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Boom and Bust
Unit Test
Do Now: Give 2 reasons why you
think Social Security has lasted
for 80 years?
Agenda
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Unit Test
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1. This was NOT a reason for the repeal of
Prohibition in the 21st Amendment People feared that disobedience of one law
might lead to disobedience to more laws
2. These groups led the movement for the
Prohibition of Alcohol –
Women and Moral Crusaders
3. Speakeasies were –
Secret locations to purchase and consume
alcohol
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The painting below
shows the migration of
African Americans
during the early 1900s.
Use your own
knowledge and the
painting to answer
questions 4 through 6.
4. Most of the people
shown in the painting
were likely relocating toCities in the North
5. Most of the African
Americans shown in the
painting were migrating
from which region of the
United StatesThe Southeast
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The painting below shows
the migration of African
Americans during the
early 1900s. Use your
own knowledge and the
painting to answer
questions 4 through 6.
6. The following was
NOT a reason for that
African-Americans, in the
early 1900s, migrated to
the cities named in the
paintingThey believed that
racism and prejudice
did not exist there.
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7. Radio, movies, newspapers and magazines;
different forms of Mass Media
8. This organization’s goal is to foster and protect
African-American civil rights –
NAACP
9. Younger women of the 1920s that sought greater
social independence in a male-dominated society
were often called –
Flappers
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10. The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s expanded
the influence of African Americans byPromoting the artistic contributions of African
Americans
11. People in the Great Depression call shanty-towns,
temporary settlements constructed of discarded
materials, “Hoovervilles”? –
They blamed President Hoover for the depression
12. The Federal Reserve’s higher interest rates in the
1930s complicate the Great Depression because –
People saved more money than they spent
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13. In the 1920s this economic factor led to the Great
DepressionOverproduction of farm products and
manufactured goods
14. The Dust Bowl affected the Great Plains during the
Great Depression because –
Thousands of families left for the West Coast
15. Prior to the stock market crash worker’s wages
did this as credit was more readily available –
Wages stagnated (stayed the same)
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16. This best describes Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan
for helping the country deal with the Great Depression
Attempted to restore public confidence in
financial institutions
17. The Federal Deposits Insurance Corporation
(FDIC)and the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) were important because they –
Attempted to restore public confidence in
financial institutions
18. One way Franklin Roosevelt restored public
confidence in the government and his leadership was
through a series of radio addresses, known asFireside Chats
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This passage is an
excerpt from
President Franklin D.
Roosevelt’s First
Inaugural Address.
In the speech,
Roosevelt told about
his plans to bring
about recovery from
the Great
Depression. Use
your own knowledge
and the excerpt to do
Numbers 19 through
21.
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19. Roosevelt believe that “our greatest primary
task is to put people to work because –
Employed people buy goods and services,
which helps stimulate the economy.
20. An important economic result of Roosevelt’s
New Deal legislation –
The federal government became more active in
regulating the economy.
21. President Herbert Hoover’s response to the
Great Depression was often criticized because it–
Failed to provide direct relief for the neediest
persons.
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In the 1930s, the Tennessee
Valley Authority (TVA) built
dams that generated
hydroelectric power, provided
an inland waterway system,
created lakes, and provided
flood control. Use your own
knowledge and the map to do
Number 22.
22. The population of the
regions served by the TVA
benefited from this projectUtility companies in the TVA
region charged less for
electricity.
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In the following passage,
Secretary of Labor Frances
Perkins explains the origin of the
Social Security Act, which was
passed by Congress in 1935.
Use your own knowledge and
the information in the passage
to do Number 23.
23. The following best explains
why President Roosevelt was
determined to have a selfmaintaining Social Security
System –
to ensure taxpayers received
a return on their
contribution.
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24. The statement that
most accurately
expresses the main idea
of the cartoon is –
Actions by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
threaten American
democracy.
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25. This Langston
Hughes poem illustrates
a major theme of the
Harlem Renaissance by –
Expressing the pride
and hope of many
African Americans.
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26. The conclusion that
is best supported by the
information on the graph
–
Changes in economic
conditions led to
changes in automobile
production.
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