The Great Migration was

the relocation of over one million African Americans

After taking office how did FDR work to calm the American people and rebuild trust?

he talked directly to people during Fireside chats

What is fundamentalism?

The belief in a strict interpretation of the Bible

economic theory that favored government stimulus of economy

Sacco and Vanzetti …

were unfairly tried for murder because they're anarchists

President Harding AND Coolidge

supported laissez faire policies

What did Herbert Hoover NOT do?

provide direct relief to the suffering people

What were the "first hundred days"

The first few months of FDR's presidency

females who broke against the traditional behavior

A key principle of the economic theory of Communism is

government ownership of property

During the 1920's radio and movies helped....

create a shared national culture

The Red Scare refers to?

Fear of socialist and communists in the United States

The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)...

provides funds to states to distribute amongst citizens

The Agricultural Adjustment Act...

Reduced crop supplies to increase prices and help farmers

What is the purpose of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC)?

Protects and insures money put in banks

Emergency Banking Act

Created a ‘bank holiday’ to allow evaluation of all banks and closure

What did the Bonus Army consist of?

WWI Vets asking for early payment of bonuses and pensions

What did the 18th amendment do?

Established the prohibition of alchohol

What happened in the United States as a result of Prohibition?

Bootleggers and speakeasies became popular

An important result of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff was

a number of foreign countries placing tariffs on the U.S.

allowed labor to organize into labor unions

What happened on Black Tuesday?

A record number of people tried to sell their stock

The Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC)...

Supervised the stock market to prevent dishonesty

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Unit 5: The Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, and New Deal

