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45 Cards in this Set
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How do we know that “intolerance” was an appropriate word to describe the 1920’s
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the rise in power of the Ku Klux Klan
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The radio had all of the following effects on America
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brought a “collective conscience” to America
people got their news more immediately entertained families |
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What events illustrate why the decade of the 20’s was referred to as the Roaring 20’s
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the popularity of the speakeasies
hero worship of American baseball players the growth in popularity of the automobile as a status symbol |
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What were ways in which women asserted their new freedom
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Cut their hair short
Wore more revealing clothing Drank and went to parties |
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The “normalcy” advocated by President Harding and other politicians in 1920’s meant
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a return to less complicated times after World War I
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What industry was responsible for introducing “buying on credit”?
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Automobile
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What effect did advertising have on American buying habits?
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increased American demand for production and consumerism
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The Palmer Raids were a particularly brutal but effective way that the American government dealt with what groups of people?
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anarchists, radicals, and communists
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Which of the following was a change for women in the 1920s
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a greater expression of personal style and freedom
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Crime in the 1920s became a big business because gangsters were able to
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organized and run the illegal liquor trade
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During the 1920s organized labor (unions)
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declined in numbers and strength because workers were happy
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. The ideas and values that clashed during the scopes trial were
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Science vs. Religion (fundamentalism)
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Charles Lindbergs' daring solo flight across the Atlantic symbolized
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optimism and the pioneering spirit of the 1920s
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The economic group that did NOT share in the overall prosperity of the 1920s were
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farmers
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All of the following types of Immigrants were discriminated against in the Emergency Quota Act,
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Asians, Northern and Eastern Europeans
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The Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti came to symbolize
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the fear of immigrants and radicals in the 1920s
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What did flappers reject?
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traditional feminine values
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The Harlem Renaissance was symbolic of all of the following
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creative expressions by African Americans
a spirit of pride and protest among African Americans a feeling among some people that the race problem had been solved |
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Radical alternatives to capitalism (such as communism and socialism) were weakened in the 1920s largely because
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generally speaking Americans were satisfied with the economy
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Following the Great Depression, a political philosophy began to emerge which emphasized the right and responsibility of the government to intervene in the many aspects of the lives of its citizens. According to this philosophy, modern society has made it a practical impossibility for the individual to protect his/her own interests. Consequently, government must now intervene in areas formerly considered immune to government influence, if it is to effectively govern its citizens
This philosophy of government was best exemplified by |
New Deal
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Congress created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in order to
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protect people’s saving accounts
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. As a result of the New Deal, the federal government
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assumed responsibility for the needy
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The Bonus Army was formed by unemployed army veterans who demanded
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early payment of the bonus Congress promised to pay in 1945
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In the election of 1932, Hoover maintained that the Great Depression was the fault of the
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the normal cycle of business
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What were large causes of the Great Depression
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overproduction
underconsumption a prolonged slump in agriculture |
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One of the great ironies of the Depression was that
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hunger existed in the midst of plenty
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What were reasons Hoover opposed direct federal relief for the unemployed
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loss of self-respect for recipients
undercut private charity efforts destroy local responsibility |
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Franklin Roosevelt’s victory in the 1932 election reflected people’s
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willingness to blame the Depression on Hoover
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President Roosevelt’s greatest strengths as a politician included all of the following
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His understanding approach to people.
Surrounding himself with experts in the fields of political science, economics, and law His experience on the local, state, and national levels of politics |
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The purpose of the New Deal programs was to provide
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recovery from the Depression
relief for Depression victims economic reform |
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Why did the Glass-Steagal Act prohibit banks from investing in the Stock Market?
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The banks were using deposit money to invest and they lost people’s money
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What reform of the New Deal required companies that issued stocks and bond to provide truthful and complete information to investors (purchasers)?
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Securities and Exchange Act
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Why were FDR’s fireside chats important to Americans?
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Felt that Roosevelt was speaking directly to them and addressing their individual personal issues.
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What helped to end the Great Depression in America
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World War II
New Deal Program The industrial build-up to arm the US and the world with military equipment |
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Putting down a small amount of cash to buy share of stock was known as
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buying on margin
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As a result of overproduction and underconsumption by industries in the late 1920’s
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factories began to lay people off
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Buying stocks on margin contributed to the stock market crash because
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when stocks fell, investors couldn’t pay their brokers back
as prices fell, stockholders either had to sell their stock or pay more cash it created a false sense of wealth in the US |
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Hoover opposed the idea of the government buying surplus (extra) farm products during the depression because he believed that
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the government did not have the constitutional right to interfere in private businesses and farms
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Commercial banks were especially hard hit by the stock market crash because
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they had used the deposits for stock purchases
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Many economists urged President Hoover to veto the Hawley-Smoot tariff because it would
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Sharply increase the tariff and reduce the number of countries that would buy American exports
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President Roosevelt’s first action during the New Deal was to
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provide money for bands in order to prevent bank closures
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. The Social Securities Act of 1935 was designed to help
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those who were unable to work (disabled, elderly)
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are reasons Huey Long of Louisiana and other radical critics attracted widespread recognition for opposing the New Deal,
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they felt the wealthy controlled too much
they thought the New Deal was not working they thought all families should be given certain living allowances |
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One cause of the Great Depression was that:
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wages had not kept up with prices
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The New Deal and the Progressive Movement were similar in that both:
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supported federal regulation of business
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