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| Which president promised a "Return to Normalcy" in 1920? | Warren G. Harding |
| During the 1920s, which scandal exposed the bribery of Warren G. Harding's cabinet by business interests? | Teapot Dome |
| Which economic policy benefitted big business during the 1920s? | laissez faire capitalism |
| What was a result of "buying on margin" and overspeculation in the stock market during the 1920s? | Stock Market Crash of 1929 or "Black Tuesday" |
| What was President Herbert Hoover's preferred approach to dealing with the economic depression of the early 1930s? | voluntary cooperation |
| Which president supported direct relief from government to address the problems of the economic crisis of the 1930s? | Franklin Roosevelt |
| What business cycle was the U.S. economy in during the 1920s? | economic expansion |
| Which financial practices encouraged consumers to borrow money for household purchases during the 1920s? | easy credit and the installment plan |
| What were the shantytowns built by the homeless during the early stages of the Great Depression called? | Hoovervilles |
| During the Depression of the 1930s, how did charities provide relief to Americans suffering from hunger? | Soup kitchens and Bread lines |
| President Hoover's re-election campaign was damaged by his use of troops against which group? | the Bonus Army |
| Speakeasies and bootlegging were developed illegally because of which policy during the 1920s? | prohibition |
| Which music was popularized during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s by Louis Armstrong and other black entertainers? | Jazz |
| Which new technology was developed during the 1920s? | radio |
| What did President Franklin Roosevelt use to deliver his "fireside chats" to the American people? | radio |
| Which group represented social change for women during the 1920s? | flappers |
| Which group exemplified the prejudice against immigrants and African-Americans and immigrants during the 1920s? | Ku Klux Klan |
| Which cultural movement was associated with African-American culture and black pride during the 1920s? | The Harlem Renaissance |
| Which event is an example of nativism during the 1920s? | the Sacco and Vanzetti trial |
| Which event exemplified the conflict between religion and modern science during the 1920s? | the John T. Scopes trial |
| Which policy was supported the strongest by Christian fundamentalists such as Billy Sunday? | prohibition |
| What was President Franklin Roosevelt's proposals to deal with the Great Depression called? | New Deal |
| What did President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal provide to people suffering from 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 in the South? | Tennesse Valley Authority (TVA) |
| Which New Deal Program insured banking deposits to restore public confidence in the banks? | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) |
| Which sector 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 did President Franklin Roosevelt do during his "First Hundred Days" to prevent bank failures? | Bank holiday and emergency banking relief |
| What New Deal program provides direct benefits to the elderly and disabled? | Social Security |
| What was established under the Fair Labor Standards Act? | minimum wage and forty-hour work week |
| How did President Roosevelt try to prevent the Supreme Court from striking down key pieces of the New Deal? | "court packing" bill |
| Which radical Senator said that Roosevelt's "New Deal" hadn't done enough? | Huey Long |
| What is the long-term impact of the New Deal? | increased government involvement and regulation |
| 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" |
| How did the Hawley-Smoot tariff make the depression worse? | caused a decline in world trade |
| What was the most significant cause of the Great Depression? | bank failures |
