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Boom & Bust (1920s & 1930s)
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1
What event pitted traditionalists against modernists in a fight over creation vs. evolution?
KKK march on Washington DC
Sacco & Vanzetti case
Great Debate
Scopes Trial
2
What President was blamed for financial crisis, bank failures, unemployment and homelessness?
Grover Cleveland
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Howard Taft
3
Another name for shares of a company is called
Finances
Buys
Stocks
Bonds
4
How did the New Deal impact America's financial industry?
Encouraged risky investments
Got rid of government regulations on banks
Increased government regulation on banks
Unionized bank employees
5
The 18th Amendment also became known as
Prohibition
Suffrage
Abstinence
Abolition
6
What New York City neighborhood became the center for African-American culture?
Bronx
Brooklyn
Queens
Harlem
7
What were the "Hoovervilles" of the Great Depression?
Abandoned farms in the Dust Bowl
Poor temporary towns built on the outskirts of cities
Gated upper class neighborhoods
Public works projects built by the government
8
What was the fear of communism in the 1920s called?
Red Scare
Blue Blockers
Yellow Fever
Red Run
9
The 18th Amendment banned the production, distribution and consumption of what?
Coffee
Ibuprofen
Alcohol
Tobacco
10
Which of the following northern cities was NOT a typical destination in the Great Migration?
Portland
Detroit
New York
Chicago
11
Modern life in the 1920s was connected to the rise in products intended for personal use called
Good stuff
Consumer goods
Automobiles
Sears & Roebuck
12
In the 1920s a lot of investors borrowed money to buy stock "on ____" to pay just part price
"margin"
"demand"
"a wing & a prayer"
"loan"
13
What new style of music became popular during the 1920s?
Rock 'n Roll
Blues
Jazz
Ragtime
14
What event sparked the postwar fear of radicalism known as the Red Scare?
Communist Revolution in Russia
Passage of the 19th amendment
Black Tuesday
Prohibition
15
Illegal clubs which sold alcohol during Prohibition were called
Hothouses
Speakeasies
Studio 54
Raves
16
What were 1920s limits on immigration, especially from Southern & Eastern Europe and Asia?
Censures
Deportations
Referrals
Quotas
17
The movement of millions of African Americans to Northern cities to work in factories
The Great Depression
The Great Migration
The Great Exodus
The Great Movement
18
What played a role in the revival of the Klu Klux Klan?
Unemployment
Anti-immigrant feelings
Homelessness
Great Depression
19
The Federal Emergency Relief Act was a New Deal program to provide what?
Temporary housing
Low-interest loans
Food and assistance to the needy
Public education
20
Young women with a new sense of freedom cut their hair short, wore makeup and called themselves
Floozies
Flygirls
Flappers
Flaunters
21
Who was the greatest sports figure in popular culture in the 1920s?
Babe Ruth
Jack Dempsey
Joe DiMaggio
Jackie Robinson
22
What caused the "Black Blizzards" in the Great Plains?
Freezing winters
Acid rain
Soil erosion
Heavy precipitation
23
A period of creativity among African American artists, writers, musicians in part of NYC
Bronx Bonanza
Brooklyn Movement
Black Pride
Harlem Renaissance
24
Henry Ford introduced this to make manufacturing more efficient, productive and affordable.
Integrated workforce
Automatic starter
Assembly line
Combustion engine
25
What New Deal Program still provides money for retired Americans?
Works Project Administration
Social Security Act
Tennessee Valley Authority
Agricultural Adjustment Act
26
What happened on Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929?
Stock market crashed
KKK march on Washington DC
Bank runs closed 1 of 3 US banks
Prohibition started
27
What group of Americans gained the right to vote with the 19th Amendment?
Young adults - 18 years+
African Americans
Immigrants
Women
28
Who were the two Italian immigrants executed for murder and robbery in a controversial case?
Sacco & Vanzetti
Pavarotti & Caruso
Puccini & Vivaldi
Brando & DeNiro
29
Why were some New Deal reforms called "safety net" programs?
They prevented illegal immigration
They provided help to the neediest Americans
They captured communist spies
They helped prop up the national banks
30
Part of FDR's appeal was that he spoke to Americans in regular radio addresses called
Coffee Clatch
Fireside Chats
Radio Report
National News Hour
31
Which is true of the Great Depression?
It was at the same time as the Jazz Age
It triggered immigration out of the USA
It was fixed in FDR's first 100 days
It was the longest-lasting economic depression
32
To encourage consumers to buy goods, stores started offering this.
Credit
Stocks
Shares
Bonds
33
Why did many farmers lose their land in the early years of the Great Depression?
Not enough workers
Insects & floods
Couldn't feed Americans
Low crop prices
34
"Breadlines" became a common sight as people lined up at:
Homeless Shelters
Employment Offices
Soup Kitchens
Ticketmaster
35
How did the New Deal change the role of the federal government?
Eliminated the role of the government
Had no effect on the government
Increased the role of the government
Decreased the role of the government