Roosevelt's program to restore confidence in the banking system included the

Emergency Banking and Relief Act

A major element of the new morality was

an increase in women going to college

Paid farmers to take land/crops out of production

Agricultural Adjustment Administration

Which of these is an example of the 1920s rise of nativists ideas?

growing support for the eugenics movement

Most Americans of the 1920s wanted to avoid future wars by

avoiding involvement in European affairs

Which of the following statements about Andrew Mellon is true?

He believed in applying business principles to government

To prevent fraud in the stock market, Congress created the

Securities and Exchange Commission

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1
Argued that government should spend heavily during a recession
John Maynard Keynes
Huey Long
Andrew Mellon
Franklin Roosevelt
2
Roosevelt's program to restore confidence in the banking system included the
Emergency Banking and Relief Act
Securities and Change Act
National Recovery Administration
Federal Deposit Authority
3
Awarded contracts to construction companies to build highways, dams, and schools
Public Works Administration
relief
Civilian Construction Corps
Works Progress Administration
4
The Scopes trial tested a law that banned the
Ku Klux Klan
manufacture, transport, and sale of liquor
teaching evolution
teaching of creationism
5
Investors trying to make a quick profit on the stock market
relief
deficit spending
bootlegging
speculators
6
A major element of the new morality was
a decrease in the use of automobiles
an increase in stay-at-home mothers
an increase in traditional values in marriage
an increase in women going to college
7
Paid farmers to take land/crops out of production
supply-side economics
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Farmers Relief Administration
Farming Corps
8
Money provided directly to people in need
Relief
Welfare
Charity
Deficit spending
9
Which of these is an example of the 1920s rise of nativists ideas?
the formation of a Catholic Boys Club by Wiliam J. Simmons
the belief that new Americans should replace old
the strong support for Sacco and Vanzetti
growing support for the eugenics movement
10
Most Americans of the 1920s wanted to avoid future wars by
joining the League of Nations
forbidding Germany to rebuild its armed forces
dividing Germany among the Allies
avoiding involvement in European affairs
11
Framers of the Social Security Act saw it primarily as an insurance bill because
it provided aid to poor families with young children
it made relief payments directly to needy families
workers paid premiums
it provided welfare benefits
12
Promoting economic growth through lower taxes
Public Works Administration
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
supply-side economics
court-packing plan
13
Eugenics fueled arguments against
evolution
Prohibition
lynching
immigration
14
Made illegal liquor readily available in rural America
speakeasies
moonshiners
hobos
bootlegging
15
Paying with borrowed money
Bootlegging
Surplus spending
Deficit spending
Overspending
16
Roosevelt's attempt to appoint new Supreme Court justices
Supreme Court Plan
Midnight Judges
Court-packing plan
Spoils System
17
Which of the following statements about Andrew Mellon is true?
He advocated an increase in income tax rates
He increased government spending
He believed in applying business principles to government
He was the secretary of treasury under Wilson
18
Representatives of 8 countries gathered at the Washington Conference in 1921 to discuss
economic aid to Europe
disarmament
the League of Nations
reparations
19
Homeless people who wandered the country
Speculators
Bootleggers
Hoovervilles
Hobos
20
To prevent fraud in the stock market, Congress created the
Social Security Administration
Securities and Exchange Commission
National Recovery Administration
Federal Trade Commission

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