Which of the following struggles did US farmers face in the 1920s?

falling crop prices & large amount of debt

Which of the following is true of the 1920s?

Extreme economic growth, big social change & conservativism

Which characterization best describes the Scopes "Monkey" Trial

A conflict between modern science & creationism

Which practice in large part caused the stock market crash in 1929

People overspeculating on stocks, using borrowed money

The Securities & Exchange Commission was established to:

Oversee stock trading & prevent fraud

What early 20th century technological development contributed to increasing social independence

Greater access to the automobile

In 1932, a group of WWI vets, known as the Bonus Army, marched on DC. What did they want?

Demanded early payment of bonus to be paid in 1945

What is buying stock on margin:

buying stock for fraction of its cost and the rest on credit

Which of the following identifies a significant impact radio had on US society

increased access to news and entertainment

1933 New Deal law that protected individuals' bank accounts by federally insuring them

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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1
Diverse groups-southern whites, African Americans & unionized workers who supported FDR
Roosevelt's Army
New Deal Coalition
Bonus Army
Square Deal Coalition
2
Which ideology most influenced those who supported the Immigration Act of 1924
Fundamentalism
Nativism
Social Darwinism
Populism
3
Which of the following struggles did US farmers face in the 1920s?
decreases in the amount of crops grown on farms
increased competition from imported goods
lack of workers to perform labor on farms
falling crop prices & large amount of debt
4
T. Roosevelt's foreign policy derived from proverb "speak softly & carry a big stick"
Dollar Diplomacy
Open Door Policy
Moral Diplomacy
Big Stick Diplomacy
5
Which of the following is true of the 1920s?
Economic hardship, radical politics, internationalism
Extreme economic growth, big social change & conservativism
Increased government participation in business, liberalism
Slow economic growth, limited prosperity, few social changes
6
Which characterization best describes the Scopes "Monkey" Trial
A challenge between individual freedom & social conformity
A clash between state authority and federal power
A conflict between modern science & creationism
A contest between public and private school philosophies
7
Which New Deal agency helped raise farm prices by getting farmers to grow fewer crops?
Civilian Conservation Corps
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Public Works Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
8
Which practice in large part caused the stock market crash in 1929
People overspeculating on stocks, using borrowed money
People buying & selling stock the same day - "day trading"
Government investing the taxes it collected in the stock mkt
Banks purchasing a combo fo stocks, bonds, & land w/deposits
9
Someone who smuggled alcoholic beverages into the US during prohibition, violating Volstead Act
Flapper
Ohio Gang
Bootlegger
Rum Runners
10
The Securities & Exchange Commission was established to:
Mediate between business and labor
Oversee stock trading & prevent fraud
Insure bank deposits
Regulate prices of agricultural goods
11
The Wagner Act of 1935 addressed what labor issue?
Health insurance
Minimum wage
Workplace safety
Collective Bargaining
12
What early 20th century technological development contributed to increasing social independence
Greater access to the automobile
Increase in domestic household items
Improved telecommunications
Emergence of Victorian corsets
13
FDR's Secretary of Labor, instrumental in creating the Social Security Act
Clarence Darrow
Harry S. Truman
Frances Perkins
Albert B. Fall
14
In 1932, a group of WWI vets, known as the Bonus Army, marched on DC. What did they want?
Demanded the government give them jobs
Demanded early payment of bonus to be paid in 1945
Demanded wages for service in WWI that they hadn't received
Called for resignation of Hoover
15
The name for the flowering of African-American artistic creativity during the 1920s
Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Beat Movement
Harlem Resurgence
The Lost Generation
16
Where was the Dust Bowl
The West Coast
The Great Plains
The Northeast
The Pacific Northwest
17
Government spending more than it receives in revenue
Surplus spending
Budget exploding spending
Revenue neutral spending
Deficit Spending
18
Notable legal battle that exposed widening cultural rift between religious and modern science
Sacco & Vanzetti Trial
The Scopes Trial
Plessy v. Ferguson
Korematsu v. US
19
With which event are Sacco & Vanzetti most closely associated?
Great Depression
Teapot Dome Scandal
Harlem Renaissance
First Red Scare
20
A system that sets limits on how many immigrants will be admitted each year
Quata System
Installment Plan
Immigration Act of 1924
Wagner Act
21
What is buying stock on margin:
buying stock for fraction of its cost and the rest on credit
buying stock on behalf of someone else
buying stock on credit & never paying back full amount
buying stock after receiving a tip that the price will go up
22
Which New Deal program is still part of American life today?
The Social Security Act
The Agricultural Adjustment Act
The National Industrial Recovery Act
The Works Progress Administration
23
1 of the few places that allowed interracial dancing, the Savoy Ballroom is associated with:
Feminism
Women's Suffrage
Harlem Renaissance
Abolitionism
24
Which of the following identifies a significant impact radio had on US society
increased access to news and entertainment
transformed attitudes toward gender roles
heightened consumer interest in television
stimulated greater readership of newspapers
25
1933 New Deal law that protected individuals' bank accounts by federally insuring them
National Banking Recovery Act
Federal Securities Act
Installment Plan
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
26
F.Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemmigway, William Faulkner & Gertrude Stein were all__ in the 1920s
Famous inventors
American writers
Progressive leaders
Harlem Renaissance leaders
27
The day in October 1929 when the stock market crashed
Black Tuesday
Blue Thursday
Yellow Monday
Red Tuesday

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