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Why did banks begin to fail?
people stopped trusting banks with their money
people left banking jobs to be farmers
too many people couldn't pay back loans
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Founded in 1909 to promote for racial equality
Colored People Organization
NAACP
3
True or False: The Harlem Renaissance was a movement that helped destroy the image of African American culture
False
True
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set national minimum wage and maximum hour standards for workers and placed child labor limitations
lbenefits for rich
Reform of labor laws
benefits for senators
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Set minimum wage and maximum work hours for workers and placed limitations on child labor
attempt to reform labor laws
great depression
jim crow laws
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Progressives worked to end child labor, advance education and improve working conditions
effort to help urban poor
effort to help rich
effort to help senators
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True or False: The FDIC was a bank account insurance that the government paid for
true
false
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What was Henry Ford most known for?
Creating New Deal Programs
Inventing Radio
Inventing new farming techniques
Inventing assembly line
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Yellow journalism is journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.
False
True
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laws enacted by southern state and local governments to separate white and black people in public/private facilities
Jim Crow laws
New laws
Black laws
Segregated Rules
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What was the purpose of Bank Holiday?
banks gave money out to poor as gifts during holidays
give bankers a vacation
to revise all banks and see which were suitable to open back up
12
What was the National Origins Act of 1924?
helped immigrants gain citizenship in us
restricted immigration by establishing national quotas against immigrants
created agreements with all countries to stop war
helped establish alliances with other countries during war world II
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Why were Hooverville’s built?
Made in honor of Hoover
Made by people that couldn’t afford houses
To make pretty architecture
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Magazine journalists who expose the correct side of business in public life in the early 1900s
Muckraker
Plow
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Which of the following was an immediate cause of the Spanish-American war
Americans raided Cuba and stole weapons and ammunition
bombing of the pearl harbor
Cuba didn’t allow Americans to import any goods from Europe
explosion of the U.S.S Maine in the Havana Harbor
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magazine journalists who exposed the corrupt side of business and public life in the early 1900s
Muckraker
Analysts
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What was a cause of the Great Depression?
overproduction on farms
underconsumption of products
overproduction in factories
stock market crash
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a procedure by which a proposed legislative measures can be submitted to a vote of the people
Recall
Initiative
Referendum
Reform
19
Which New Deal program gave money to the elderly, disabled, and others who couldn't work?
SSA
SEC
FERA
WPA
20
Jazz became a big hit because it was more upbeat and joyful than blues music
True
False
21
Peace negotiations used after World War 1 created by president Woodrow Wilson
Peace laws
Amendments
Wilson’s 14 points
New laws
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Worked to improve child labor improve education and improve working conditions
worked to help rich during progressive era
help for senators during progresssice era
effort to improve urban poor during progressive area
23
What were the results of the Philippine-American war?
American victory and american occupation of the Philippines
there is a stalemate and Cuba helps reason between them
Philippine Republic wins and forces americans out
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A procedure by which a legislative measure can be originated by the people versus the lawmakers
Referendum
Recall
Initiative
Reform
25
What were some effects of mass production?
Stock Markets went up
Less jobs were made available
Higher prices of consumer goods
Lower prices of consumer goods
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Why were radios helpful during this time period?
allowed for people to find a distraction during the great depression
Was a new source to hear news anywhere and faster
Helped emphasize influence of music
27
Which New Deal program hires men to build dams, power plants, worked to control flooding, etc. ?
WPA
CCC
TVA
SSA
28
Worldwide organization whose sole purpose was to maintain worldwide peace
United Nations
Peace Corps
League of nations
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What organization did Huey Long want to promote?
Share Our Wealth program
Social Security Act
SEC
FDIC
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A procedure for removing a public official from office by a vote of the people
Recall
Referendum
Reform
Initiative
31
True or False: The CCC hired men to work on land projects
False
True
32
True or False: Mass production led to the stock market crash
True
False
33
1896 case in which supreme court ruled that separation of races in public accommodation was legal
Plessy V Ferguson
Brown V school board
Eugene V Debs
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What was the main cause of the Dust Bowl?
farming techniques were not working as efficiently
drought
overpopulation of people
overproduction of farms
35
Rough riders was a voluntary cavalry during Spanish-American war
False
True
36
Muckraker who wrote The Jungle exposing the meat packing industry
Ida Tarbell
Ida King
Upton Sinclair
Ulysses Grayson
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What was the Red Scare?
when stock markets crashed, many business tried painting buildings red
people ran around town in red robes
promotion of widespread fear of communism
