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1
The term "Harlem Renaissance" refers to:
Program to promote African American-owned businesses
Celebration of African American culture in lit and art
Population increase in Harlem in the 1920s
Struggle for Civil Rights led by NAACP
2
John T. Scopes challenged a Tennessee law that forbid the teaching of
biology
creationism
evolution
fundamentalism
3
How did radio cut across geographic borders?
Because music is a uniting force
More people could afford them
People could share events with people everywhere
4
What motivated African Americans to move North during the Great Migration?
Chance to escape KKK, Jim Crow, zero economic opportunities
Harlem Renaissance
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The Dust Bowl was a result of ...
years of overproduction of the land and drought
Drought
6
True or False: The Bonus Army protested to demand early payment of promised gov't money.
False
True
7
How did advertising agencies focus on customers in the 1920s?
Used pretty color advertising
Focused on fears
Focused on psychological desires
8
What was the first major action Roosevelt took as President
Closed the banks
Created the New Deal
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What finally made Washington D.C. take the Dust Bowl seriously?
FDR toured the region
Dust from the Dust Bowl reached Washington D.C.
Food shortage on the East coast
10
Which of the following was MOST responsible for creating jobs and putting people to work?
Social Security Act
National Labor Relations Board
Works Progress Administration
Fair Labor Standards Act
11
A period of time when stock prices stay the same or decrease is called:
bear market
bull market
12
Which of the following was a goal of the New Deal?
Decrease gov't regulation of business
Increase consumer purchasing power
Increase industrial and farm surplus
Decrease price of farm goods
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"Bull Market"
period of time when stock prices stay the same or increase
period of time when stock prices stay the same or decrease
14
What New Deal program is MOST responsible for creating new jobs?
WPA
CCC
NLRB
AAA
15
Jazz became a symbol of the 1920s because:
It broke boundaries
It was the only music recorded on records
First mass produced sound
16
Writers and artists whose work reflected the contradictions of the American dream:
"Lost Boys"
"Lost Generation"
17
When did farmers begin to practice new soil conservation methods?
When all other options failed
When the government paid them to
When the drought was over
18
The National Origins Act of 1924 set a quota for immigrants from every country based on
Immigration population data from 1890
Religious background of the immigrant
Political belief of the immigrant
Loyalties to that country during WW1
19
What did the Bonus Army demand in 1932?
Enlistment bonuses for joining military
Early payment of promised government money for WWI
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How does buying on margin allow more people to invest in the stock market?
It can be bought using credit (buy now, pay later)
Margins offer high dividends
Margins offer low risk
21
What was the outcome of the Hawley Smoot Tariff?
raised tariffs on imports, helped generated money, ended Great Depression
Raised tariffs on imports, sparked a trade war, and did not help economy
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Why was there a re-birth of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s?
A new generation was discovering it
A backlash of changing values in America
