front 1 Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the American public in weekly broadcasts known as: | back 1 Fireside Chats |
front 2 What New Deal legislation made the government responsible for the people's economic welfare and is still implemented in 20201? * | back 2 Social Security Act |
front 3 As part of the New Deal, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) were created to | back 3 protect individual investors from stock fraud and bank failure |
front 4 What was the name of FDR's plan to reconstruct America following the Great Depression? * | back 4 New Deal |
front 5 In the 1930s, one factor that accounted for the westward migration of farmers from the Great Plains was * | back 5 The Dust Bow |
front 6 A major result of the New Deal was that it * | back 6 greatly increased the size and power of the government |
front 7 Causes of the Great Depression? | back 7 Bank Failures and Buying on margin |
front 8 The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress
Administration (WPA) were both New Deal programs developed to address
the problem | back 8 high unemploymen |
front 9 The New Deal changed political thinking in the United States because it supported the idea that the * | back 9 government should become more involved in the social and economic life of the people |
front 10 W.E.B. Dubois contributions to the 1920s and future generations can best be described with his work in | back 10 NAACP; urging African Americans to protest racial violence |
front 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 | back 11 a return to normalcy |
front 12 There were much prejudice against immigrants in America in the 1920s.
Two immigrants were arrested and convicted of burglary and murder and
many | back 12 Sacco and Vanzett |
front 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 | back 13 Palmer Raids |
front 14 The New Deal changed political thinking in the United States because it supported the idea that the | back 14 government should become more involved in the social and economic life of the people |
front 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 * | back 15 Al Capone |
front 16 Which of the following became the most powerful medium of communication and entertainment in the 1920s in America? | back 16 Radio |
front 17 Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover are best known for * | back 17 Being a president of the U.S. in the 1920s |
front 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. * | back 18 Jazz |
front 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 | back 19 Prohibition |
front 20 Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington can be associated with * | back 20 Famous African American musicians of the 20s |
front 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 | back 21 Speakeasies |
front 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 | back 22 Flappers |
front 23 Immigrants in the 1920s to America can best be described as * | back 23 Closing down because of fear of immigrants by U.S. Citizens |
front 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 | back 24 Teapot Dome Scandal |
front 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 | back 25 Harlem Renaissance |
front 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 | back 26 Communism |
front 27 Which of the following is most associated with the court case dealing with the teaching of evolution in public schools? * | back 27 Scopes Trial |