Which statement best summarizes the scandals in President Harding's administration?

Harding was honorable, but had several dishonest aids

After Henry Ford and his engineers developed the assembly line

production time and costs dropped

What was the FDR court packing scandal?

FDR unsuccessfully tried to increase the number of justices

The re-created Ku Klux Klan targeted and terrorized

Foreigners, Jews, Catholics, and African Americans

political system where everyone gets to participate

What was the result of the Sacco/Vanzetti trial?

Sacco and Vanzetti were executed

an economic system that encourages competition

What was the New Deal?

FDR's program to solve the Great Depression

Conservative critics argued that the New Deal

made the federal government too powerful

What was the Teapot Dome Scandal?

Harding's cabinet member was bribed to give land in Wyoming

What is an economic deficit?

spending more money than you make

Who was Eleanor Roosevelt?

FDR's wife and she was influential

What is a bear market?

when stock prices are going down

What was Black Tuesday?

10/29/1929 when the stock market crashed

What was the Dust Bowl?

area of southern Great Plains hurt by drought/wind erosion

What is an anarchist?

person that believes there should be no government

a political system that wants no social or economic classes

Which of the following best describes one result of the Red Scare?

fewer immigrants from Eastern Europe were allowed in

After the 18th amendment went into effect, many usually law-abiding Americans

broke the law by entering speakeasies and buying alcohol

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1
What group benefited from the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920?
law enforcement officers
temperance supporters
labor union organizers
women
2
The 21st amendment
gave American Indians citizenship
gave women the right to vote in all elections
ended national prohibition
established national prohibition
3
Was America ever America to Langston Hughes?
yes
no
4
Who was the President when the stock market crashed in 1929?
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
FDR
5
Which statement best summarizes the scandals in President Harding's administration?
minor mistakes by a few aids were exagerated
political opponents falsely accused Harding's aides
Harding and several aides took bribes
Harding was honorable, but had several dishonest aids
6
After Henry Ford and his engineers developed the assembly line
workers became more satisfied with their jobs
worker efficiency decreased
production time and costs dropped
7
What was the FDR court packing scandal?
FDR successfully tried to increase the number of justices
FDR unsuccessfully tried to decrease the number of justices
FDR unsuccessfully tried to increase the number of justices
FDR unsuccessfully tried to increase the number of justices
8
The re-created Ku Klux Klan targeted and terrorized
Protestants
Foreigners, Jews, Catholics, and African Americans
Communists
Native Americans
9
Oil and gas consumption in the United States doubled from 1920-1929 as a result of the
rise of a consumer society
expanding automobile industry
increased production of durable consumer goods
10
How would you describe a person politically that wanted more government and more taxes?
constructive
libel
liberal
conservative
11
What is democracy?
political system that wants no social or economic classes
no government
political system where there is on ruler
political system where everyone gets to participate
12
What was the result of the Sacco/Vanzetti trial?
Sacco and Vanzetti were freed
Sacco and Vanzetti were sent back to Italy
Sacco and Vanzetti were executed
13
What is capitalism?
an economic system that encourages the sharing of wealth
an economic system that encourages competition
no government
a political system where there is one ruler.
14
What was the New Deal?
FDR's program to solve the Great Depression
Coolidge's plan to solve the Great Depression
After the cards have been laid out and played
Harding's program to solve the Great Depression
15
Conservative critics argued that the New Deal
made the federal government too powerful
relied too much on the private sector
was unfair to migrant workers
did too little to help the poor
16
What job did FDR not have in common with TR?
Mayor of New York
Governor of New York
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
President
17
Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Cummings, and John Dos Passos were
among the most creative musicians of the Jazz Age
writers and poets
gold medal winners at the 1924 Olympics
federal agents who participated in the Palmer raids
18
What is a bear market?
when stock prices stay the same
when stock prices are falling
when stock prices are rising
19
What is a bull market?
when stock prices are going down
when stock prices are going up
when stock prices are staying the same
when the bulls are playing well
20
What group did the Wagner Act support?
companies
unions
corporations
21
What was the Teapot Dome Scandal?
