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