Role of automobiles in the 1920s and the economy

cars were very affordable and most people could buy them, Helped stimulate prosperity

paid civilians to build bridges, public bldgs, parks

hired young men to preform reforestation & conservation work

prevented US from relaxing immigration standards during WWII

regulate and rationalize the US stock market

increase in birthrate population after WWII

1st task of FDR's new administration

Radical violence associated with labor unions

provide federal subsidies to farmers who cut farm production

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1
Dust Bowl migrants went where?
Texas
California
New York
Oklahoma
2
US policy toward communism after WWII
laissez-faire
containment
isolationism
paranoia
3
1937 Neutrality Act
belligerents could buy nonmilitary goods from the US
the US would only purchase goods using cash
US would sell arms to Spain if they paid in cash
US would give all aid short of war to Allies
4
Highest tariff in US History
Sherman Tariff
Beer Tax
Hawley Smoot Tariff
Dawes Act
5
GI Bill of Rights
education, pensions for soldiers
Army regulations for enlisted men
free transportation for families of servicemen
higher pay for college educated soldiers
6
Henry Ford led the way in industry
gave his workers ownership of the factories
paying his workers low wages
paying his workers high wages
instituted worker-management teams to share decisions
7
Role of automobiles in the 1920s and the economy
cars were very affordable and most people could buy them
gasoline was cheap and many people took road trips
bankrupted railroads during the 1920s
Helped stimulate prosperity
8
WPA
reached 90% of the unemployed, easing their suffering
supplied fed grants to hundreds of relief programs
paid civilians to build bridges, public bldgs, parks
spent more than $100 billion on luxuries for politicians
9
Which group was the least discriminated during WWII?
Black-Americans
Mexican-Americans
German-Americans
Japanese-Americans
10
In the 1920s, religious fundamentalists focused especially on which of the following issues?
restricting the immigration of Catholics and Jews
the theory of evolution
attacking the Ku Klux Klan's open racist views
eradicating slum conditions in the city
11
What major scandal in Harding's administration was named after oil reserves it involved?
Teapot Dome
Sinclair Oil
Credit Mobilier
North Shore Oil
12
Set new Inauguration date
21st Amendment
23rd Amendment
22nd Amendment
20th Amendment
13
UNIA
Paid farmers not to farm
Lost Generation of writers
Helped reform the Stock Market
Return to Africa
14
Which of the following was not a cause of the Stock Market Crash?
Expansion of credit buying
The Dust Bowl
Overproduction
Margin Buying
15
CCC
enlisted equal #s of young men & young women for projects
provided labor for the TVA projects
hired young men to preform reforestation & conservation work
displaces as many as 200,000 black tenant farmers
16
Korematsu v US
Black codes
Chinese Exclusion Act
Japanese Internment
Gentlemen's Agreement
17
Pacific Front Commanders
MacArthur and Eisenhower
Nimitz and Patton
Eisenhower and Patton
Nimitz and MacArthur
18
Set immigration quotas at 2 percent of each nationality as measured by the 1890 census
nativism
KKK
Immigration Act, 1890
National Origins Act
19
Not an opponent of FDRs New Deal
Bernard Brubble
Father Coughlin
Huey Long
Francis Townsend
20
Ended Prohibition
23rd Amendment
20th Amendment
21st Amendment
22nd Amendment
21
Helped promote Black culture, including jazz music and writing and art
Harlem Renaissance
Bonus Army
Great Migration
UNIA
22
Provided loans to major businesses in 1931 and 1932
CCC
AAA
RFC
SEC
23
Anti-Semitism
Immigration was denied to all those of Jewish decent in US
prevented US from relaxing immigration standards during WWII
fear of foreigners
disagreed with US expansion
24
Emancipated woman of the 1920s
Gibson Girl
Rosie the Riveter
Frances Perkins
flapper
25
SEC
regulate and rationalize the US stock market
protect radicals and immigrants from deportation
oversee the process of taking the US off the gold standard
provide oversight for the Fed Reserve System
26
Which New Deal program employed artists, actors, & authors to reduce unemployment?
National Recovery Administration
Works Progress Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Public Works Administration
27
Italian immigrants accused of murder based on no clear evidence
Ben and Jerry
Sacco and Vanzetti
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Bogie and Bacall
28
First female cabinet member
Frances Perkins
Franny Zooey
Francis Townsend
Frances Gilmore
29
Outlawed the teaching of evolution in Tennessee Schools
Scopes Trial
Social Darwinism
Teapot Dome Scandal
Butler Act
30
Baby Boom
massive manufacture of baby products
increase in birthrate population after WWII
influx of baby population from WWII
code name for the invasion of Normandy
31
"A date which will live in infamy"
Dec 7, 1941
June 4, 1944
January 8, 1933
Sept 2, 1945
32
Bank Holiday
1st task of FDR's new administration
Created new private banks not controlled by the Feds
gave families the day off to travel
helped rebuild the bank buildings after the Great Fire
33
Red Scare, 1919-1921
American Communist Party members were murdered
Labor conflicts blamed on the AFL
Radical violence associated with labor unions
Accusations that there were Commie spies in the State Dept.
34
Main cause of Hoover's decline in popularity
Stock Market Crash
Bonus Army
RFC
Hoovervilles
35
Which was a cause of the consumer culture in the 1920s?
Advertising
Fashion
Radio
Television
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required new, higher income taxes on wealthy businesspeople
froze the prices of farm products
increased farm production to aid the hungry
provide federal subsidies to farmers who cut farm production

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