Harding's cabinet member was bribed to give land in Wyoming
Coolidge's cabinet member was bribed to give land in Wyoming
Harding declared that all teapots be thrown in a dome
Hoover's cabinet member was bribed to give land in Wyoming
22
What is an economic deficit?
spending more money than you make
sum of all the money a country owes
when you miss this question
spending less money than you make
23
Who was the prosecutor during the Scopes Monkey trial?
Listerine
Scopes
William Jennings Bryan
Clarence Darrow
24
Who was Eleanor Roosevelt?
she was Hoover's wife and she was not influential
FDR's wife and she was not influential
Hoover's wife and she was influential
FDR's wife and she was influential
25
How many Supreme Court justices did FDR want?
10
15
9
14
26
What were the Fireside Chats?
Radio addresses that Hoover gave
TV addresses that Hoover gave
TV addresses that FDR gave
Radio addresses that FDR gave
27
African American spirituals, European Harmonies, and West African rhythms influenced this music
Jazz
realism
the blues
ragtime
28
What is stock?
a large supply of goods
a small supply of goods
ownership in a company
ownership in a community
29
How many U.S. Supreme Court justices are typically on the Supreme Court?
14
15
6
9
30
What does FDR stand for?
Frankfurter Delaney Roosevald
Franklin Delanor Roosevelt
Frankle Da Rosentwist
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
31
What was the TVA?
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley Auction
Tallahassee Valley Auction
Tallahassee Valley Authority
32
How would you describe a person politically that wanted less government and less taxes?
libel
conservative
constructive
liberal
33
How did Calvin Coolidge become president?
Coolidge died
Hoover died
Wilson died
Harding died
34
What is a bear market?
when stock prices are staying the same
when stock prices are going down
when the bears are playing well
when stock prices are going up
35
What does buying on margin mean?
buying stock with a derivative
buying stock
buying a butter-like substance with a loan
buying stock with a loan
36
Crime became big business as a result
palmer raids
prohibition
21st amendment
fundamentalism
37
What unintended effect of the 18th amendment led to its repeal?
rising disregard for the law
an increase in alcohol consumption
drop in farm prices
drop in stock prices
38
What was Black Tuesday?
10/29/1929 when the stock market crashed
10/29/1929 when the stock market went up
10/29/1929 when the stock market went up
10/29/1939 when the stock market crashed
39
According to immigration quotas, who was most likely to be allowed into the United States?
Afghanis
Vietnamese
Russians
British
40
Sacco and Vanzetti were immigrants from
Serbia
Russia
France
Italy
41
What was the Dust Bowl?
part of the Great Plains that suffered wind erosion
part of the northern Great Plains that suffered wind erosion
area of southern Great Plains hurt by drought/wind erosion
42
What word would you use to describe Coolidge and Harding politically?
liberal
fascist
conservative
anarchist
43
A society where people are encouraged to buy products is called
a cool society
a democracy
socialistic society
a consumer society
44
What were Hoovervilles?
slums named after Harding
slums named after Hoover
slums named after FDR
slums named after Coolidge
45
What is an anarchist?
person that believes everyone should have the right to vote
person that believes there should be no government
person that believes wealth should be shared equally
person that believes one person should rule the country
46
What name was given to the period of achievements of black artists and writers in New York?
the Jazz Age
the Roaring Tenties
the Harlem Renaissance
the Red Scare
47
What was the Scopes Monkey Trial about?
monkeys
revolution
solution
evolution
48
What is communism?
a political system that wants no social or economic classes
political system were everyone gets to participate
political system where there is one ruler
no government
49
Which of the following best describes one result of the Red Scare?
new laws favored immigrants from Japan
immigrants from Mexico were denied entry
fewer immigrants from Eastern Europe were allowed in
immigrants from Great Britain were barred from coming in
50
Who defended Scopes during the Scopes Monkey trial?
William Jennings Bryan
Clarence Darrow
Listerine
Scopes
51
After the 18th amendment went into effect, many usually law-abiding Americans
manufactured home-made alcohol, which poisoned many people
smuggled alcohol out of the United States
broke the law by entering speakeasies and buying alcohol
52
As the U.S. economy grew, thousands of Americans by investing in the
automobile industry
steel industry
stock market
mining industry
53
Sacco and Vanzetti claimed that they were unjustly charged with robbery and murder because
they were Fascists
they were members of the ACLU
they were Anarchists
54
What is national debt?
spending more money than you make
sum of all the money a country owes
when you miss this question
spending less money than you make

