U.S. HISTORY TEST–THE GREAT DEPRESSION–THE NEW DEAL
What was Prohibition?
The outlawing of the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol in the US between 1920 and 1933.
The list below best describes —--?
Famous Black poet of the Harlem Renaissance.
Innovator of “jazz poetry.”
Author of plays, short stories, and essays.
Langston Hughes
Which of the following is NOT true of Charles Lindbergh?
He was not a U. S. presidential candidate in 1921.
(in the 1920s) a fashionable young woman intent on enjoying herself and flouting conventional standards of behavior.
Flapper
What was different about the women called flappers?
They rejected traditional 1920s ideas of what was acceptable behavior for women. They smoked cigarettes, went out dancing at nightclubs, drank alcohol, and wore “short” skirts. They “bobbed” their hair (cut it short) and listened to jazz music. They worked outside the home at different jobs.
Which of the following was NOT part of the Harlem Renaissance?
The Liberian independence movement
What was the Red Scare?
American overreaction to the threat of communism.
In 1920, women won the right to:
Vote
Which of the following was connected to the Wall Street Crash of 1929?
Black Tuesday
The major issue debated during the Scopes Trial was the teaching of __________________.
Evolution
The 19th Amendment __________________
Gave women the right to vote.
Who was the most popular American celebrity of the 1920s?
Babe Ruth
After World War I, “a return to normalcy” meant?
A return to life as it had been before World War I
Which of the following resulted in speakeasies?
Prohibition
An increase in the number of gas stations, tourist cabins and restaurants was a result of?
The growing auto industry
Each of these helped change the American way of life in the 1920s EXCEPT?
A. Movies B. Automobiles C. Television D. Radio
Television
The Charleston, jazz music, flappers and flagpole sitting were all?
Popular fads during the 1920s
A major factor helping to provide greater consumer goods to Americans in the 1920s was?
The institution of the assembly line
Who was the Presidential candidate in the Election of 1932 who promised to provide relief and help to the needy during the Great Depression?
Franklin Roosevelt
After World War I, the United States’ foreign policy was one of?
Isolationism
The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s could be described as?
A rebirth of African American culture as seen through the experiences of musicians and writers
Prohibition resulted in?
The rise of organized crime
During the Panic of 1929, leading to Black Tuesday, the heavy selling of stocks in a short period of time caused?
Prices of stock to drop
Which event happened LAST?
President Franklin Roosevelt takes Presidential office
Which situation is most likely to occur in a depression?
A sharp decrease in the number of available jobs
What was Franklin Roosevelt’s purpose in “packing the courts”?
To minimize opposition to his New Deal legislation
The Roaring 20’s were characterized by?
The growth of consumer spending
All of the following are included in the “3 R’s” of the New Deal EXCEPT?
Relief Reform Reduce Recovery
Reduce
What federal legislation guaranteed money deposited in banks?
FDIC
What was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
World War I
Who is the famous trumpet player from New Orleans from the 1920s?
Louis Armstrong
Franklin Roosevelt helped explain and gain support for his new policies by using?
Fireside chats
“Hoovervilles” can be defined as?
Tin and cardboard shacks lived in by the homeless
What did installment buying allow consumers to do?
Buy goods and pay over time
What was the immediate cause of the Dust Bowl?
A severe drought
What event finally ended the Great Depression?
World War 2
What name was given to homeless men who rode the rails as they searched for work?
Hoboes
Was NOT a cause of the Dust Bowl?
thick layers of prairie grasses
Who claimed that the New Deal policies were inadequate and proposed a social program called Share-Our-Wealth?
Huey P. Long
Who was the U. S. President at the beginning of the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal was an attempt to deal with?
Problems resulting from the Great Depression
What was Huey Long’s idea to end the country’s depression?
He wanted to take from the rich to give to the poor
A place where free or low-cost food is served to the needy?
Soup kitchen
An arrangement which a buyer pays later for a purchase often called an installment plan with interest charges?
Credit
Lowered mortgage rates for homeowners and allowed farmers to refinance their farm loans and avoid foreclosure was known as?
Federal Home Loan Bank Act
The Bonus Army consisted of?
World War I veterans and their families