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1
Which woman pushed for birth control to be available for married couples?
Margaret Sanger
Eudora Welty
Alice Paul
Edith Wilson
2
Which of these was NOT an important jazz musician of the 20s?
Bessie Smith
Langston Hughes
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
3
The ___________ was created to regulate the Stock Market..
FDIC
SEC
CCC
TVA
4
What was the purpose of the Dawes Plan?
to assimilate Native Americans
to loan $ to GER for reparations
to loan $ to France to recover from WWI
to lower tariff rates
5
What was the main goal of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)?
to recruit new farmers
to raise prices on farm goods
to increase farm production
to give retired farmers pensions
6
How many bills were passed during FDR's first "hundred days?"
15
12
18
9
7
Sacco and Vanzetti were convicted of murder without any evidence because they admitted to being
fascists
guilty
Democrats
anarchists
8
The two main causes of the Dust Bowl were
slash & burn farming & railroads
strip mining & toxic waste dumping
overpopulation & urban sprawl
over farming & severe drought
9
Roosevelt's "Fireside Chats" were his way of
to get input from his advisors
spreading anti-Communist propaganda
to share his plans & progress with the people
to suggest new ideas to Congress
10
The National Industrial Recovery Act and the National Labor Relations Act were programs that
kept wages low
favored labor unions over management
favored management over labor unions
regulated the banking industry
11
Which of the following was an agreement to not go to war?
the Dawes Plan
Treaty of Versailles
Neutrality Act
Kellogg-Briand Pact
12
Who piloted the first non-stop transatlantic flight from the US to Europe?
Joe Louis
Charles Lindbergh
Babe Ruth
Marcus Garvey
13
Which African American leader had a role in FDR's administration?
Marcus Garvey
WEB DuBois
Mary McLeod Bethune
Booker T. Washington
14
Who benefited the most from New Deal programs?
immigrants
African Americans
women
white men
15
Which of these is NOT a reason it was hard to enforce Prohibition?
they are all reasons it was hard to enforce
many people weren't willing to give up alcohol
there weren't enough federal agents
some agents accepted bribes to look the other way
16
Which New Deal agency guaranteed bank deposits in case of a bank failure?
WPA
SEC
FDIC
SSA
17
The main significance of the Scopes Trial was that it
showed the conflict between religion and science
ended the career of William Jennings Bryan
allowed Americans to see the justice system at work
led to the repeal of the law banning teaching of evolution
18
Which leader promoted the idea of Black Pride?
Marcus Garvey
Booker T. Washington
WEB DuBois
Claude McKay
19
F. Scott Fitzgerald described the 1920s as the
Prohibition Age
Jazz Age
Roaring 20s
Harlem Renaissance
20
Frances Perkins was the first woman
to become a flapper
to serve on a president's cabinet
to become a doctor
to fly a plane across the Atlantic
21
Why did KKK membership increase in the 1920s?
white men were being discriminated against
African Americans moving to the South
growing fear of Catholics, Jews, & communists
immigrants were leaving the US
22
Which novel best describes the extravagance of the wealthy in the 1920s?
Babbitt
A Farewell to Arms
My Antonia
The Great Gatsby
23
What form of mass communication was the most powerful in the 1920s?
radio
newspapers
magazines
TV
24
Why did Christian Fundamentalists of the 20s have issues with science?
they believed scientific theories went against the Bible
they thought science teachers were anarchists
they believed the Bible could be interpreted different ways
they wanted the theory of evolution taught in schools
25
Attorney General Palmer launched the Palmer raids to track down and arrest
immigrants
organized crime leaders
union members
communists
26
Ernest Hemingway's writing was known for his straightforward style and
criticism of war
support for war
muckraking topics
strong nationalism
27
Which of the following was a well known poet of the Harlem Renaissance?
Zora Neale Hurston
Langston Hughes
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
28
The Fordney-McCumber Tariff raised rates so high that
the price of farm goods went up
it helped Germany recover
European nations couldn't trade with the US
US businesses boomed
29
Which of these agencies created the most jobs?
CCC
SEC
NLRB
FDIC
30
One of the reasons for creating the TVA was to
provide healthcare to the region
encourage African Americans to settle in the region
build dams and produce electricity
build roads
31
_____________________ was the first movie with sound in 1927.
Frankenstein
Steamboat Willie
Gone With the Wind
The Jazz Singer
32
Widespread use of cars changed Americans' lives in which ways?
all of these
young people could go places without parents
people could travel for pleasure
people could move to the suburbs
33
Which of the New Deal policies has had the biggest long-term impact on the America?
NLRB
TVA
SSA
CCC
34
What was the Great Migration?
movement of Mexicans into the US during the 30s
movement of African Americans out of the South
young women fleeing from small towns to the big cities
unemployed men moving around the country
35
The "Lost Generation" refers to American writers who
wrote about immigrants living in big cities
wrote about the harsh life in the South
left the US because of disgust at our materialism
enjoyed the lavish lifestyle of the rich & famous
36
Teapot Dome was a scandal in the 1920s involving
bribery and sports
communists in the gov't
bribes and federal land
unions and organized crime
37
Illegal and often underground bars were known as
cellars
speakeasies
penthouses
stills
38
What were some of the effects of the Great Depression?
some people killed themselves
malnutrition & starvation
some men abandoned their families
all of these
39
Which amendment is associated with Prohibition?
16th
17th
18th
19th
40
How did Hoover react to the fall of the stock market?
he asked businesses not to lay people off
he helped banks stay open by giving them cash
he lowered tariffs to increase trade
he worked to provide jobs
41
Shantytowns were called "Hoovervilles" because of President Hoover's
plan to give money to citizens in need
support for food donation programs
refusal to provide relief for the homeless
work to create jobs for the unemployed
42
Charles Evans Hughes was President Harding's secretary of
state
interior
labor
treasury
43
FDR proposed increasing the Supreme Court to 15 justices. How did American people view this?
a violation of checks & balances, separation of powers
a sign the Depression was over
movement away from the New Deal
legitimate proposal
44
The "Ohio Gang" was a group of
often corrupt advisors to Pres. Harding
diplomats who worked for internat'l peace
organized crime members
big business owners
45
Why did union membership go down in the 20s?
most were made up of African Americans
none of these
fear of communism/anarchy
most were made up of immigrants
46
Which author was the first to win the Nobel Prize in literature?
Gertrude Stein
Ernest Hemingway
Sinclair Lewis
F. Scott Ftizgerald
47
What does buying stock on the margin mean?
paying less than the market price
buying stock for someone else
borrowing money to buy stock
buying stock outside of the regular exchange
48
The most beloved hero of the US in the 20s was
Babe Ruth
Charles Lindbergh
Langston Hughes
Duke Ellington
49
Which of the following were causes of the Great Depression?
all of these
problems for farmers
too much debt
income gap between the rich and poor
