The Securities and Exchange Commission helped the public

regain faith in the stock markets.

A wholly original form of American music, jazz

blended several different musical forms from the Deep South.

What is one way in which radio helped to create a large common culture in America?

Radio broke down barriers that once separated country from cit people

The main goal of the NAACP was to

end discrimination against and mistreatment of African Americans across US

In 1937, what caused FDR to lose the support of some within his own party and that of many in the general public?

his attempt to pack the Supreme Court with judges friendly to his policies

The construction of Hoover Dam illustrated a creative partnership between

private business and the federal government.

The New Deal program that provided public works jobs for many of those needing relief was called

Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA).

How did dust storms make it difficult to farm in the Great Plains?

They stripped off the topsoil and blew it away.

President Roosevelt embraced the theories of John Maynard Keynes because Keynes

explained how deficit spending could stimulate the economy.

What helped restore public confidence in the safety of the nation’s banks.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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1
The Securities and Exchange Commission helped the public
regain faith in the stock markets.
establish a minimum wage.
establish unions.
cope with poverty.
2
A wholly original form of American music, jazz
blended several different musical forms from the Deep South.
was defined by clear rules.
relied on classical melodic structures adapted from European composers.
depended on every note being plotted in advance.
3
During Prohibition, the largest industry in Detroit, Michigan was
automobile manufcturing
liquor smuggling
newspapper publishing
liquor consumption
4
In 1937 the nation experienced another sudden and alarming drop in the
food supply.
labor force.
housing market.
stock market.
5
How did many of the unemployed feel about receiving handouts during the Great Depression?
hopeful
Happy and relieved
Ashamed and angry
rich
6
What is one way in which radio helped to create a large common culture in America?
Mass production of radios created a market for the vacuum tube.
Good programming could be taken for granted across the country.
The radio moved from being a novelty to becoming a luxury.
Radio broke down barriers that once separated country from cit people
7
Loose-knit communities of rustic shacks and tents were called
Hawleyvilles
Cooperatives
Hoovervilles
Dust Bowls
8
The main goal of the NAACP was to
end discrimination against and mistreatment of African Americans across US
end illiteracy among nation’s poor by focusing on those in rural areas.
Provide health care for African American children in urban schools.
improve safety conditions for African Americans working on assembly lines.
9
The writing of ____ helped create the image of the flapper of the 1920s.
Edna St Vincent Millay
Willa Cather
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sinclair Lewis
10
The Volstead act was passed to enforce
fundamentalism
the Eighteenth Amendment
women's rights
the Harlem Renaissance movement
11
In 1937, what caused FDR to lose the support of some within his own party and that of many in the general public?
his informal manner during his fireside chats
reliance on his wife to go where he couldn't
his creation of the WPA
his attempt to pack the Supreme Court with judges friendly to his policies
12
Harlem Renaissance poet ____ dealt with issues of African American cultural heritage.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Josephine Baker
Langston Hughes
Paul Robeson
13
On October 24, 1929, investors responded to concerns about the economy by
emptying their bank accounts.
selling off their stocks.
ppealing to the Federal Reserve to halt stock sales.
buying up more stocks.
14
The construction of Hoover Dam illustrated a creative partnership between
educational institutions and the federal government.
state government and private business.
private business and the federal government.
local engineers and local government.
15
The Scopes trial pitted religious beliefs against
academic freedom and science.
the theology preached by Billy Sunday.
the healing techniques used by Aimee Semple McPherson.
fundamentalism and creationism.
16
The unofficial capital of African American culture and activism in the United States in the 1920s was
Detroit
Chicago
Harlem
St. Louis
17
People who hopped trains to look for work were known as
Hoovervilles
Hoboes
Migrants
Okies
18
The ____ gave full voting rights to women
NAACP
Nineteenth Amendment
speakeasies
Eighteenth Amendment
19
The New Deal program that provided public works jobs for many of those needing relief was called
Civil Works Administration (CWA).
Social Security Act.
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA).
Farm Security Administration (FSA).
20
The Civilian Conservation Corps was formed to address the problem of
unemployment among young men.
poor wages for factory workers.
clear-cutting in old-growth forests.
investor anxiety.
21
Speakeasies allowed citizens to get around the consequences of failing to comply
Great Mitigation
Eighteenth Amendment
Nineteenth Amendment
Harlem Renaissnance Movement
22
How did dust storms make it difficult to farm in the Great Plains?
They stripped off the topsoil and blew it away.
They made the fields too muddy.
They covered up the farmers’ crops.
They covered the rooftops with too much dust.
23
In the Great Migration, African Americans moved from
high employment areas to depressed regions.
the South to the North.
the Deep South to the West.
urban centers to farmland.
24
The most controversial of Darwin’s ideas is known as
fundamentalism
values
evolution
stability
25
“Black Tuesday” referred to the
day Federal Reserve made it more difficult to offer margin loans.
day voters re-elected Herbert Hoover.
collapse of the stock market.
worst dust storm of 1931.
26
President Roosevelt embraced the theories of John Maynard Keynes because Keynes
offered spiritual guidance as well as economic theories.
explained how deficit spending could stimulate the economy.
stressed the importance of a balanced budget.
considered a h= both inevitable and unimportant.
27
The Fair Labor Standards Act
covered farm workers.
required that unions be established.
established a minimum wage.
discriminated against Republicans.
28
What were the three main goals of the New Deal?
revolt, relief, and renewal
relief, recovery, and reforms
review, relocation, and revolution
reaction, response, and resignation
29
What is the term that describes the devastation of the Great Plains by drouht.
The Grapes of Wrath
Black Tuesday
The Great Depression
The Dust Bowl
30
The total value of all goods and services produced in a nation is called the
net national product.
margin of growth.
gross national profit.
gross national product.
31
Prohibition led to
World War I
fundamentalism
the Great Migration
a rise in organized crime
32
What helped restore public confidence in the safety of the nation’s banks.
Works Progress Administration
Securities Exchange Commission
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Social Security Act

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