front 1 The impact of the Great Depression on American resulted in all of the following except | back 1 salaries for those who held on to their jobs rose slightly. |
front 2 Warren G. Harding's weaknesses as president included all of the following except a(n) | back 2 lack of political experience. |
front 3 All of the following were political liabilities for Alfred E. Smith except his | back 3 failure to win the support of American labor |
front 4 President Hoover's approach to the Great Depression was to | back 4 offer federal assistance to businesses and banks but not individuals. |
front 5 The mood in the United States just before the stock market crashed in 1929 could best be described as | back 5 confident |
front 6 The advent of the gasoline-powered tractor in the 1920s meant that | back 6 productivity went way up but so did debt. |
front 7 President Herbert Hoover believed that the Great Depression could be ended by doing all of the following except | back 7 providing direct aid to the people |
front 8 .The term "Hoovervilles" refers to | back 8 shantytowns filled with shacks created by homeless people during the Great Depression. |
front 9 Which of the following was not a consequence of the American policy of raising tariffs sky-high in the 1920s? | back 9 The American economy slipped into recession. |
front 10 President Hoover's public image was severely damaged by his | back 10 use of harsh military force to disperse the Bonus Army from Washington |
front 11 In America, the Great Depression caused | back 11 a decade-long decline in the birthrate. |
front 12 .Veterans' organizations like the American Legion successfully lobbied Congress to give them | back 12 a bonus insurance policy to compensate them for lost wages during their military service. |
front 13 Hoover was criticized for his handling of the Great Depression, but some historians consider this unfair for all of the following reasons except | back 13 his policies enabled local and state governments to act more efficiently to help people in need. |
front 14 One of Herbert Hoover's chief strengths as a presidential candidate was his | back 14 talent for administration. |
front 15 The Teapot Dome scandal was centered around corrupt deals and bribes involving | back 15 naval oil reserves |
front 16 The Bonus Expeditionary Force marched on Washington, D.C., in 1932 to demand | back 16 immediate full payment of bonus payments promised to World War I veterans. |
front 17 Which one of the following members of President Harding's cabinet proved to be incompetent and corrupt? | back 17 Albert Fall |
front 18 When elected to the presidency in 1928, Herbert Hoover | back 18 combined small-town values with wide experience in modern corporate America. |
front 19 As a result of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff of 1930 | back 19 the worldwide depression deepened. |
front 20 The Reconstruction Finance Corporation, established by Hoover to deal with the depression, was charged with | back 20 making loans to businesses, banks, and state and local governments. |
front 21 republican econmic policies under Warren G harding | back 21 the government would help business along the path to profit |
front 22 During the 1920's the supreme court | back 22 often ruled against progressive legislation |
front 23 the main reason Harding was willing to seize on international disarmament was that | back 23 business people were unwilling to help pay for a larger navy |
front 24 the 1928 kellog briand pact | back 24 officially outlawed war as a solution to international rivalry |
front 25 the major scandal of hardings administration resulted in the conviction of his secretary of | back 25 the interior |
front 26 which of the following attributes is least descriptive of president Coolidge | back 26 wordiness |
front 27 during Coolidge's presidency, government policy was set largely by the interests and values of | back 27 the business community |
front 28 after the initial shock of Hardings scandals many Americans | back 28 excusing many wrongdoers that they gotten away with it |
front 29 one of the major problems facing farmers in the 1920's was | back 29 overproduction |
front 30 in 1924 the democratic party convention defeated by only one vote a resolution condemning | back 30 the Ku Klux Klan |
front 31 the progressive party did not do well in the 1924 election because | back 31 most people shared the general prosperity of the time |