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93 Cards in this Set
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When did World War II end?
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1945
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When did the Great Depression end?
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sometime during U.S. involvement in World War II, between December 7, 1941 and 1945
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When did the U.S. enter World War II?
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December 7, 1941, because of Pearl Harbor
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When did the Great Depression begin?
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October 1929, when the stock market crashed
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When did the New Deal begin?
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March 1933, the day Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) took office as president
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What is the significance of the Social Security Act?
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it provides retirement money for the elderly
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What is the significance of the Fair Labor Standards Act?
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it established minimum wage for the first time in U.S. history
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What is the significance of the Wagner Act/National Labor Relations Act?
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it recognizes labor unions’ right to
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What is the significance of the Works Progress Administration?
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it paid citizens to create public works like murals and employed artists such as John Steinbeck and Studs Terkel
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What is the significance of the FDIC/Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation?
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the U.S. government insures bank deposits
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Which president is most associated with political scandals, including Teapot Dome and the Veterans’ Bureau affair?
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Warren Harding
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Was an effect of the automobile industry a decrease in other forms of transportation?
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yes
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Was an effect of the automobile industry new roads, an increasing link between city and country, and an increase in the growth of the suburbs?
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yes
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Was an effect of the automobile industry increasing social opportunity for teenagers and women?
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yes
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Was an effect of the automobile industry more urban sprawl, a decreasing sense of community, and more pollution?
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yes
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Was radio a popular form of entertainment in the 1920s and 1930s?
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yes
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Were movies a popular form of entertainment in the 1920s and 1930s?
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yes
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Was jazz music a popular form of entertainment in the 1920s and 1930s?
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yes
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Was television a popular form of entertainment in the 1920s and 1930s?
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no, not until the 1950s after World War II
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Was shorter skirts a characteristic of the “new woman” or “flappers” during the 1920s?
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yes
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Was transparent silk hose a characteristic of the “new woman” or “flappers” during the 1920s?
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yes
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Was more smoking and drinking a characteristic of the “new woman” or “flappers” during the 1920s?
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yes
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Was more independence of men a characteristic of the “new woman” or “flappers” during the 1920s?
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yes
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Were speakeasies associated with prohibition or the Volstead Act?
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yes
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Was temperance associated with prohibition or the Volstead Act?
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yes
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Was the 18th Amendment associated with prohibition or the Volstead Act?
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yes
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What was the 19th Amendment?
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woman's suffrage or right to vote; it took effect in 1920
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Who argued against the teaching of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution?
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Fundamentalists like William Jennings Bryan
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Was Zora Neale Hurston part of the Harlem Renaissance?
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yes; she wrote "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
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Was Langston Hughes part of the Harlem Renaissance?
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yes; he was a writer and poet
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Was Louis Armstrong part of the Harlem Renaissance?
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yes; he was the greatest trumpet player specifically and musician generally in U.S. history
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Was D. W. Griffth part of the Harlem Renaissance?
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no; he was the racist film director who made "The Birth of a Nation"
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Who is most associated with the assembly line and mass production?
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Henry Ford
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Was overproduction an initial cause of the Great Depression?
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yes
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Was overspeculation/buying on margin an initial cause of the Great Depression?
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yes
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Was a higher tariff/low international trade an initial cause of the Great Depression?
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yes
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Was the Dust Bowl an initial cause of the Great Depression?
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no, but it made the Great Depression worse
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Was more federal government involvement in the economy a long-term effect of the New Deal?
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yes
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Was a shift in African-American voting patterns from the Republican to Democratic Party in national elections a long-term effect of the New Deal?
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yes
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Was establishment of social security and farm subsidies as government entitlements a long-term effect of the New Deal?
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yes
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Were government deficits a long-term effect of the New Deal?
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yes
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Was Kansas part of the Dust Bowl?
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yes
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Was Oklahoma part of the Dust Bowl?
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yes
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Was Texas part of the Dust Bowl?
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yes
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Was California part of the Dust Bowl?
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no; that is where people moved to in order to escape the Dust Bowl
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Which economic approach did Herbert Hoover approve?
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“trickle down” economics
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Which economic approach did Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) approve?
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Keynesian economics
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Did Herbert Hoover try to restore confidence in the American economy during the Great Depression by providing indirect aid, relief, and welfare to poor people who were out of work?
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yes
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Did Herbert Hoover try to restore confidence in the American economy during the Great Depression by assuring business leaders and the public that the economy was sound?
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yes
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Did Herbert Hoover try to restore confidence in the American economy during the Great Depression by pressuring business owners to take voluntary steps to help the economy rebound?
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yes
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Did Herbert Hoover try to restore confidence in the American economy during the Great Depression by convincing Congress to create the Agricultural Marketing Act, supporting the Hawley Smoot Tariff, and favoring the creation of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation?
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yes
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Did Franklin Delano Roosevelt grow up relatively poor or rich?
