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Unit 8: Roaring 20s and Great Depression
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1
Women who showed their independence in the 1920s were commonly referred to as what?
Tin Pan Alley
Vamps
Hoovervilles
Flappers
2
What did the increase in people going to the movies say about society in the 1930s?
CGI effects had improved
they had a more disposable income
they needed an escape from the Great Depression
the movies had better plots
3
Why did the movies reflect the Jazz Age?
it gave people across the country a sense of the Roaring 20s
all of these
it was projected on the silver screen
it was a way of escaping the Great Depression
4
Why was the War of the Worlds radio play believed by so many people?
it was done as the news was usually done
it was really scary
they were stupid
people hadn't listened to the radio before
5
How did the Smoot-Hawley Tariff make the Great Depression worse?
Martians invaded New Jersey in protest of the hign prices
raised prices on foreign goods & they became too expensive
made the farmers in the mid-west lose their farms
raise prices on domestic goods that were already high
6
Who was the head of "The Untouchables" who took down Al Capone?
Duke Ellington
George Gershwin
Elliot Ness
Huey Long
7
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was a ______________ program of the New Deal.
recovery
reform
all of these
relief
8
Where could you end up if you were "down on your luck" during the Great Depression?
Tin Pan Alley
Cotton Club
Speak-Easies
Hoovervilles
9
What did the Bonus Army want?
their back pay from serving in WWI
their bonus checks for serving in WWI
all of these
their paychecks from WWI
10
Who was a symbol for social progress for women during the 1930s?
Hillary Clinton
Gloria Steinhem
Rosa Parks
Eleanor Roosevelt
11
What ended the Great Depression?
welfare state
WWII
New Deal
FDR
12
Where would you go to find both black and white jazz composers working and living in the 1920s?
Speak-Easies
Hoovervilles
Tin Pan Alley
Cotton Club
13
The National Recovery Act (NRA) was a ______________ program of the New Deal.
relief
reform
all of these
recovery
14
The National Origins Act during the 1920s limiting new immigrants from Europe was part of what?
Chinese Exclusion Act
Red Scare
Great Migration
war reparations
15
The National Labor Relations Act is better known as what?
Obamacare
Pendleton Act
Wagner Act
Dawes Act
16
Charles Lindbergh's 1927 achievement had the most immediate effect on which of the following?
747 passenger jets
increased interest in aviation
safer airline travel
shorter flights
17
What is needed to engage in the welfare state?
rugged individualism
deficit spending
all of these
budget cuts
18
What allowed FDR to make his "fire-side chats"?
newspapers
TV
movies
radio
19
What was the result of the failure of the New Deal to end the Great Depression in 1935?
giving up
all of these
Second New Deal
re-election of Hoover
20
What did the increase in people going to the movies say about society in the 1920s?
CGI effects had improved
the movies had better plots
they had more disposable income
they needed an escape from the Great Depression
21
Social Security was originally a ______________ program of the New Deal.
all of these
reform
recovery
relief
22
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a ______________ program of the New Deal.
reform
all of these
recovery
relief
23
Who was an author of the "Lost Generation" and/or the plight of the Okies during the Dust Bowl?
all of these
Hemingway
Fitzgerald
Steinbeck
24
What New Deal program brought electricity and flood control to the southeast?
WPA
NRA
CCC
TVA
25
Which factor was a major cause of the Great Depression of the 1930s?
farmers raising crop prices
high protective tariff rates brought on by Smoot-Hawley
excessive borrowing to buy stocks
increased taxes to pay veterans
26
What was FDR referring to when he said that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself"?
Lost Generation
Roaring 20s
Great Depression
WWII
27
Who got the blame for the Great Depression?
Clinton
Hoover
Bush
Roosevelt
28
What was a visible sign that Herbert Hoover was blamed for the Great Depression?
Stock Market Crash
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
Hoovervilles
Bonus Army
29
The National Origins Act of the 1920s Red Scare would have done which of the following...
restricted immigration
restricted free trade
raised tariffs
raised taxes
30
What was the first "talking" movie?
Wee Willie Winkie
One Week
The Jazz Singer
Gone With the Wind
31
The Wagner Act was a ______________ program of the New Deal.
relief
all of these
reform
recovery
32
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a ______________ program of the New Deal.
recovery
reform
relief
all of these
33
What led to the increase in gangster activity during the 1920s?
the Untouchables
rap music
Volstead Act
NFL players in elevators
34
Over production and drought led to what in the 1930s Great Plains?
Obama losing at golf
Stock Market Crash
all of these
Dust Bowl
35
Which of the following would NOT like the Share-Our-Wealth program's redistrbution of income?
Socialists
Huey Long
Barack Obama
Conservatives