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Questions 54

Answers

1
What group benefited from the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920?
law enforcement officers
temperance supporters
labor union organizers
women
2
The 21st amendment
gave American Indians citizenship
gave women the right to vote in all elections
ended national prohibition
established national prohibition
3
Was America ever America to Langston Hughes?
yes
no
4
Who was the President when the stock market crashed in 1929?
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
FDR
5
Which statement best summarizes the scandals in President Harding's administration?
minor mistakes by a few aids were exagerated
political opponents falsely accused Harding's aides
Harding and several aides took bribes
Harding was honorable, but had several dishonest aids
6
After Henry Ford and his engineers developed the assembly line
workers became more satisfied with their jobs
worker efficiency decreased
production time and costs dropped
7
What was the FDR court packing scandal?
FDR successfully tried to increase the number of justices
FDR unsuccessfully tried to decrease the number of justices
FDR unsuccessfully tried to increase the number of justices
FDR unsuccessfully tried to increase the number of justices
8
The re-created Ku Klux Klan targeted and terrorized
Protestants
Foreigners, Jews, Catholics, and African Americans
Communists
Native Americans
9
Oil and gas consumption in the United States doubled from 1920-1929 as a result of the
rise of a consumer society
expanding automobile industry
increased production of durable consumer goods
10
How would you describe a person politically that wanted more government and more taxes?
constructive
libel
liberal
conservative
11
What is democracy?
political system that wants no social or economic classes
no government
political system where there is on ruler
political system where everyone gets to participate
12
What was the result of the Sacco/Vanzetti trial?
Sacco and Vanzetti were freed
Sacco and Vanzetti were sent back to Italy
Sacco and Vanzetti were executed
13
What is capitalism?
an economic system that encourages the sharing of wealth
an economic system that encourages competition
no government
a political system where there is one ruler.
14
What was the New Deal?
FDR's program to solve the Great Depression
Coolidge's plan to solve the Great Depression
After the cards have been laid out and played
Harding's program to solve the Great Depression
15
Conservative critics argued that the New Deal
made the federal government too powerful
relied too much on the private sector
was unfair to migrant workers
did too little to help the poor
16
What job did FDR not have in common with TR?
Mayor of New York
Governor of New York
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
President
17
Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Cummings, and John Dos Passos were
among the most creative musicians of the Jazz Age
writers and poets
gold medal winners at the 1924 Olympics
federal agents who participated in the Palmer raids
18
What is a bear market?
when stock prices stay the same
when stock prices are falling
when stock prices are rising
19
What is a bull market?
when stock prices are going down
when stock prices are going up
when stock prices are staying the same
when the bulls are playing well
20
What group did the Wagner Act support?
companies
unions
corporations
21
What was the Teapot Dome Scandal?
Harding's cabinet member was bribed to give land in Wyoming
Coolidge's cabinet member was bribed to give land in Wyoming
Harding declared that all teapots be thrown in a dome
Hoover's cabinet member was bribed to give land in Wyoming
22
What is an economic deficit?
spending more money than you make
sum of all the money a country owes
when you miss this question
spending less money than you make
23
Who was the prosecutor during the Scopes Monkey trial?
Listerine
Scopes
William Jennings Bryan
Clarence Darrow
24
Who was Eleanor Roosevelt?
she was Hoover's wife and she was not influential
FDR's wife and she was not influential
Hoover's wife and she was influential
FDR's wife and she was influential
25
How many Supreme Court justices did FDR want?
10
15
9
14
26
What were the Fireside Chats?
