What was an effect of the Palmer Raids?

Led to distrust of the government by immmigrants

Provided electricity to most southeastern states

Which was NOT a goal of FDR's New Deal?

Punish those who helped bring on the Depression

What led to the Harlem Renaissance?

Mass migration of African Americans from the South

What BEST describes the New Deal?

Increased the size of the federal govt. not econ. recovery

What was the situation for farmers in the 1920s?

Low prices due to overproduction

What is Fundamentalism?

Strict interpretation of the Bible

What was NOT a reason African Americans were hardest hit during the Depression?

Farm subsidies benefitted sharecroppers

How did the Federal Reserve's actions lead to the Great Depression?

Lowered interest rates given then people couldn't pay back

Which did NOT lead to the stock market crash?

Losing savings when 1/3 banks closed

Which is true of the Harlem Renaissance?

artistic movement for African Americans

What did black writers like Langston Hughes write about?

African Americans' position in America

What was the purpose of FDR's first few fireside chats?

To encourage people to trust banks

What was the Scopes Trial about?

Teaching evolution in public school

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1
Which is NOT associated with Hoover?
Hoovervilles
Bread Lines
Soup Kitchens
Black Cabinet
2
What was an effect of the Palmer Raids?
Helped Palmer with Presidency
Win for Nativists
Led to distrust of the government by immmigrants
Caused chaos in African American neighborhoods
3
What event is considered the start of the Great Depression?
crash of the stock market
end of WWI
influenza epidemic
bank failures
4
What did Prohibition lead to?
Bars to close
Government regulation became popular
Increase in organized crime
America to stop drinking
5
What system was best used by Ford in making cars?
Assembly Lines
Robots
Factories
Cottage Industry
6
Which was NOT a criticism conservatives had of the New Deal?
Too expensive
Too much power to executive branch
Not enough for elderly
Too close to communism
7
What did the FDIC do?
Create jobs in the southwest
Close banks for 3 weeks
Alert public about drops in the stock market
Insure all bank deposits
8
What did the film, Birth of a Nation, support?
Movie attendance by young people
Creation of Fundamentalism
Re-emergency of Ku Klux Klan
Migration of African Americans north
9
What gains did women make during the New Deal time?
Woman on the Supreme Court
Women elected to the Senate
Woman in a cabinet posititon
Woman ran for Vice President
10
What New Deal program helped retirees, unemployment insurance, welfare programs?
National Recovery Act
Social Security Act
Public Works Administration
Fair Labor Standards Act
11
What did the TVA do?
Gave women jobs
Gave African Americans jobs
Provided electricity to most southeastern states
Forced southern stockbrokers to give back money
12
Which was NOT a goal of FDR's New Deal?
Help economy recover
Relieve suffering
Punish those who helped bring on the Depression
Reforming policies to avoid another Depression
13
What does NOT get connected with flappers?
jazz music
Short hair
Supporting Prohibition
Doing things men could do
14
What led to the Harlem Renaissance?
Large cities wouldn't let African Americans in
de-segregation of the south
Mass migration of African Americans from the South
White community liking jazz
15
What BEST describes the New Deal?
Alone, it brought the country out of the Great Depression
Helped increase rights for African Americans in South
Increased the size of the federal govt. not econ. recovery
Caused the greatest economic boom
16
What was FDR's biggest mistake?
Black Tuesday
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Court Packing
Dust Bowl
17
What was the situation for farmers in the 1920s?
They had prosperity
Low prices due to overproduction
Same economic stability as during the war
no programs from Coolidge hurt them
18
What group was for young, unmarried men to work on outdoor projects like planting trees and building national parks?
YMCA
SEC
TVA
CCC
19
What did fear of communism lead to?
Ku Klux Klan
Mass migration to the Midwest
Labor strikes
Red Scare
20
What is Fundamentalism?
Belief of KKK to deport Catholics
Belief in evolution
Limitation of immigrants
Strict interpretation of the Bible
21
What was NOT a reason African Americans were hardest hit during the Depression?
FDR didn't consult anyone from the black community for ideas
Last hired, first fired
Farm subsidies benefitted sharecroppers
Many New Deal Programs were for young, white males
22
What was the purpose of the SEC?
retirement income for US workers
insure bank deposits
regulate sale of stocks
employ workers in public work projects
23
What event really pulled the US out of the Depression?
Civil Rights
WWII
Progressive Era
WWI
24
How did the Federal Reserve's actions lead to the Great Depression?
Regulated banks on who they can give loans to
Lowered interest rates given then people couldn't pay back
Bought land to sell to factory developers
banned Hoover from helping needy with Federal money
25
Which did NOT help to cause the Great Depression?
Widening gap between rich & poor
Business hiring more people
Overproduction
Decline in demand
26
Which did NOT lead to the stock market crash?
Investing in unregulated & unpredictable stocks
Losing savings when 1/3 banks closed
Creating false wealth by purchasing large # of stocks
Using borrowed money to invest in stocks
27
What group did the Ku Klux Klan NOT hate?
Immigrants
Catholics
Nativists
Radicals
28
Who was the US President when the stock market crashed?
FDR
McKinley
Hoover
Wilson
29
Which is true of the Harlem Renaissance?
political movement for common man
artistic movement for African Americans
poem by W.E.B.DuBois for social change
militant black movement for equality
30
What did black writers like Langston Hughes write about?
Farmers' problems
Slavery times
African American women in music
African Americans' position in America
31
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
18
19
16
17
32
What prior time is the New Deal most similar to?
Industrial Revolution
Gilded Age
Nativist
Progressive
33
What was the purpose of FDR's first few fireside chats?
To get people to work for lower wages
to have people not spend money
To have people put money in stock market
To encourage people to trust banks
34
What was the Scopes Trial about?
Bringing monkeys into the classroom
Public School teachers going on strike
Teaching evolution in public school
Teaching the Bible in school

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