U.S. History
Goal 9.01-9.05
GOAL 9 Study Guide – TWENTIES & THIRTIES
Identifications: Identify each term. Honors will answer 5, Academic will answer 3 of the following.
Frances Perkins
The Lost Generation
Rugged Individualism
Langston Hughes
Expanded role of the government in the 1930’s
Teapot Dome scandal
Fireside Chats
Okies
Bonus Army
Scopes Trial
100 Days
TVA
Brain Trust
Trickle-down economics
Critics of the New Deal (Coughlin, Long, Townsend)
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II. Questions
1. What were some accomplishments of the New Deal?
2. Why did the Supreme Court declare the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)
unconstitutional?
3. The farm policy of the New Deal was designed to…
4. The Wagner Act…
5. The "Roosevelt coalition" that would allow the Democratic Party to dominate
politics for several decades rested on three pillars. What are the three pillars?
6. For what did Huey Long’s “Share Our Wealth” Society advocate?
7. What was the most profound and long-lasting effect of the New Deal on
American politics?
8. The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934…
9. What did the Social Security program of 1935 provide?
10. Most of the rationale for conservative opposition to the New Deal came from the
argument that New Deal programs…
11. The Twenty-First Amendment, ratified in 1933, repealed the…
12. What was the primary purpose of the Public Works Administration and the Works
Progress Administration?
13. The most enduring change that occurred in United States banking during the
administration of Franklin Roosevelt was the…
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14. In addition to putting young men back to work, a principal purpose of the Civilian
Conservation Corps was to…
15. What action did FDR take to avoid the ruling of the NRA and AAA as
unconstitutional?
16. The themes of writers and artists in the Twenties included…
17. The Coolidge administration…
18. The Harlem Renaissance refers to…
19. One of the most important economic transformations in the years after WWI
was…
20. One effect of the Great Depression on women was to…
21. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation…
22. Which of the following statements comes closest to Franklin D. Roosevelt's
meaning of the New Deal?
23. In order to deal with the crisis in banking at the time of his inauguration, what
steps did Franklin Roosevelt take?
24. What was an important result of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act?
25. One of the loudest complaints of wealthy conservatives against the New Deal was
that it…
26. The Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO) was established…
27. What was the fundamental failure of the New Deal?
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28. During the New Deal, blacks became strong supporters of the Democratic Party
because…
29. How would one characterize the economy of the 1920s?
30. Why did Prohibition fail?
31. By the end of the 1920s, what had become the nation’s largest industry?
32. What describes the administrations of Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge?
33. The Republicans returned to power with the election of Warren G. Harding in
1920. The new president’s call for a “return to normalcy” turned out to mean…
34. The rapid growth of the automobile industry was made possible by…
35. Who remarked, The man who builds a factory builds a temple; the man who
works there, worships there?
36. American foreign policy toward Europe during the 1920s was characterized by
a…
37. Which of the following statements is most consistent with the philosophy of
Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association?
A. Blacks should demand integration in all areas of American society
B. Blacks should separate themselves from corrupt white American society
C. Blacks must elect their own candidates to state and national offices in
order to become an integral part of white society
D. Blacks must prove their ability at manual jobs in order to achieve upward
mobility
38. Which of the following methods of fighting the Depression did President Herbert
Hoover oppose throughout his administration?
A. Federal welfare programs to give relief directly to the poor
B. An increase of taxes on wealthy individuals and corporations
C. Loans by the government to big businesses to keep them from failing
D. Increased state and local spending for public works programs
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E. Continued promotion of cooperation and conferences between government
and business
39. One of the major problems facing farmers in the 1920s was…
40. Part of the reason for the stock market crash was…
41. What was the significance of the Immigration Acts of 1921 and 1924?
42. What were some results of the “Dust Bowl”?
43. The rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan suggested that…
44. In the eyes of John Maynard Keynes, the ultimate responsibility for full
employment rested with the…
45. The “New Woman” of the 1920s…