Which of the following of F.D. Roosevelt's ideas FAILED to become a law?

increased number of justices on the Supreme Court

The __, written by __ depicted the plight of Okies fleeing the dust bowl to California.

The Grapes of Wrath; John Steinbeck

How did President Hoover respond to the crash of the stock market in October of 1929?

by asking businesses not to layoff employees

The Bonus Army was made up of ___.

WWI veterans and their families

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1
Which of the following of F.D. Roosevelt's ideas FAILED to become a law?
increased number of justices on the Supreme Court
creating of a federally funded pension program
federally supported loans for housing
many public works programs created
2
The __ was intended to restore people's trust in banks.
FDIC
Works Progress Administration
TVA
Social Security Act
3
The __, written by __ depicted the plight of Okies fleeing the dust bowl to California.
The Sun Also Rises; Ernest Hemingway
Great Gatsby; F. Scott Fitgerald
The Grapes of Wrath; John Steinbeck
Look Homeward Angel; Thomas Wolfe
4
__ were a new style of women in the 1920's.
Jazz Angels
Flappers
Zoras
Victorians
5
People feared __ and __ during the 1920s.
the KKK; Catholics
radicals and Communists
liberated women; atheists
blacks; Jews
6
The Teapot Dome scandal was during __'s presidency and centered around ___.
Coolidge's; bribery in the cabinet
Hoover's; hydroelectric dams
Harding's; oil-rich lands
Coolidge's; gold mining land
7
This built dams and provided power to the poorest part of the U.S. during the depression.
the Social Security Act
The Truman Doctrin
The TVA
The CCC
8
Langston Hughes, Louis Armstrong, Paul Robeson, are all associated with what?
great athletes of the 1920s
fighting prohibition
The Harlem Renaissance
great Jazz musicians in the 1920s
9
Hoovervilles were ___.
Public works projects
shantytowns
a slang term for an unemployed person during the depression
twons which contained soup kitchens and breadl ines
10
__ was the New Deal policy with the most lasting impact.
Social Security Act
TVA
CCC
Works Progress Administration
11
We need a return to normalcy said this scandal ridden president in the 1920s.
F.D. Roosevelt
Coolidge
Harding
Wilson
12
How did President Hoover respond to the crash of the stock market in October of 1929?
by lowering foreign tarrifs
by declaring a bank emergency and closing banks to inspect
by asking businesses not to layoff employees
federally funding food and clothing handouts to the poor
13
The quota system of the 1920s was created to reduce __.
unemployment
immigration
inflation
the threat from anarchists
14
___ put thousands of young men to work on roads, parks planting trees and erosion projects.
Tennessee Valley Authority
Works Progress Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Fair Labor Standards Act
15
__ rode the rails in search of work during the depression.
speculators
bonus marchers
Okies
hoboes
16
The _ pitted traditionalists vs. modern thinkers in 1925
Scopes Monkey Trial
prohibition
Harlem Renaissance
Jazz Age
17
The Bonus Army was made up of ___.
business and labor leaders who agreed to work together
unemployed factory workers and their families
farmers forced off their land by the Dust Bowl
WWI veterans and their families
18
Quiet president 1920s - "The business of America is business".
Hoover
Harding
Coolidge
F.D. Roosevelt
19
Which of the following was a goal of the New Deal during the Great Depression?
regulating the stock market
decrease farm prices
increase crop production
deregulating (less control over) the banking system
20
Organized labor became suspect in the 1920s because of fear of __
the depression
communism
rising prices
minority empowerment

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