American History- Chapter 20-22 Review
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Use your books and notes to help you answer the following questions.
1. During the Great Depression, what happened to the number of African
Americans who received relief from the government?
2. How were African-Americans treated in the South in the 1920s?
3. How did bootlegging lead to the growth of organized crime?
4. What did the 21st Amendment do?
5. What did FDR hope to do for the U.S. when elected?
6. What happened to America’s economy after World War I?
7. What happened to the price of cars once the assembly line was used?
8. What was a result of the high demand for automobiles in the 1920s?
9. What was life like economically for farmers in the 1920s?
10. Who favored policies that would aid the growth of business?
11. What group thought the government was too powerful during the New Deal?
12. What happened to the unemployment rate in 1933?
13. What was the purpose of the Securities and Exchange Commission?
14. Were Mexican-Americans and African-Americans a high priority under Coolidge?
15. Who feared that immigrants would take American jobs?
16. What was one reason for the Great Migration?
17. What did the Harlem Renaissance achieve?
18. What did the flappers symbolize?
19. What did uneven distribution of wealth and debt threaten in the 1920s?
20. Stock speculation was one of the main causes of what event?
21. What happened to American banks as a result of the stock market crash?
22. What were Hoovervilles?
23. What three factors contributed to the Dust Bowl?
24. What did Hoover hope localism and volunteerism would achieve?
25. What organization was created to insure bank deposits?
26. What was a goal of the Civilian Conservation Corps?
27. What did the “Share-Our-Wealth” program want rich Americans to do?
28. What caused many African-Americans to switch to the Democratic Party?
29. How did the unemployment rate of African-Americans differ from the rest of the
nation?
30. Why was Hoover hesitant to create government programs during the
Depression?
31. What allowed for unions and collective bargaining?
32. What was the Bonus Army?
33. What were the three goals of the New Deal?
34. What was the purpose of the Social Security Act?
35. Where did most Americans get their information in the 1920s and 1930s?
36. Why did Americans enjoy going to the movies during the Depression?