Radio addresses that Hoover gave
TV addresses that Hoover gave
TV addresses that FDR gave
Radio addresses that FDR gave
27
African American spirituals, European Harmonies, and West African rhythms influenced this music
Jazz
realism
the blues
ragtime
28
What is stock?
a large supply of goods
a small supply of goods
ownership in a company
ownership in a community
29
How many U.S. Supreme Court justices are typically on the Supreme Court?
14
15
6
9
30
What does FDR stand for?
Frankfurter Delaney Roosevald
Franklin Delanor Roosevelt
Frankle Da Rosentwist
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
31
What was the TVA?
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley Auction
Tallahassee Valley Auction
Tallahassee Valley Authority
32
How would you describe a person politically that wanted less government and less taxes?
libel
conservative
constructive
liberal
33
How did Calvin Coolidge become president?
Coolidge died
Hoover died
Wilson died
Harding died
34
What is a bear market?
when stock prices are staying the same
when stock prices are going down
when the bears are playing well
when stock prices are going up
35
What does buying on margin mean?
buying stock with a derivative
buying stock
buying a butter-like substance with a loan
buying stock with a loan
36
Crime became big business as a result
palmer raids
prohibition
21st amendment
fundamentalism
37
What unintended effect of the 18th amendment led to its repeal?
rising disregard for the law
an increase in alcohol consumption
drop in farm prices
drop in stock prices
38
What was Black Tuesday?
10/29/1929 when the stock market crashed
10/29/1929 when the stock market went up
10/29/1929 when the stock market went up
10/29/1939 when the stock market crashed
39
According to immigration quotas, who was most likely to be allowed into the United States?
Afghanis
Vietnamese
Russians
British
40
Sacco and Vanzetti were immigrants from
Serbia
Russia
France
Italy
41
What was the Dust Bowl?
part of the Great Plains that suffered wind erosion
part of the northern Great Plains that suffered wind erosion
area of southern Great Plains hurt by drought/wind erosion
42
What word would you use to describe Coolidge and Harding politically?
liberal
fascist
conservative
anarchist
43
A society where people are encouraged to buy products is called
a cool society
a democracy
socialistic society
a consumer society
44
What were Hoovervilles?
slums named after Harding
slums named after Hoover
slums named after FDR
slums named after Coolidge
45
What is an anarchist?
person that believes everyone should have the right to vote
person that believes there should be no government
person that believes wealth should be shared equally
person that believes one person should rule the country
46
What name was given to the period of achievements of black artists and writers in New York?
the Jazz Age
the Roaring Tenties
the Harlem Renaissance
the Red Scare
47
What was the Scopes Monkey Trial about?
monkeys
revolution
solution
evolution
48
What is communism?
a political system that wants no social or economic classes
political system were everyone gets to participate
political system where there is one ruler
no government
49
Which of the following best describes one result of the Red Scare?
new laws favored immigrants from Japan
immigrants from Mexico were denied entry
fewer immigrants from Eastern Europe were allowed in
immigrants from Great Britain were barred from coming in
50
Who defended Scopes during the Scopes Monkey trial?
William Jennings Bryan
Clarence Darrow
Listerine
Scopes
51
After the 18th amendment went into effect, many usually law-abiding Americans
manufactured home-made alcohol, which poisoned many people
smuggled alcohol out of the United States
broke the law by entering speakeasies and buying alcohol
52
As the U.S. economy grew, thousands of Americans by investing in the
automobile industry
steel industry
stock market
mining industry
53
Sacco and Vanzetti claimed that they were unjustly charged with robbery and murder because
they were Fascists
they were members of the ACLU
they were Anarchists
54
What is national debt?
spending more money than you make
sum of all the money a country owes
when you miss this question
spending less money than you make