion
escaped to Canada in 1933 and was never arrested
was convicted of murder and sent to prison for life
30
One condition of the Treaty of Versailles was that..
Germany must adhere to all of the Fourteen Points
Germany must admit its guilt in causing WWI, and pay war reparations.
Austria-Hungary must pay reparations the the U.S.
Austria-Hungary must reduct the size of its military
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Franklin Roosevelt promised to put all Americans back to work.
False
True
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A New Deal program to provide electricity to the South
The Agricultural Adjustment Act
The Works Progress Administration
The Tennesee Valley Authority
The Civilian Conservation Corps
33
One of the major problems facing farmers in the 1920s was
passage of the McNary-Haugen Bill
the inability to purchase modern farm equipment.
the prosecution of cooperatives under antitrust laws
Over-production, which lowered prices
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Homeless families built small towns of cheap shacks made of cardboard and waste products in parks called
Smallvilles
Hoovervilles
Sunnylands
Cheaptowns
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21st Amendment
Gave women the right to vote
The Amendment that ended Prohibition
Ended segregation in the South
Gave Black men to right to vote
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The belief that America should keep out of the world’s problems
Isolationism
Anarchism
Creationism
Interventionism
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The Spanish Flu was
a new type of chimney developed in Madrid, Spain
A pandemic infecting 500 million people and spread by returning soldiers
a sickness which only affected Spanish people
A disease which killed 90% of Native Americans
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Americans' isolationism in the 1930s was caused by
their regrets about participating in WWI
the Great Depression and the need to focus on getting out of it.
All the Above
US failure to understand the possible threat to the US by Germany, Japan
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Native Americans, Blacks and Farmers continued to struggle economically in the 1920's.
True
False
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KKK membership in the 1920's was
3.5 million
4 million
More than 5 million
2.1 million
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Which of the following is true about African American soldiers during WWI?
they served separately from white, male soldiers
They served only in non-combat positions
They received a standard rank
They enlisted voluntarily
42
Babe Ruth was
a famous boxing champion
a popular tennis player
A popular chocolate bar
the most famous baseball player in the 1920's
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Women who had short hair, drank, danced, and smoked
Flapper girls
Telephone operators
Suffragettes
College girls
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Americans blamed the Great Depression on President Hoover and the Republicans
False
True
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"Selling" the war to the American people was known as...
Conservation
War bond
Propaganda
J. Edgar Hoover
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According to the Versaille Peace Plan, Germany was required to admit their guilt in starting the war.
False
True
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What was the Espionage Act?
All of the above
A law that required citizens to spy on Germans
law that prohibited free speech that was disloyal to the US
A law that encouraged free speech & protest
48
The Great Depression was not limited to the United States but can be considered a...
North American Depression
New World economic depression
Old World economic depression
Worldwide Economic Depression
49
During the 1920s, most American immigrant ethnic groups
rapidly assimilated into the mainstream of American life
lived in neighborhoods with their own churches, newspapers, and theaters
maintained a greater loyalty to the old country than to the United States
sought to escape urban poverty by migrating to rural areas
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Prohibition led to the rise of
the growth of religion
Organized crime in America
addiction to other forms of drugs
a return to a simpler culture in the country
51
In the election of 1932, Americans overwhelmingly voted for
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge
52
According to the Zimmerman telegram, if Mexico allied with Germany, Germany would...
Prevent the U.S. from taking control of Mexico
Help Mexico regain Texas, New Mexico & Arizona
Send troops to support the Huerta government
Help Mexico take control of Central America
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The criticism of the war at home was effectively silenced by...
the Committee on Public Information
the Red Scare
The Espionage & Sedition Acts
the Palmer Raids
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What were 2 jobs that women performed in the armed services during WWI?
drafting & nursing
nursing & clerical work
infantry & nursing
administration & clerical work
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Spying to acquire government secrets
Liberty Bonds
Sussex Pledge
Espionage
Contraband
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As president, what was the first step FDR took to bring about economic recovery?
Set up food kitchens in all the major cities to ffed the poor
Created the CCC and The AAA
He closed all the banks for one week
destroyed the Hoovervilles to clean up the cities
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In the first two years of the Great Depression more than ..... banks failed.
3000
2500
2000
5000
58
Roosevelt's plan to end the Great Depression was called
Make America Great Again
The New Deal
The Square Deal
The Great Society
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James J. Braddock
US Army general in WWII
Heavyweight boxing champion of the 1920's and 30's who rose from poverty
US Supreme Court Justice from New York
Mafia boss during Prohibition
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A government program (FDR NewDeal) to help the elderly and disabled
The Tennessee Valley Authority
The Social Security Act
The Agricultural Adjustment Act
The Civilian Conservation Corps
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Roosevelt supported the repeal of prohibition because
it gave him the opportunity to raise federal money in taxes and create jobs
he thought it was unconstitutional
he needed support from the repeal movement to gain reelection
he believed the problem could be solved by restricting alcohol content
62
The economic prosperity that developed in the 1920s
was accompanied by a large amount of consumer debt
led to a growing level of savings by the American public.
greatly closed the gap between rich and poor
enabled labor unions to gain strength
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The event that caused the the first declaration of war during WWI was...
The German invasion of Belgium
Gavrilo Princip assassinated the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary
The German invasion of Russia
Assassination of the archduke of Germany
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What United States president is blamed for the Great Depression?
Roosevelt
Coolidge
Hoover
Wilson
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Why did President Wilson believe war should be declared?
Innocent people have been killed in their homes
property had been wrongly seized
German submarines have stopped all trade routes
The Zimmerman Telegram and German submarine attacks killed Americans
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World War I started when
Hitler invaded Poland
The U.S.S. Maine was sunk
Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austria hungary, was assassinated
Pearl Harbor was bombed
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Method of loaning money to the government to pay for war
Contraband
Liberty Bonds
Espionage
Propaganda
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The CCC
Civilian Conservation Corps: Relief program tto create jobs
Coffee Cream Company: 1920's Starbucks
Congressional Creative Caucus...to make new laws
Congressional Cancellation Committee..to repeal unfair laws
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A message from Germany to Mexico, promising to return Texas and California if Mexico fought the US...
The Capone letter
The Truman Doctrine
the Naxi-Soviet Pact
The Zimmerman Note (Telegram)
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Agricultural Adjustment Act
New Deal program that provided retirement pensions to Americans
A New Deal Act that paid farmers a stipend not to grow crops
New New Program to create jobs
New Deal program designed to bring electricity to rural areas
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The New Deal
Federal programs by President Roosevelt to help end the Great Depression
A form of segregation focused on "separate but equal."
A program to take money from the rich to give to the poor
A program aimed at ridding the South of the Boll Weevil
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German submarines that attacked ships bound for Britain were called ________________
Sussex
Zepplins
U-boats
Tanks
