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Culture
Red Scare
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Society
Depression
and the
New Deal
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100 points
Which program was created to secure individuals’ bank
deposits?
a. FDIC
b. Bank holiday
c. Emergency Banking Relief Act
d. Federal Securities Act
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Answer
100 points
Which program was created to secure individuals’ bank
deposits?
a. FDIC
b. Bank holiday
c. Emergency Banking Relief Act
d. Federal Securities Act
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200 points
Which of the following was not one of the three main goals of
the New Deal?
a. Rebuild the nation
b. Reform the financial system
c. Relief for the needy
d. Recovery for the economy
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200 points
Which of the following was not one of the three main goals of
the New Deal?
a. Rebuild the nation
b. Reform the financial system
c. Relief for the needy
d. Recovery for the economy
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300 points
Which of the following efforts was not made by President
Hoover to end the Depression?
a. Building the Boulder Dam
b. Government providing direct relief
c. Trickle-down approach
d. Do-nothing approach
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300 points
Which of the following efforts was not made by President
Hoover to end the Depression?
a. Building the Boulder Dam
b. Government providing direct relief
c. Trickle-down approach
d. Do-nothing approach
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400 points
What finally brought America out of the Great Depression?
a. Works Progress Administration
b. Regulating big businesses
c. Preparation for World War II
d. America came out on its own
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400 points
What finally brought America out of the Great Depression?
a. Works Progress Administration
b. Regulating big businesses
c. Preparation for World War II
d. America came out on its own
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500 points
Which was not a reform enacted through FDR’s Second New
Deal?
a. Works Progress Administration
b. Wagner Act
c. Social Security Act
d. Hawley-Smoot Tariff
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500 points
Which was not a reform enacted through FDR’s Second New
Deal?
a. Works Progress Administration
b. Wagner Act
c. Social Security Act
d. Hawley-Smoot Tariff
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100 points
Which of the following would be considered a “flapper”?
a. A fundamental criticizing evolution
b. A woman of the 1920s challenging traditional gender roles
c. A writer rebelling against the materialism of the decade
d. An urban male enjoying the city's nightlife
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100 points
Which of the following would be considered a “flapper”?
a. A fundamental criticizing evolution
b. A woman of the 1920s challenging traditional gender roles
c. A writer rebelling against the materialism of the decade
d. An urban male enjoying the city's nightlife
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200 points
Evolution and higher criticism played an important role in what?
a. the debate that existed between new ideas and traditional
beliefs
b. Cultural pursuit among African Americans
c. Innovative ideas introduced by Henry Ford
d. The roles of women in the 1920’s
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200 points
Evolution and higher criticism played an important role in
what?
a. the debate that existed between new ideas and traditional
beliefs
b. Cultural pursuit among African Americans
c. Innovative ideas introduced by Henry Ford
d. The roles of women in the 1920’s
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300 points
A fundamentalist would have found which trend most
disturbing during the 1920’s?
a. Southern Secession
b. World War I
c. Rejection of Isolationism
d. Acceptance of evolution
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300 points
A fundamentalist would have found which trend most
disturbing during the 1920’s?
a. Southern Secession
b. World War I
c. Rejection of Isolationism
d. Acceptance of evolution
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400 points
Which of the following statements would a fundamentalist
opponent of John Scopes most agree with?
a. “Science is not to be feared or though ill of”
b. “God must not exist How could he with so mush suffering
in the World?”
c. Evolution is an evil lie. The Bible tells us where humans
come from.”
d. “Laissez-Faire economics is immoral because it is
oppressive.”
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400 points
Which of the following statements would a fundamentalist
opponent of John Scopes most agree with?
a. “Science is not to be feared or though ill of”
b. “God must not exist How could he with so mush suffering
in the World?”
c. Evolution is an evil lie. The Bible tells us where humans
come from.”
d. “Laissez-Faire economics is immoral because it is
oppressive.”
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500 points
How did mass media, such as radio, movies, and national
publications, help transform US society during the 1920’s?
a. The United States began to form a national culture.
b. People stopped watching television.
c. Citizens became more isolated.
d. It had little effect.
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500 points
How did mass media, such as radio, movies, and national
publications, help transform US society during the 1920’s?
a. The United States began to form a national culture.
b. People stopped watching television.
c. Citizens became more isolated.
d. It had little effect.
