hired young men to preform reforestation & conservation work

paid civilians to build bridges, public bldgs, parks

provide federal subsidies to farmers who cut farm production

1st task of FDR's new administration

Role of automobiles in the 1920s and the economy

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

belligerents could buy nonmilitary goods from the US

education, pensions for soldiers

prevented US from relaxing immigration standards during WWII

increase in birthrate population after WWII

Radical violence associated with labor unions

regulate and rationalize the US stock market

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1
Not an opponent of FDRs New Deal
Francis Townsend
Huey Long
Bernard Brubble
Father Coughlin
2
Set immigration quotas at 2 percent of each nationality as measured by the 1890 census
National Origins Act
Immigration Act, 1890
KKK
nativism
3
In the 1920s, religious fundamentalists focused especially on which of the following issues?
the theory of evolution
attacking the Ku Klux Klan's open racist views
eradicating slum conditions in the city
restricting the immigration of Catholics and Jews
4
Provided loans to major businesses in 1931 and 1932
SEC
RFC
CCC
AAA
5
Main cause of Hoover's decline in popularity
Hoovervilles
RFC
Bonus Army
Stock Market Crash
6
Which New Deal program employed artists, actors, & authors to reduce unemployment?
Works Progress Administration
Public Works Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
National Recovery Administration
7
CCC
enlisted equal #s of young men & young women for projects
provided labor for the TVA projects
displaces as many as 200,000 black tenant farmers
hired young men to preform reforestation & conservation work
8
What major scandal in Harding's administration was named after oil reserves it involved?
Credit Mobilier
North Shore Oil
Teapot Dome
Sinclair Oil
9
Ended Prohibition
20th Amendment
22nd Amendment
23rd Amendment
21st Amendment
10
Which group was the least discriminated during WWII?
German-Americans
Japanese-Americans
Black-Americans
Mexican-Americans
11
WPA
supplied fed grants to hundreds of relief programs
spent more than $100 billion on luxuries for politicians
paid civilians to build bridges, public bldgs, parks
reached 90% of the unemployed, easing their suffering
12
Korematsu v US
Black codes
Gentlemen's Agreement
Japanese Internment
Chinese Exclusion Act
13
AAA
required new, higher income taxes on wealthy businesspeople
provide federal subsidies to farmers who cut farm production
froze the prices of farm products
increased farm production to aid the hungry
14
Bank Holiday
gave families the day off to travel
helped rebuild the bank buildings after the Great Fire
1st task of FDR's new administration
Created new private banks not controlled by the Feds
15
Italian immigrants accused of murder based on no clear evidence
Ben and Jerry
Bogie and Bacall
Sacco and Vanzetti
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
16
Role of automobiles in the 1920s and the economy
gasoline was cheap and many people took road trips
cars were very affordable and most people could buy them
Helped stimulate prosperity
bankrupted railroads during the 1920s
17
UNIA
Paid farmers not to farm
Return to Africa
Helped reform the Stock Market
Lost Generation of writers
18
1937 Neutrality Act
US would sell arms to Spain if they paid in cash
the US would only purchase goods using cash
belligerents could buy nonmilitary goods from the US
US would give all aid short of war to Allies
19
Which of the following was not a cause of the Stock Market Crash?
Overproduction
The Dust Bowl
Margin Buying
Expansion of credit buying
20
Helped promote Black culture, including jazz music and writing and art
Great Migration
UNIA
Harlem Renaissance
Bonus Army
21
Henry Ford led the way in industry
instituted worker-management teams to share decisions
paying his workers low wages
gave his workers ownership of the factories
paying his workers high wages
22
GI Bill of Rights
education, pensions for soldiers
higher pay for college educated soldiers
free transportation for families of servicemen
Army regulations for enlisted men
23
Set new Inauguration date
22nd Amendment
21st Amendment
23rd Amendment
20th Amendment
24
US policy toward communism after WWII
paranoia
isolationism
laissez-faire
containment
25
First female cabinet member
Francis Townsend
Frances Gilmore
Franny Zooey
Frances Perkins
26
Highest tariff in US History
Dawes Act
Hawley Smoot Tariff
Sherman Tariff
Beer Tax
27
Which was a cause of the consumer culture in the 1920s?
Television
Advertising
Fashion
Radio
28
"A date which will live in infamy"
Sept 2, 1945
June 4, 1944
January 8, 1933
Dec 7, 1941
29
Emancipated woman of the 1920s
Gibson Girl
Rosie the Riveter
Frances Perkins
flapper
30
Anti-Semitism
Immigration was denied to all those of Jewish decent in US
fear of foreigners
prevented US from relaxing immigration standards during WWII
disagreed with US expansion
31
Outlawed the teaching of evolution in Tennessee Schools
Social Darwinism
Teapot Dome Scandal
Butler Act
Scopes Trial
32
Baby Boom
code name for the invasion of Normandy
influx of baby population from WWII
increase in birthrate population after WWII
massive manufacture of baby products
33
Red Scare, 1919-1921
American Communist Party members were murdered
Labor conflicts blamed on the AFL
Accusations that there were Commie spies in the State Dept.
Radical violence associated with labor unions
34
Dust Bowl migrants went where?
New York
Texas
California
Oklahoma
35
Pacific Front Commanders
MacArthur and Eisenhower
Nimitz and MacArthur
Eisenhower and Patton
Nimitz and Patton
36
SEC
provide oversight for the Fed Reserve System
regulate and rationalize the US stock market
protect radicals and immigrants from deportation
oversee the process of taking the US off the gold standard

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