1st task of FDR's new administration

Role of automobiles in the 1920s and the economy

Helped stimulate prosperity, cars were very affordable and most people could buy them

prevented US from relaxing immigration standards during WWII

increase in birthrate population after WWII

Radical violence associated with labor unions

provide federal subsidies to farmers who cut farm production

paid civilians to build bridges, public bldgs, parks

belligerents could buy nonmilitary goods from the US

regulate and rationalize the US stock market

education, pensions for soldiers

hired young men to preform reforestation & conservation work

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1
US policy toward communism after WWII
paranoia
laissez-faire
containment
isolationism
2
Bank Holiday
helped rebuild the bank buildings after the Great Fire
1st task of FDR's new administration
Created new private banks not controlled by the Feds
gave families the day off to travel
3
Henry Ford led the way in industry
gave his workers ownership of the factories
paying his workers low wages
instituted worker-management teams to share decisions
paying his workers high wages
4
Korematsu v US
Japanese Internment
Black codes
Chinese Exclusion Act
Gentlemen's Agreement
5
First female cabinet member
Francis Townsend
Frances Perkins
Franny Zooey
Frances Gilmore
6
Role of automobiles in the 1920s and the economy
Helped stimulate prosperity
gasoline was cheap and many people took road trips
bankrupted railroads during the 1920s
cars were very affordable and most people could buy them
7
Anti-Semitism
fear of foreigners
prevented US from relaxing immigration standards during WWII
Immigration was denied to all those of Jewish decent in US
disagreed with US expansion
8
Which of the following was not a cause of the Stock Market Crash?
Margin Buying
Expansion of credit buying
The Dust Bowl
Overproduction
9
Highest tariff in US History
Sherman Tariff
Hawley Smoot Tariff
Beer Tax
Dawes Act
10
Which New Deal program employed artists, actors, & authors to reduce unemployment?
National Recovery Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Public Works Administration
Works Progress Administration
11
UNIA
Return to Africa
Helped reform the Stock Market
Lost Generation of writers
Paid farmers not to farm
12
Outlawed the teaching of evolution in Tennessee Schools
Scopes Trial
Social Darwinism
Butler Act
Teapot Dome Scandal
13
Not an opponent of FDRs New Deal
Bernard Brubble
Huey Long
Father Coughlin
Francis Townsend
14
Pacific Front Commanders
Eisenhower and Patton
Nimitz and MacArthur
MacArthur and Eisenhower
Nimitz and Patton
15
Which was a cause of the consumer culture in the 1920s?
Television
Advertising
Radio
Fashion
16
Set new Inauguration date
21st Amendment
20th Amendment
22nd Amendment
23rd Amendment
17
Baby Boom
increase in birthrate population after WWII
influx of baby population from WWII
massive manufacture of baby products
code name for the invasion of Normandy
18
Red Scare, 1919-1921
Labor conflicts blamed on the AFL
Radical violence associated with labor unions
American Communist Party members were murdered
Accusations that there were Commie spies in the State Dept.
19
What major scandal in Harding's administration was named after oil reserves it involved?
North Shore Oil
Sinclair Oil
Teapot Dome
Credit Mobilier
20
Dust Bowl migrants went where?
Oklahoma
Texas
New York
California
21
"A date which will live in infamy"
Dec 7, 1941
Sept 2, 1945
January 8, 1933
June 4, 1944
22
Provided loans to major businesses in 1931 and 1932
RFC
AAA
CCC
SEC
23
In the 1920s, religious fundamentalists focused especially on which of the following issues?
restricting the immigration of Catholics and Jews
the theory of evolution
attacking the Ku Klux Klan's open racist views
eradicating slum conditions in the city
24
AAA
increased farm production to aid the hungry
required new, higher income taxes on wealthy businesspeople
provide federal subsidies to farmers who cut farm production
froze the prices of farm products
25
Set immigration quotas at 2 percent of each nationality as measured by the 1890 census
National Origins Act
KKK
Immigration Act, 1890
nativism
26
WPA
spent more than $100 billion on luxuries for politicians
reached 90% of the unemployed, easing their suffering
supplied fed grants to hundreds of relief programs
paid civilians to build bridges, public bldgs, parks
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Helped promote Black culture, including jazz music and writing and art
UNIA
Great Migration
Harlem Renaissance
Bonus Army
28
1937 Neutrality Act
the US would only purchase goods using cash
US would sell arms to Spain if they paid in cash
US would give all aid short of war to Allies
belligerents could buy nonmilitary goods from the US
29
SEC
protect radicals and immigrants from deportation
oversee the process of taking the US off the gold standard
regulate and rationalize the US stock market
provide oversight for the Fed Reserve System
30
Emancipated woman of the 1920s
Gibson Girl
Frances Perkins
flapper
Rosie the Riveter
31
Main cause of Hoover's decline in popularity
Stock Market Crash
Hoovervilles
Bonus Army
RFC
32
GI Bill of Rights
higher pay for college educated soldiers
education, pensions for soldiers
free transportation for families of servicemen
Army regulations for enlisted men
33
Italian immigrants accused of murder based on no clear evidence
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Ben and Jerry
Sacco and Vanzetti
Bogie and Bacall
34
Which group was the least discriminated during WWII?
Black-Americans
Mexican-Americans
Japanese-Americans
German-Americans
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CCC
enlisted equal #s of young men & young women for projects
hired young men to preform reforestation & conservation work
displaces as many as 200,000 black tenant farmers
provided labor for the TVA projects
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Ended Prohibition
21st Amendment
23rd Amendment
22nd Amendment
20th Amendment

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