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100 points
The phrase “Red Scare” refers to what?
a. The fear African Americans and immigrants felt concerning
the Ku Klux Klan.
b. The nation’s fear that Communist revolution could occur in
the United States.
c. The fear immigrants felt concerning postwar nativism
d. The fear many reformers felt when Prohibition was
repealed
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100 points
The phrase “Red Scare” refers to what?
a. The fear African Americans and immigrants felt concerning
the Ku Klux Klan.
b. The nation’s fear that Communist revolution could occur in
the United States.
c. The fear immigrants felt concerning postwar nativism
d. The fear many reformers felt when Prohibition was
repealed
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200 points
Congress passed the _____________________ Act which
defined intoxication and enforced the Eighteenth Amendment.
a. Intoxication
b. Prohibition
c. Volstead
d. Twenty-first Amendment
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200 points
Congress passed the _____________________ Act which
defined intoxication and enforced the Eighteenth Amendment.
a. Intoxication
b. Prohibition
c. Volstead
d. Twenty-first Amendment
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300 points
During which period would an African American artists most
likely thrived?
a. Harlem Renaissance
b. Reconstruction
c. Segregation
d. Great Depression
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300 points
During which period would an African American artists most
likely thrived?
a. Harlem Renaissance
b. Reconstruction
c. Segregation
d. Great Depression
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400 points
A bootlegger would have lost business after the
a. End of Prohibition
b. Passage of the Eighteenth Amendment
c. Repeal of the poll tax
d. End of the Great Depression
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400 points
A bootlegger would have lost business after the
a. End of Prohibition
b. Passage of the Eighteenth Amendment
c. Repeal of the poll tax
d. End of the Great Depression
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500 points
The Red Scare led to
a. Violent conflicts on Native American reservations.
b. The end of the Cold War.
c. Ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment
d. Increased restrictions on immigration.
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500 points
The Red Scare led to
a. Violent conflicts on Native American reservations.
b. The end of the Cold War.
c. Ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment
d. Increased restrictions on immigration.
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100 points
Which of the following statements most accurately describes
the plight of US farmers during the 1920’s?
a. They enjoyed prosperity like much of the nation.
b. They maintained the same level of economic stability
during the war.
c. They suffered because of falling prices caused by
overproduction.
d. They suffered because of Congress’ refusal to pass
Coolidge’s programs.
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Answer
100 points
Which of the following statements most accurately describes
the plight of US farmers during the 1920’s?
a. They enjoyed prosperity like much of the nation.
b. They maintained the same level of economic stability
during the war.
c. They suffered because of falling prices caused by
overproduction.
d. They suffered because of Congress’ refusal to pass
Coolidge’s programs.
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200 points
The notion that government should spend money
to provide programs to help the economy is known
as _________________.
a. Fundamentalism
b. Free economy
c. Direct relief
d. Buying on margin
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200 points
The notion that government should spend money
to provide programs to help the economy is known
as _________________.
a. Fundamentalism
b. Free economy
c. Direct relief
d. Buying on margin
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300 points
What effect did overproduction have on farmers in the 1920’s?
a. Farm prices rose because there was more to buy, thereby
making farmers rich for a time.
b. Farm production increased even more, and farmers
prospered.
c. Farm prices fell, causing farmers to struggle even prior to
the Great Depression.
d. Farmers had to rely on President Coolidge’s price controls
to survive.
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300 points
What effect did overproduction have on farmers in the 1920’s?
a. Farm prices rose because there was more to buy, thereby
making farmers rich for a time.
b. Farm production increased even more, and farmers
prospered.
c. Farm prices fell, causing farmers to struggle even prior to
the Great Depression.
d. Farmers had to rely on President Coolidge’s price controls
to survive.
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400 points
An economist during the 1930s who believed in deficit
spending and direct intervention would have been supportive
of which of the following?
a. The New Deal
b. Trickle –down theory
c. New Federalism
d. laissez-faire economics
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400 points
An economist during the 1930s who believed in deficit
spending and direct intervention would have been supportive
of which of the following?
a. The New Deal
b. Trickle –down theory
c. New Federalism
d. laissez-faire economics
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500 points
A practice which contributed to the stock market crash of 1929
in which investors would buy stocks by paying less cash than
they were worth and then borrowing the difference was called
__________________.
a. Buying on speculation
b. Buying on margin
c. Black market dealing
d. Laissez-faire economics
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500 points
A practice which contributed to the stock market crash of 1929
in which investors would buy stocks by paying less cash than
they were worth and then borrowing the difference was called
__________________.
a. Buying on speculation
b. Buying on margin
c. Black market dealing
d. Laissez-faire economics
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