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1
Credit caused consumer debt to double between 1920 and 1930
True
False
2
In the late 1920's overproduction and reduced demand for consumer goods led to -
no change in the economy
a decrease in unemployment
an increase in women entering the workforce
an increase in unemployment
3
The Great Migration was
the deportation of thousands of Russian immigrants
the nickname for the women's suffrage movement
the relocation of over one million African Americans
People moving westward during the 1920s
4
Shantytowns during the Great Depression were called...
Hoovervilles
Hoover hovels
Hoover homes
All of these
5
The "bank holiday"
temporarily closed all banks
allowed federal inspectors to inspect all the banks
all of the above
was designed to restore confidence in the banking industry
6
In calling shantytowns "Hoovervilles, " people conveyed their
trust in Hoover.
anger with Hoover.
patriotism
respect for Hoover.
7
After taking office how did FDR work to calm the American people and rebuild trust?
he built government shelters
he talked directly to people during Fireside chats
he encouraged the growth of the middle class with tax cuts
he used the Supreme Court to have policies passed
8
What is fundamentalism?
A branch of Christianity
The belief in a strict interpretation of the Bible
The fear of immigrants
The separation of Church and State
9
Pump Priming...
targeted Italians, Greeks, Poles, and Eastern European Jews
FDR sent a number of bills through congress in the first 100 days
a plumbing technique
economic theory that favored government stimulus of economy
10
Which New Deal program provided the unemployed with construction work and built around 250,000 miles of roads?
Securities and Exchange Commission
Civil Works Administration
Works Progress Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
11
Sacco and Vanzetti …
ran against each other in the 1928 election
were arrested for being Italian immigrants.
were sentenced to death for being in the communist movement
were unfairly tried for murder because they're anarchists
12
Who invented the idea of an assembly line?
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Samuel Morse
13
President Harding AND Coolidge
brought about social reform
encouraged activism
discouraged a laissez-fare approach to the economy
supported laissez faire policies
14
What caused the Dust Bowl?
long droughts and overfarming
reliance on raising livestock over crops
lack of labor
the stock market crash
15
What did Herbert Hoover NOT do?
provide direct relief to the suffering people
get blamed for the Great Depression
believe business would fix the economy
provide assistance to the banks
16
What were the "first hundred days"
The first few months of FDR's presidency
The worst part of the Dust Bowl
100 days after the Stock Market Crashed
difficult 3-month adjustment once you moved to a Hooverville
17
What do the "three R's" stand for?
Relief, Recovery, Regulate
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Reform, Recycle, Relief
Relief, Recovery, Reform
18
Flappers were:
women who flew across the Atlantic
females who broke against the traditional behavior
females who supported the war effort in WW1
women who fought for the right to vote
19
Great Depression causes; overproduction, high amounts of debt, stock speculation, and...
imbalance in foreign trade
deficit spending by the government.
the uneven distribution of wealth.
too much money being put into New Deal programs
20
A key principle of the economic theory of Communism is
government ownership of property
restoration of a bartering system
privatization of business
organization of workers' unions
21
Which New Deal program developed water resources and cheap electricity?
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wagner Act
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Civilian Conservation Corps
22
During the 1920's radio and movies helped....
created more free time for Americans
end Prohibition
make expensive consumer items more affordable
create a shared national culture
23
1920's masked economic problems such as overproduction, uneven distribution of wealth, and credit debt
False
True
24
The Red Scare refers to?
Fear of socialist and communists in the United States
The largest mafia murder in the 1920s
A fearful loss of blood
Women gaining freedoms in America
25
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)...
oversees the day to day operations of the stock market
provided jobs to create different infrastructure projects
provides funds to states to distribute amongst citizens
ensures the bank deposits of Americans in case banks fail
26
In the Ku Klux Klan revival, they vowed to defend their white, Protestant culture against whom
Anyone who seemed un-American
Just Catholics
Just immigrants
Just African Americans
27
The Agricultural Adjustment Act...
Aimed to plant more crops to end the Dust Bowl
Encouraged farmers to sell their crops to Europe
Encouraged farmers to sell their crops at a lower price
Reduced crop supplies to increase prices and help farmers
28
_____ is a New Deal program that still exists today.
Civilian Conservation Corps
Social Security
FDIC
SEC
29
What is the purpose of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC)?
Protects home values
Protects and insures money put in banks
Protects the bank buildings
Protects money given to workers
30
Where did people go to drink illegally during prohibition?
Tenements
Bootleggers
Saloons
Speakeasies
31
Emergency Banking Act
Legalized industry collaboration for price controls & collective bargaining
Relief program that awarded grants to states for works programs
Recovery program that introduced measures to reduce crop supply
Created a ‘bank holiday’ to allow evaluation of all banks and closure
32
A Bull Market is when...
Stock prices are going up.
Stock prices are going up and down.
Stock prices are staying the same.
Stock prices are going down.
33
Leader of the "Back to Africa" movement
Marcus Garvey
Charles Lindbergh
Langston Hughes
Duke Ellington
34
What did Roosevelt's "Court Packing" try to do with the Supreme Court?
shorten the appointment process
establish fascism
add 6 new justices
reduce the amount of judges
35
Who was a famous photographer during the Great Depression?
Huey P. Long
Dorothea Lange
Frances Perkins
Jacob Riis
36
Which person was NOT a part of the Harlem Renaissance?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
Langston Hughes
37
The 1920's method of buying on credit is called...
Bear Marketing
Stock Brokering
Financing
Installment Buying
38
Al Capone was a notorious
speakeasy
gangster
farmer
bootlegger
39
What did the Bonus Army consist of?
WWI Vets asking for early payment of bonuses and pensions
Women asking for the right to vote
African-Americans protesting discrimination
Men protesting prohibition
40
What is the 19th Amendment?
Womens' right to vote
Direct election of Senators
Prohibition of alcohol
Income Tax
41
Many critics of FDR were afraid his New Deal programs leaned too closely to what theory?
Socialism
Conservatism
Democracy
Tyranny
42
What was the title of Dorothea Lange's famous Great Depression photograph?
Migrant Farmer
The Dust Bowl
Moving Mother
Migrant Mother
43
What did the 18th amendment do?
Established the prohibition of alchohol
Gave women right to vote
limits presidents term to two years
Right to bear arms
44
What happened in the United States as a result of Prohibition?
Women gained the right to vote
Crop prices increased
Many people in rural areas moved to urban cities
Bootleggers and speakeasies became popular
45
An important result of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff was
a general improvement in business conditions
a increase in the development of foreign trade
an increase in farm income
a number of foreign countries placing tariffs on the U.S.
46
What amendment ended prohibition?
18th
13th
19th
21st
47
The Wagner Act?
did more to impose safety standards than any legislation
allowed labor to organize into labor unions
imposed unions on agricultural workers who disliked them.
gave labor a minimum wage and retirement benefits.
48
What did Marcus Garvey advocate for?
separation of blacks and whites
All of the above
pride in black culture and history
black owned businesses
49
Which New Deal program hired unemployed men to work on national parks and forests and plant trees?
Tennessee Valley Authority
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Works Progress Administration
50
What happened on Black Tuesday?
A record number of banks closed
A record number of businesses declared bankruptcy
The New York Stock Exchange went out of business
A record number of people tried to sell their stock
51
The Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC)...
Provided jobs for single men on conservation projects
Supervised the stock market to prevent dishonesty
Created unemployment benefits and old-age pens
Largest job creation program of the New Deal
52
What was the purpose of FDR's Bank Holiday?
To start New Deal programs
To stop banks from failing
To open new banks
To provide unemployment benefits
53
The Social Security Act is...
A job program to put Americans back to work
a program to feed unemployed Americans
A program to give retirement pensions and aid to poor and disabled people
A program to build cheap housing for elderly Americans
54
The Harlem Renaissance refers to
a movement of African American culture in literature and art
a population increase in Harlem in the 1920s
a program to promote African American owned businesses
a struggle for civil rights led by the NAACP
55
Criticized FDR's New Deal and created "Share the Wealth"
Francis Townsend
Huey Long
Frances Perkins
Father Coughlin
56
Buying stock on margin and stock speculation
was very unpopular
was a loan to buy stocks and paid back from profits
was illegal
was trading stock with bootleggers
57
What is the name of FDR's plans and policies to get America out of the Great Depression?
The New Deal
The Great Society
The Square Deal
The Fair Deal
58
What were the ideas of Long's "Share the Wealth"?
Taking from corporations/big business
public ownership of production
Providing minimum incomes to all citizens
Setting limits to wealth
59
What was central to the Scopes trial?
If teaching fundamentalism is unconstitutional
If a state can ban teaching evolution in public schools
Whether states can require teaching religion
Whether reciting prayers in public schools is constitutional
60
Works Progress Administration
helped people collect Social Security
helped farmers
helped unemployed workers of all ages
destroyed industry
61
The Teapot Dome scandal involved
gold mines
union members
oil rich lands
high tariffs
62
Black Tuesday refers to the day
when dust storms hit the Great Plains
when the stock market crashed
when everyone wore black to protest Herbert Hoover
the day when all stores have amazing sales

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