US History CP2024

Question 1

What is the purpose of the CCC?

Accepted Answer

Putting many young men to work on environmental conservation projects

Question 2

Who was impacted by Dust Bowl?

Accepted Answer

Those living in Oklahoma and the Great Plains.

Question 3

What is the purpose of the SSA?

Accepted Answer

Unemployment and old people insurance.

Question 4

How did Nativism play a factor in the Palmer Raids (Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer)?

Accepted Answer

Searched for any Russian immigrants possible members of Red Scare.

Question 5

What does this acronym stand for: FDIC?

Accepted Answer

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Question 6

What was one long term impact of the Great Depression and the New Deal on Americans? Pick two correct answers.

Accepted Answer

Many Americans went back to work but the New Deal didn’t end the Depression, WWII production ended the Great Depression.

Question 7

What was the difference between Herber Hoover and FDR’s responses to the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Hoover wanted the economy to fix itself.

Question 8

What does this acronym stand for: SSA?

Accepted Answer

Social Security Administration

Question 9

What does this acronym stand for: CCC?

Accepted Answer

Civilian Conservation Corps

Question 10

What is the purpose of the FDIC?

Accepted Answer

Regulate & Insure bank deposits in eligible banks against bank failure.

Question 11

What is Nativism?

Accepted Answer

Policy or belief that protects the interest of natives over immigrants.

Question 12

What does this acronym stand for: FERA?

Accepted Answer

Federal Emergency Relief Administration

Question 13

What were the main causes of the stock market crash in October 1929?

Accepted Answer

Weak banking system and over speculation on part of many Americans.

Question 14

What effect did the 18th Amendment (Prohibition) have on 1920s culture and society?

Accepted Answer

Many Americans tried to avoid the law (speakeasies, bootlegging)

Question 15

Identify negative aspects of the use of installment plans by many Americans during the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

People spent more than they could afford causing debt.

Question 16

What was one long term impact of the Great Depression and the New Deal on the role of government?

Accepted Answer

More government involvement in American lives.

Question 17

How did the automobile change America culturally and economically? Pick three correct answers.

Accepted Answer

People were able to spend time traveling., Other industries profited off the automobile industry., It led to the multiplier effect.

Question 18

How did the Red Scare affect America? Pick two correct answers.

Accepted Answer

Many were scared about un Americans that didn’t support government., Many were accused and deported due to immigration status.

Question 19

How does the Deficit Spending pertain to the New Deal?

Accepted Answer

Spend money you don’t have to make money.

Question 20

What was the Harlem Renaissance and what did it do for African American society?

Accepted Answer

It was a rebirth of black culture in Harlem, NY in art and music.

Question 21

What does this acronym stand for: SEC?

Accepted Answer

Securities and Exchange Commission

Question 22

What year did the federal government exercised less involved (laissez-faire) in the economy?

Accepted Answer

1920s

Question 23

Who were flappers? How were they representative of 1920s culture and society?

Accepted Answer

Young women who were risky with their dress and actions.

Question 24

Who did FDR’s New Deal provide economic recovery for?

Accepted Answer

For businesses.

Question 25

How did Henry Ford revolutionize industry?

Accepted Answer

He used the assembly line to speed up production and standardized parts.

Question 26

Who did FDR’s New Deal provide direct relief for?

Accepted Answer

For the unemployed.

Question 27

What did the Bonus Army want? Were their demands met?

Accepted Answer

WWI veterans wanted bonus payment now and not in 1943.

Question 28

What does this acronym stand for: WPA?

Accepted Answer

Work Projects (Progress) Administration

Question 29

Where did the people impacted by Dust Bowl migrate to?

Accepted Answer

California

Question 30

How did Nativism play a factor in the Sacco/Vanzetti trial? Pick two correct answers.

Accepted Answer

No real evidence to prove their guilt., Italian immigrants who were anti-government, accused of killing someone.

Question 31

What are the causes of the Great Depression? Pick three correct answers.

Accepted Answer

Dangerous investment practices by people and banks,, Overproduction in industry and agriculture and US protective tariffs., Increasingly unequal distribution of wealth and overextension of credit.

Question 32

What is the purpose of the SEC?

Accepted Answer

Restore investor confidence in capital markets by providing reliable info.

Question 33

What is the purpose of FERA?

Accepted Answer

Alleviate household unemployment by creating unskilled government jobs.

Question 34

Identify positive aspects of the use of installment plans by many Americans during the 1920s.

Accepted Answer

Buy more now and pay later allowing you to have what others had.

Question 35

How did Nativism play a factor in the quotas for immigration?

Accepted Answer

Led to the limitation of amount of immigrants into the USA.

Question 36

What is the purpose of the WPA?

Accepted Answer

Employing millions of jobseekers to do public works projects.

Question 37

What year did the federal government exercise total control and became involved in the economy?

Accepted Answer

1930s

Question 38

Who did FDR’s New Deal provide financial reform for?

Accepted Answer

For the American economy.

Question 39

What was the difference between FDR’s and Herbert Hoover’s response to the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

FDR wanted to provide people with direct relief, recovery and reform.

US History CP2024

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US History CP2024

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