what was banking reform?

banking act gave federal authority over repoening

What was infrastructure and public works?

Built Roads, Bridges, Schools, Etc.

Where did the Dust Bowl happen?

Kansas, Texas, Arkansas, Colorado, and New Mexico.

What were Hoovervilles?

Shanty towns for those made homeless during the depression

What is the federal emergency relief administration?

Provided lunches In schools, built soup kitchens, and gave blankets

What was the main goal or purpose of the Agriculture Adjustment Administration (AAA)?

Aided farmers and regulated crop production

Fist baseball player to hit 60 homeruns in one season

Who were the presidents in the 20s?

Warren Harding & Calvin Coolidge

What is true about Flappers?

They were a cultural symbol for modern women’s rights.

What was the Securities Act of 1933?

Prevented Stock Market crash & required public info

Who is Charles A. Lindbergh?

The first person to fly nonstop solo accross the Atlantic

Bessie Coleman was the first_____

Licensed African-American pilot in the world

What was the impact of the Harlem Renissance

African Americans got to reflect their own culture

What was the housing part of The New Deal?

Made agencies to help ppl keep their homes

studbud

Great Depression & Roaring 20's Test

34 termsStudBud Administration115 plays

Use this Quiz! to help you study for your upcoming exam!

Flashcards34 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 34

Answers

1
what was banking reform?
made all banks close permanently
Prevented stock market from crashing
banking act gave federal authority over repoening
Opened banks immediately
2
What was infrastructure and public works?
Made People Work In The Sewer
Built Park Benches
Built Roads, Bridges, Schools, Etc.
3
When was Herbert Hoover elected?
1928
1930
1929
1933
4
What did the 21st Amendment do ?
Repealed The 18th
Banned Alcohol
Freedom of Speech
Give women the Right to Vote
5
Who was Jack Dempsey?
Professional Figure skater
Professional Football player
Professional Boxer
Professional Water drinker
6
Where did the Dust Bowl happen?
Oklahoma, Texas, and California.
Northern Texas, Canada, and New York
Kansas, Texas, Arkansas, Colorado, and New Mexico.
Texas, Kansas, California, and Colorado .
7
What are the 3 Rs?
recovery, remember, reposses
relief, remorse, recover
Relief, recovery, reform
reform, revise, remake
8
Why did Calvin Coolidge become President?
Harding died
He was assassinated
Harding quit
Harding went to jail
9
What were Hoovervilles?
Shanty towns for those made homeless during the depression
Vacation homes for the wealthy
Hoover's fictional story used in speeches
A travelling circus show
10
What is the federal emergency relief administration?
Provided lunches In schools, built soup kitchens, and gave blankets
Gave People Free Band-Aids
Built new factories with better conditions
Started minimum wage
11
What was the main goal or purpose of the Agriculture Adjustment Administration (AAA)?
Quickly created as many jobs as possible
Provided jobs for single males on conservation projects
Aided farmers and regulated crop production
Insured loans for building and repairing homes
12
Who was Babe Ruth?
A model
A famous singer
A film star
Fist baseball player to hit 60 homeruns in one season
13
When was Black Sunday?
April 14, 1937
April 15, 1935
November 9, 1998
April 14, 1935
14
Many farmers affected by the Dust Bowl migrated to California.
True
False
15
Herbert Hoover was not re-elected for a second term as President.
False
True
16
Who was Langston Hughes?
A Cat
A Poet
A Musician
An Actor
17
Who was Duke Ellington?
A famous jazz musician
Competed in track and field in the 1936 Berlin Olympics
A novelist in the 1930's
A baseball player
18
Where did farmers move to because of the Dust Bowl
Cities
Texas
California
Great Plains
19
Who was Louis Armstrong?
Bill Nye in disguise
A jazz musician/trumpet player
An Astronaut/NASA scientist
A doctor/surgeon
20
Women had to join the workforce to provide money for their families during the Great Depression.
False
True
21
Who were the presidents in the 20s?
Warren Harding & Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge & Hebert Hoover
Roosevelt & Hoover
Hoover & Harding
22
What is true about Flappers?
They were a cultural symbol for modern women’s rights.
They were professional dancers/performers.
Thought women should stay at home with their families instead of work
They were women who were forced to work during the 1920s
23
What was not a causes of the great depression?
Prohibition laws
Easy Credit
Unemployment
Stock Market Crash
24
What was the Securities Act of 1933?
Gave everyone free locks for their doors
Prevented Stock Market crash & required public info
Gave People More Stocks
Prevented companies bankruptcy
25
Who is Charles A. Lindbergh?
The first person to fly nonstop solo accross the Atlantic
First American to win a Nobel Prize and an critic
A painter who was famous for her paintings of the Southwest
An baseball star who was also the New York Yankees slugger
26
Who was president when the stock market crashed?
Millard Fillmore
Herbert Hoover
Abe Lincoln
FD Roosevelt
27
Bessie Coleman was the first_____
Licensed African-American pilot in the world
politician in the world
pilot to fly across the Atlantic ocean
Woman on the moon
28
What was the impact of the Harlem Renissance
Women got the right to vote
African Americans got to reflect their own culture
African Americans got the right to vote
There was new medical resarch
29
Farmers were largely unaffected by the dust bowl.
True
False
30
Who was blamed for the Great Depression?
Abraham Lincoln
President Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Franklin D Roosevelt
31
Who Is F Scott Fitzgerald
He Wrote Poams
Wrote The Great Gatsby
olimpic gold medalist
He invented the lightbulb
32
What was the housing part of The New Deal?
Made agencies to help ppl keep their homes
Kicked people out of Hoovervilles
Made standards for factories
It made everyone live in mansions
33
Who was Amelia earhart?
A famous chef
A famous scientist
A famous singer
A famous pilot
34
What caused the Dust Bowl in the 1930s
Stock market crashed
An earthquake
Drought (no rain)
Nobody cleaned for a long time

Great Depression & Roaring 20's Test Flashcards | StudBud