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1
The Dust Bowl was a result of ...
Drought
years of overproduction of the land and drought
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"Bull Market"
period of time when stock prices stay the same or increase
period of time when stock prices stay the same or decrease
3
What was the first major action Roosevelt took as President
Created the New Deal
Closed the banks
4
A period of time when stock prices stay the same or decrease is called:
bull market
bear market
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Which of the following was a goal of the New Deal?
Increase consumer purchasing power
Decrease gov't regulation of business
Increase industrial and farm surplus
Decrease price of farm goods
6
When did farmers begin to practice new soil conservation methods?
When the drought was over
When all other options failed
When the government paid them to
7
Writers and artists whose work reflected the contradictions of the American dream:
"Lost Boys"
"Lost Generation"
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Which of the following was MOST responsible for creating jobs and putting people to work?
National Labor Relations Board
Works Progress Administration
Fair Labor Standards Act
Social Security Act
9
How did advertising agencies focus on customers in the 1920s?
Focused on psychological desires
Focused on fears
Used pretty color advertising
10
How does buying on margin allow more people to invest in the stock market?
It can be bought using credit (buy now, pay later)
Margins offer high dividends
Margins offer low risk
11
Jazz became a symbol of the 1920s because:
It was the only music recorded on records
It broke boundaries
First mass produced sound
12
What did the Bonus Army demand in 1932?
Early payment of promised government money for WWI
Enlistment bonuses for joining military
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Why was there a re-birth of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s?
A new generation was discovering it
A backlash of changing values in America
14
How did radio cut across geographic borders?
More people could afford them
People could share events with people everywhere
Because music is a uniting force
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What finally made Washington D.C. take the Dust Bowl seriously?
Dust from the Dust Bowl reached Washington D.C.
FDR toured the region
Food shortage on the East coast
16
John T. Scopes challenged a Tennessee law that forbid the teaching of
creationism
fundamentalism
evolution
biology
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True or False: The Bonus Army protested to demand early payment of promised gov't money.
True
False
18
What was the outcome of the Hawley Smoot Tariff?
raised tariffs on imports, helped generated money, ended Great Depression
Raised tariffs on imports, sparked a trade war, and did not help economy
19
What motivated African Americans to move North during the Great Migration?
Harlem Renaissance
Chance to escape KKK, Jim Crow, zero economic opportunities
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The term "Harlem Renaissance" refers to:
Program to promote African American-owned businesses
Celebration of African American culture in lit and art
Population increase in Harlem in the 1920s
Struggle for Civil Rights led by NAACP
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What New Deal program is MOST responsible for creating new jobs?
WPA
NLRB
AAA
CCC
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The National Origins Act of 1924 set a quota for immigrants from every country based on
Loyalties to that country during WW1
Immigration population data from 1890
Religious background of the immigrant
Political belief of the immigrant
