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Who was president at the start of the Great Depression?
Hoover
Truman
Wilson
Roosevelt
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Put these in order: New Deal (1), Great Depression (2), WWI (3), Roaring 20s (4)
3, 4, 2, 1
2, 3, 1, 4
3, 1, 4, 2
3, 4, 1, 2
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The Scopes trial illustrated a divide between
modernism and fundamentalism.
Men and women
blacks and whites
french and americans
4
Where was the Harlem Renaissance?
Chicago
Georgia
New York
Detroit
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Who advocated taxing the rich in his "Share the Wealth" program?
Francis Townsend
Hoover
Father Coughlin
Huey P. Long
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The Scopes Trial was about...
The teaching of evolution as a theory in schools
Sex education in schools
Rights of students in school
Rights of teachers in school
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Which amendment passed prohibition?
5th amendment
18th amendment
2nd amendment
22nd amendment
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What did the art, literature, and music depict during the Great Depression?
minorities
sports
hard times
prosperity
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What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A railroad system
A march across the US.
African American culture flourished across the US.
A factory for African Americans
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Which New Deal program brought electricity to rural America?
AAA
WPA
TVA
CCC
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John Scopes won the Scopes Trial
True
False
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What was created to regulate the stock market?
National Recovery Administration
Federal Trade Commission
Social Security Administration
Securities and Exchange Commission
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What Was a Speakeasy
People who hid in nightclubs to drink illegally
alcoholics
A old person
A TV show
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What happened to the unemployment rate during the Great Depression?
increased sharply
stayed the same
decreased sharply
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Bank failures, accounts wiped out, stock market crash...all describe
Progressivism
Great Depression
New Deal
WWI
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Roosevelt's court-packing plan would give the ______ branch of gov't too much power.
judicial
legislative
executive
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What year did the stock market crash?
1928
1930
1918
1929
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What affected the Great Plains region?
tornado
Dust Bowl
stock market crash
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What was Prohibition?
The prohibiting of a communist regime
When I was prohibited from the school dance :(((
The prohibition of Germans
The banning of alcohol in the United States
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What was Roosevelt's goal to increase the justices called?
New Deal
Supreme Court increase
Court-packing
Justice for all
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How did New Deal legislation impact the role of state and federal government?
did nothing
extended federal govt
limited federal govt
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What did the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation do?
insure bank deposits
regulate stocks
help the poor
provide work
23
What amendment repealed prohibition?
21st amendment
15th amendment
22nd amendment
18th amendment
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What was the purpose of "Fireside chats?"
provide instructions for enemy
inform citizens on progress of war
restore confidence during economic trouble
encourage citizens to report communism
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What gave unions the right to collective bargaining?
Hoovervilles
Knights of Labor
deficit spending
Wagner Act
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The Harlem Renaissance was partially caused by
The Great Migration
Prohibition
The Kellog-Briand Pact
The Scopes Monkey Trial
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Who had the idea of rugged individualism?
Hoover
Roosevelt
citizens
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What is a bootlegger?
Transporter of illegal liquor
Gunman
Consumer of Alcohol
Shoe shiner
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What was the Supreme Court's reaction the National Industrial Recovery Act?
They approved
They disagreed
They supported
unconstitutional
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The stock market affected the _____ population; while the Dust Bowl affected ____ population.
city; city
urban; rural
rural; urban
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Why did WWI veterans march to Congress...
to get bonus early
to protest for women
to relieve workers
to get a job
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What did the prohibition cause?
A rise in drug overdoses
Organized crime, bootlegging, overflowed prisons
Riots combating the unfair treatment of the government
Homelessness, starvation, not enough government help
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What is the name of the government backed retirement plan called?
recovery bill
Social Security Act
Reform bill
Medicaid bill
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What did governors declare to prevent bank runs?
reduce value of the dollar
bank holidays
bank stands
create Federal Reserve
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What was Roosevelt's programs called provide relief, recovery, and reform?
New England
Great Society
New Freedom
New Deal
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What was the purpose of the Works Progress Admnistration (WPA)?
insure bank
control stock market
help farmers
build roads/buildings