Module 4 Quiz

Which novel of the era satirized the conformity of the American middle class?

Babbitt

Which assessment of Herbert Hoover's presidency is most accurate?

Hoover did not cause the stock market crash but responded inadequately to it

Coolidge's presidency was characterized by________.

silence and inactivity

Which groups were excluded from receiving pension funds as outlined in Roosevelt's Social Security Act?

-Domestic Workers -Farmers

Which of the following does NOT reflect the youth culture that emerged in the post-WWI era?

A decline in attendance at movies and dance clubs

What did NOT characterize Hoover's response to the first months of the Great Depression?

A funneling of large sums of government funds through non-secular aid organizations

Which of the following was NOT a policy undertaken by the National Industry Recovery Act (NIRA)?

Agreement among industries to reinvest profits into their firms

Which group of mainly conservative Democrats claimed Roosevelt's New Deal programs were fascist and a threat to democracy?

American Liberty League

Which of the following is NOT a consequence of Roosevelt's first wave of New Deal policies?

Americans re-invested in the stock market

Which of the following was NOT a contributing factor to the American stock market crash of 1929?

Bad federal investments in the U.S. global territories

Who was both a professional baseball player and an influential evangelist during the 1920s?

Billy Sunday

Who was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?

Charles Lindbergh

Choose Two: During the 1920s and 1930s, what two industries had the biggest impact on the country's economic future in terms of investment, potential growth, and employment?

Construction & Automobile

Which of the following was NOT a key condition that led to the Dust Bowl?

Decreasing demand for farm produce

Which of the following is NOT a challenge that everyday Americans faced during the Great Depression?

Epidemic diseases

Which amendment did Alice Paul draft and promote?

Equal Rights Amendment

Which of the following was NOT part of Roosevelt's strategy to reform the banks within his first 100 days in office?

Give commercial banks tax incentives to encourage their investment banking

After being reelected in 1936, how did Roosevelt attempt to transform the Supreme Court to better serve his agenda?

He attempted to expand the Supreme Court from nine to fifteen judges

Which of the following is NOT an example of local, city, and state efforts to combat the Great Depression?

Importation of excess food from overseas

Which of the following is NOT true about the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)?

It builds new roads and railroad hubs

Which of the following phrases best characterizes Herbert Hoover's foreign policy agenda?

Mutual respect in terms of not interfering unnecessarily in others' affairs

Which of the following does NOT represent an effort made by President Roosevelt to ensure more opportunities to African Americans in hiring practices for relief agencies?

Restructuring the Civilian Conservation Corps to be an exclusively African American program

Which of the following best describes Roosevelt's attempts to push his political agenda in the interregnum period after his election victory?

Roosevelt kept silent in the four months between election and inauguration

In 1929, Albert Fall was convicted of bribery while holding the position of ________.

Secretary of the Interior

Which of the following statements accurately describes Mary McLeod Bethune?

She was a key figure in the National Youth Administration (NYA)

The popularization of which psychologist's ideas encouraged the new morality of the 1920s?

Sigmund Freud

Which of the following was NOT a key issue that allowed Calvin Coolidge, and then Herbert Hoover, to defeat the Democratic Party?

Social welfare

Which of the following had the greatest negative impact on the public perception of the Hoover presidency?

The Bonus Expeditionary Force

Which of these films, released in 1927, was the first successful talking motion picture?

The Jazz Singer

Which New Deal agency was the first to hire women openly?

The Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Which of the following is an anarchist belief that, ultimately, biased the jury against Sacco and Vanzetti when they were accused of robbery and murder in 1920?

The destruction of capitalistic society through violence

What is the definition of Nativism?

The rejection of outside influences in favor of local or native customs

Who was the Republican presidential nominee for the 1920 election?

Warren Harding

What type of help did the Civil Works Administration (CWA) provide?

Work building bridges and repairing roads

The Scopes Monkey Trial revolved around a law that banned teaching about ________ in public schools.

evolution

Which of the following hardships did African Americans NOT typically encounter during the Great Depression?

mass deportations similar to those affecting Mexican nationals

The popularization of ________ expanded the communications and sports industries.

radios