History Exam

Who received the most blame for the Great Depression?

What was the result of the Twenty-first Amendment?

What informal talks did Roosevelt broadcast over the radio to inspire public confidence?

labor union

What is the name for a stock market crash, sparking the Great Depression

agreement to make war illegal

New Deal programs brough a quick recovery from teh Great Depression

leader of the "Ohio gang"

What was the name for the stock market characterized by optimism and rising stock prices

Who proposed a plan for a gov´t pension of $200 a month for each civilian over age sixty

Austrian psychologist

Projects to provide navigation, flood control, and cheap electricity

What term describes the practice of spending more money than is received?

teacher convicted of teaching evolution

effort to settle the war debts-reparations cycle

True/false: Other than encouraging optimism, H. Hoover made little effort to alleviate the Depression.

In his nomination speech, H. Hoover predicted that America would see poverty eliminated

Choose the African American of our chapter

Which country had the strongest economy following WWI?

Which of the following was not true about the family during the Great Depression

construction of bridges, courthouses, and schools

What was the main theme of America's foreign policy during the 1920s?

land-improvement projects by young, unmarried men

Malnutrition and homelessness were serious problems during the Depression

Which of the following men organized urban African Americans into a potent force?

Unskilled workers in large industries were organized by

government loans to businesses such as banks and railroads

What is the name for the federal agency formed in the 1920s to track down criminals?

first solo, nonstop flight across the Atlantic

True/false: Movies were a popular form of entertainment in the 1920s.

Raising tariffs helped the American economy

caused by the violent activities of a few leftists

"The business of America is business."

whose son was kidnapped during the 1930s

secretary of the interior

FDR took two important steps. First, he called Congress to special session. What was the second action?

True/false: The KKK's membership thrived only in the South.

What name was given to areas with cardboard shacks sheltering homeless people

Roosevelt faced stiff opposition to his New Deal legislation during the first one hundred days of his administration

Which of the following agencies focused on relief for the jobless?

secretive, ritualistic group

The Germans spent most of their U.S. loans on

True/false: Hoover's treatment of the Bonus Army temporarily increased his popularity.

What was the theme of Harding's presidential campaign?

What was the term for the  period in which African intellectuals and entertainers achieve prominence?

What became the most common means of news and entertainment during the 1920s

created all kinds of jobs, including in the arts

theory of relativity

What term describes a free-enterprise economy with minimal gov't regulation?

Of the following men, whose ideas were not apart of the culture wars of the 1920s?

Roman Catholic presidential candidate

 True/false: In his first inaugural address, Roosevelt said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

 murder trial

Which of the following introduced gov´t ownership and control of utilities

The Democrats strongly supported Roosevelts court-packing plan.

 the most famous gangster of the twenties

most associated with the Depression

old-age pensions and unemployment insurance

True/false: The Fordney-McCumber Tariff lowered tariff levels in the US.

What major effect did the automobile have on American society in the 1920s

protection of private money in banks

Which occupational group experienced hard times throughout the 1920s?

True/false: The Agricultural Adjustment Act paid farmers to plow up their  cotton and slaughter their pigs.

"a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage"

What term refered to speculators borrowing money to purchase stock

What were the Great Plains called during the devasting drought of the 1930s

campaign song was "Happy Days Are Here Again!"

Which of the following men was not known for crime during the Depression

If a new laptop is advertised for payments of $50 amonthwhat type of credit agreement is the computer company offspring?

True/false: The Washington Naval Conference sought to limit the growth of naval power.

Which president's administration was marred by scandal?

The U.S. Supreme Court outlawed the sit-down strike

In what year did the stock market crash, sparking the Great Depression

Which of the following was not characteristic of most flappers?

Why did Hoover fail to take action in the final months of his administration?

True/false: The US used it military to enforce the Kellogg-Briand Pact.

What piece of legislation set quotas to restrict immigration?

subsides to farmers

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional the National Industriak Recovery Act and the

Prior to the Great Depression, what were two historical terms used to describe an economic decline?

Which president remained very popular throughout his administration?

What name was given to the group of advisors who helped Roosevelt formulate a plan to attempt to overcome the Depression

defended the Bible against the theory of evolution

stock market crash

True/false: Dole is a term used to refer to an unearned gov't handout.

Which of the following was not characteristic of the 1920s?

The Republican who lost to FDR by a landslide in the 1936 presidential election was

which of the following forms of entertainment was not common during the great depression

Who was the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic

Which of the following agencies was gov´t attempt to regulate American businesses

scandal involving the secretary of the interior