What did Herbert Hoover believe about government and economics?

Voluntary cooperation between businesses and little government intervention

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

an African American cultural movement that included new creations in art

Which policy was common to the Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover administrations?

an emphasis on big business and the growth of corporate powers

How did technology change American life in the 1920s?

More Americans than ever had access to radios, telephones, and electricity

What was a cause of the Dust Bowl in the Great Plains?

The loss of native grasses and top soil coupled with drought and high winds

What were signs of the Great Depression in cities and towns?

soup kitchens and massive unemployment

Which conflict was exemplified by the Scopes Trial?

the teaching of evolution vs. religious fundamentalism

plains farmers and others who migrated west during the Dust Bowl

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1
What did Herbert Hoover believe about government and economics?
Hoover believed that government should respond quickly to resolve problems
Voluntary cooperation between businesses and little government intervention
Hoover thought that with unemployment, the government should provide relief
That business and government should work together to provide aid
2
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
the name given to all the new artistic styles that developed in the 1920s
a new trend in modern art that featured abstract black sculptures
a more urban name for the Dixieland jazz that developed in New Orleans
an African American cultural movement that included new creations in art
3
Which policy was common to the Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover administrations?
a military buildup in preparation for the possibility of another world war
stress on the role of the League of Nations
an increase in the size of the federal government
an emphasis on big business and the growth of corporate powers
4
How did technology change American life in the 1920s?
Most Americans did not pay attention to technological changes
Few consumers could afford the debt to purchase new technologies,
More Americans than ever had access to radios, telephones, and electricity
It created resentment among people who wanted but could not afford them.
5
This amendment placed on stopping the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol
20th
19th
18th
21st
6
What was not one of the causes of the Great Depression?
excessive income taxes
people living beyond their means
unsafe banking practices
speculative stock purchases
7
This 1920s cultural trend with changes in literary styles, new techniques in art and talking pictures are examples of?
Modernism
Renaissance
Realism
Retro
8
Which U.S. group did not share in the prosperity of the 1920s?
farmers
professional athletes
musicians
middle class
9
What was a cause of the Dust Bowl in the Great Plains?
A lack of water allowed dust to build up and caused equipment to fail.
Farmers did not plant enough wheat to maintain the soil.
The loss of native grasses and top soil coupled with drought and high winds
Farmers were forced to plant corn instead of wheat crops.
10
The group of young women who embraced new lifestyles and looks centered around freedom of expression
Flappers
Shockers
Suffragettes
Hippies
11
What were signs of the Great Depression in cities and towns?
Sporting and music events
fewer car purchases
drought relief and victory gardens
soup kitchens and massive unemployment
12
Which conflict was exemplified by the Scopes Trial?
the teaching of evolution vs. religious fundamentalism
urban vs. rural culture
communism vs. democracy
the belief in America as a melting pot vs. limitations on immigration
13
Before the stock market crash of 1929, the stock market had been experiencing what is known as a bull market.
False
True
14
Who were the Okies?
plains farmers and others who migrated west during the Dust Bowl
people who supported the government policies designed to help them survive
Californians fleeing to Oklahoma
Native Americans living in Oklahoma who survived the Depression
15
The group of disillusioned Americans after WW1
Mellonites
Free Masons
Lost Generation
Beatniks

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