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rich
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Did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have a strong political name?
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yes; he was a distant cousin of President Theodore Roosevelt
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Was Franklin Delano Roosevelt handsome, charming, and energetic?
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yes
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Was Franklin Delano Roosevelt a popular governor from the large and influential state of New York?
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yes
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Was the Republican Party during the 1920s pro-business or anti-business?
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pro-business
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Was the Republican Party during the 1920s pro-labor or anti-labor?
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anti-labor
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Was the Republican Party during the 1920s pro-prohibition or anti-prohibition?
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for/pro-prohibition
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Was the Republican Party during the 1920s for high tariffs or law tariffs?
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high tariffs
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Was the Republican Party during the 1920s in favor of limits on immigration or more immigration from southern and eastern Europe?
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limits on New Immigrants from southern and eastern Europe?
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Was the Republican Party during the 1920s in favor of limits on corporate taxes or more corporate taxes?
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limits on corporate taxes
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Was the Republican Party during the 1920s in favor of political radicals or against them?
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against them
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Was the Republican Party during the 1920s in favor of interventionism or isolationism in Europe?
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isolationism
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What best describes the United States’ standard of living compared with the rest of the world in the 1920s?
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the highest in the world
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Did African-Americans in the 1920s expect to be treated well after World War I was over, but experienced intense race riots and racial intolerance?
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yes
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Did African-Americans in the 1920s confront a Ku Klux Klan that controlled three state governments and had between 2.5 and 5 million members?
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yes
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Did African-Americans in the 1920s contribute to the time period between World War I and the beginning of the Great Depression being known as the “Roaring Twenties” and/or the “Jazz Age”?
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yes
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Did African-Americans in the 1920s generally work at inferior, worse jobs compared to white ethnic groups?
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yes
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Who was known for his silence, but famously said, “The man who builds a factory builds a temple – the man who works there worships there,” and stated, “The business or America is business”?
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Calvin Coolidge
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Was a central theme of the Harlem Renaissance the dignity of African-Americans and the universal humanity of all American people?
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yes
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Was a central theme of the Harlem Renaissance African-American self-help and the immorality of racism?
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yes
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Was a central theme of the Harlem Renaissance a portrait of daily life in black society?
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yes
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Was a central theme of the Harlem Renaissance love of films such as "The Birth of a Nation"?
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no, because such films were racist
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Was Warren Harding associated with “rugged individualism, ” laissez-faire or free market capitalism?
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yes
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Was Calvin Coolidge associated with “rugged individualism, ” laissez-faire or free market capitalism?
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yes
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Was Herbert Hoover associated with “rugged individualism, ” laissez-faire or free market capitalism?
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yes
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Was Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) associated with “rugged individualism, ” laissez-faire or free market capitalism?
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no, because he wanted to reform or regulate capitalism more than his Republican predecessors as president
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Was the increase in print ads and radio jingles indicative of or show the rising consumerism of the 1920s?
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yes
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Was buying on the installment plan indicative of or show the rising consumerism of the 1920s?
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yes
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Were tabloids/sensationalistic newspapers and magazines indicative of or show the rising consumerism of the 1920s?
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yes
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Was the Puritan ethic of "waste not, want not" indicative of or show the rising consumerism of the 1920s?
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no; the Puritans had the opposite values of the rising consumerism of the 1920s
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Did introducing electrical appliances to household work affect women’s lives during the 1920s?
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yes
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Did making available inexpensive birth control affect women’s lives during the 1920s?
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yes
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Did you understand and review the worksheets related to "The Grapes of Wrath"?
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yes, if I want to answer the questions correctly on the test:)
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Did you understand and review the Woody Guthrie worksheet?
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yes, if I want to answer the questions correctly on the test:)
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Was J. Edgar Hoover is the longest running leader of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in history, and an ally of A. Mitchell Palmer?
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yes
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Beginning in 1920, for the first time in United States history, were more Americans living in urban centers than in rural areas?
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yes
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Were President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Supreme Court more friends or enemies regarding New Deal policies in Roosevelt’s first term?
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enemies
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Did President Franklin D. Roosevelt have a clear idea of how to solve the nation’s economic crisis and therefore proceed in a deliberate fashion?
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no; he believed in productive experimentation and admitted he did not know how exactly to end the Great Depression
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Was Eleanor Roosevelt a “trophy wife” who contributed little to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration?
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no; she was a leader in reform for her husband and was in many ways the first modern First Lady who was actively involved in politics
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Did the New Deal completely solve the Great Depression?
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no; U.S. involvement in World War II ended the Great Depression
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Did the Bonus Army march contributed positively or negatively to Herbert Hoover’s reelection chances in 1932?
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negatively because he was viewed as uncaring toward the World War I veterans; this contributed to Hoover losing to Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1932 presidential election
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Was the Pullman Porters strike during the Great Depression a precursor to or preview of the Civil Rights Movement?
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yes
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