Unit 3 Growth and Decline between the Wars Assessment Flashcards


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1

Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the American public in weekly broadcasts known as:

Fireside Chats

2

What New Deal legislation made the government responsible for the people's economic welfare and is still implemented in 20201? *

Social Security Act

3

As part of the New Deal, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) were created to

protect individual investors from stock fraud and bank failure

4

What was the name of FDR's plan to reconstruct America following the Great Depression? *

New Deal

5

In the 1930s, one factor that accounted for the westward migration of farmers from the Great Plains was *

The Dust Bow

6

A major result of the New Deal was that it *

greatly increased the size and power of the government

7

Causes of the Great Depression?

Bank Failures and Buying on margin

8

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) were both New Deal programs developed to address the problem
o

high unemploymen

9

The New Deal changed political thinking in the United States because it supported the idea that the *

government should become more involved in the social and economic life of the people

10

W.E.B. Dubois contributions to the 1920s and future generations can best be described with his work in

NAACP; urging African Americans to protest racial violence

11

After WWI (1914 to 1918), the U.S. elected President Warren C. Harding in 1920. His slogan was to return America to the way it was before WWI and get
things back to normal. The political idea he had to do this was

a return to normalcy

12

There were much prejudice against immigrants in America in the 1920s. Two immigrants were arrested and convicted of burglary and murder and many
believed that the evidence was only circumstantial. They were found guilty and executed setting off riots worldwide protesting the treatment of
immigrants in America. These two men are *

Sacco and Vanzett

13

As a result of American fear of communists in the 20s, the attorney general of the U.S. ordered the raids on thousands of innocent Americans that were
suspected of subversive activity. Nearly 6000 were arrested with little or no cause. These "raids" that many said was a violation of American Civil liberties
were known as

Palmer Raids

14

The New Deal changed political thinking in the United States because it supported the idea that the

government should become more involved in the social and economic life of the people

15

As a result of the outlawing of the sale of alcohol in the U.S., gangs began to form that would illegally sell alcohol. The most likely famous gangster of the 20s was *

Al Capone

16

Which of the following became the most powerful medium of communication and entertainment in the 1920s in America?

Radio

17

Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover are best known for *

Being a president of the U.S. in the 1920s

18

This new form of music expressed the mood of the decade of the 20s and sometimes is used as a nickname for the decade. *

Jazz

19

Christian women fought for the outlawing of alcohol sales in the U.S. An amendment was passed that did just that. It was the 18th amendment and it was known as

Prohibition

20

Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington can be associated with *

Famous African American musicians of the 20s

21

Illegal drinking establishments became very popular after the outlawing of alcohol sales in the 20s. Many businesses had secret places to drink the back
of their establishment. People usually had to have a password or code to go in. These were known as *

Speakeasies

22

Young ladies during the 1920s began to put on makeup, wear shorter dresses, get their hair cut short and go out in public to clubs to dance. The
nickname of these young ladies was *

Flappers

23

Immigrants in the 1920s to America can best be described as *

Closing down because of fear of immigrants by U.S. Citizens

24

After WWI, President Warren G. Harding became President of the U.S. His administration was hit hard by a scandal that involved his secretary of interior
(Albert Fall) selling oil-drilling rights on federal land in Wyoming. This scandal is known as the

Teapot Dome Scandal

25

During the late 1800s/ early 1900s, many African Americans left the south because of racism and lack of jobs and were pulled toward the north. This is
often known as "push-pull" factors but is also known as the *

Harlem Renaissance

26

After WWI, the citizens of the United States developed a fear of a new economic policy of the newly developed Soviet Union. This economic policy was
known as *

Communism

27

Which of the following is most associated with the court case dealing with the teaching of evolution in public schools? *

Scopes Trial