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Which event represented the conflict between Christian Fundamentalism and modern science during the 1920s? |
scopes trials |
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Which term referred to the shantytowns built by the homeless during the early stages of the Depression of the 1930s? |
Hoovervilles |
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What was FDR's psychology on fight the depression? |
Told Americans "All we have to fear is fear itself" and weekly fireside addresses |
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Which group became citizens with voting rights during the 1920s? |
American Indians |
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Which president supported direct relief from government to address the problems of the economic crisis of the 1930s? |
Franklin Roosevelt |
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What was the first "talking" movie? |
The Jazz Singer |
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List an example that demonstrates how the New Deal resulted in more opportunities for women. |
Frances Perkins-first female cabinet member in U.S. history |
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What did President Franklin Roosevelt use to deliver his "fireside chats" to the American people? |
radio |
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What is the long-term impact of the New Deal? |
increased government involvement |
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What natural disaster caused the migration of people from the Plains west to Calif. and Oregon? |
Dust Bowl |
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What was established under the Fair Labor Standards Act? |
minimum wage and forty-hour work week |
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What social group did Aimee Semple McPherson and Billy Sunday represent during the 1920s? |
Christian fundamentalists |
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How were 1930's gangsters different from 1920's gangsters? |
robbing banks vs bootleggers |
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Which government agency was created under the New Deal to regulate trade in the stock market? |
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) |
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During the 1920s, who was associated with the fight to end segregation? |
W.E.B. DuBois and NAACP |
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What were the causes of the Great Depression? |
higher tariffs (Hawley-Smoot tariff), bank failures, overproduction, unequal distribution of income |
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Which president represented the end of the progressive era and a "Return to Normalcy" in the 1920s? |
Warren G. Harding |
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Which approach did President Herbert Hoover prefer to deal with the economic crisis of the early 1930s? |
rugged individualism and/or voluntary cooperation |
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Which African-American cultural movement is associated with Langston Hughes and jazz music? |
The Harlem Renaissance |
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Which presidents supported the use of laissez faire economic policies during the 1920s? |
Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover (all Republicans) |
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Which group represented social change for women during the 1920s? |
flappers |
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Why did President Franklin Roosevelt propose legislation to "pack the court" by enlarging the number of justices on the Supreme Court? |
to prevent the Court from striking down New Deal legislation (ex. NIRA & AAA) |
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What were the basic characteristics of the business cycle during the 1920s? |
economic expansion, overproduction, and speculation |
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Which New Deal Program insured banking deposits to restore public confidence in the banks? |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) |
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Which part of the economy did not prosper during the 1920s? |
agriculture/farmers |
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Which period of Roosevelt's presidency involved a series of emergency measures and government programs to provide direct relief against the Great Depression? |
the "First Hundred Days"the "First Hundred Days" |
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Which group benefited from the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)? |
labor unions |
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Hoover's failure to effectively deal with the Depression was demonstrated by his use of troops against which group? |
the Bonus Army |
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During the 1920s, which scandal involved the resignation and imprisonment of Warren G. Harding's Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall? |
Teapot Dome |
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Which New Deal programs provided jobs to the unemployed? |
Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) |
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F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway represented which group of writers from the 1920s? |
The Lost Generation |
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Which New Deal program built dams for hydroelectric power? |
Tennesse Valley Authority (TVA) |
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Which New Deal program regulated business? |
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) |
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What approach did President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal use to deal with the effects of the Great Depression? |
direct government relief |
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Which financial practices encouraged more consumerism during the 1920s? |
easy credit and the installment plan |
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During the Depression of the 1930s, what became common as hunger affected the unemployed? |
Soup kitchens and Bread lines |
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Speakeasies and bootlegging were illegal activities that developed because of which policy during the 1920s? |
prohibition |
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Which group represented opposition to immigrants and African-Americans during the 1920s? |
Ku Klux Klan |
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The "Back to Africa" movement and the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) are associated with which African-American leader? |
Marcus Garvey |
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Which new technology was developed for entertainment and information during the 1920s? |
radio and "talkies" |
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What was one of Franklin Roosevelt's first actions as president to prevent bank failures? |
banking holiday and emergency relief |
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Which music was popularized during the 1920s by Louis Armstrong and other African-American entertainers? |
Jazz |
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What New Deal program provides direct benefits to the elderly, disabled, and unemployed? |
Social Security |
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What was a result of speculation and "buying on margin" in the stock market during the 1920s? |
The Stock Market Crash of 1929 or "Black Tuesday" |
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Which reform program did President Franklin Roosevelt propose to deal with the Great Depression? |
New Deal |
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What was FDR's philosophy/ideology on how to solve the economic downturn? |
bold experimentation with socialism |
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Which New Deal program increased farmers' incomes? |
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) |
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Who represented the most radical political opposition to President Franklin D. Roosevelt? |
Huey Long and Father Charles Coughlin |
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Who represented social change by advocating birth control for women during the 1920s? |
Margaret Sanger |
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Which event represented the opposition to immigrants during the 1920s? |
the Sacco and Vanzetti trial |