US History Unit 6
Stock prices has risen too high because of speculation which led to what event?
1929 stock market crash
In 1933, Congress repealed Prohibition with the:
21st Amendment
What did the FDIC insure
Bank deposits
FDR's unofficial group of African American advisers was known as the:
Black Cabinet
What provided jobs for men, replanted forests, and fought fires?
Civilian Conservation Corps
FDR and Congress passed what to deal with the banking crisis?
Emergency Banking Bill
The Hawley-Smoot Tariff helped spread the depression globally because:
European countries retaliated with their own protective tariffs
How did the New Deal programs strengthen capitalism?
FDIC and SEC restored faith in banks and the stock market
The Scopes Trial of 1925 pitted which two groups?
Fundamentalists against supporters of the theory of evolution
Why did Marcus Garvey's movement fall apart?
He was jailed and deported to Jamaica
The Great Depression forced many Americans to live in shantytowns known as:
Hoovervilles
Who advocated separation of the races?
Marcus Garvey
The quota system of the National Origins Act did not apply to which country?
Mexico
What brought together southern whites northern blue collar workers, poor Midwestern farmers, and African Americans to for a strong political force?
New Deal coalition
What contributed to the spread of the Great Depression overseas?
a decline investments from the US
U.S. leaders in the 1920s hoped to keep the rest of the world at arm's length to avoid what?
another war
In towns such as New York, Chicago, and Cleveland, many African Americans:
became financially successful
How did the New Deal Programs change life in the West?
built dams to supply power and to stop flooding
Why did volunteerism fail?
businesses and citizens acted in their own best interests
After the stock market crash, America's banking sector:
collapsed as frightened depositors raced to withdraw money
In the early 1930s, many farmers lost their land because they:
could not earn enough from farming to pay their mortgages
As the 1920s progressed, farm incomes:
declined
The factors that brought about the devastation of the Dust Bowl were:
drought, high winds, and farming methods
What kinds of illegal activity did organized crime engage in during Prohibition?
drugs, robbery, and murder
Both African Americans and Mexican Americans had an especially difficult time during the Great Depression because they:
faced discrimination when competing for jobs
The significant changes in manners, morals, and mindset of many women in the 1920s came to be symbolized by the:
flapper
What were the main goals of the Tennessee Valley Authority?
flood control and electricity
Why did President Coolidge not push for federal laws to make society better?
he believed the government's job was not to create an ideal society
Why did President Hoover not provide money directly to struggling individuals during the Great Depression?
he thought federal public assistance was unconstitutional
The U.S. handling of the post-WWI war debt situation did what to our reputation?
hurt the international reputation
As urban workers experienced growing wealth in the 1920s, farmers:
incomes declined and debt grew
The Great Depression led to high unemployment as many companies:
instituted production cutbacks, which led to major layoffs
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation did what for deposits?
insured bank deposits up to $5000
Why did the stock market crash?
investors panicked and started to sell
How did the Federal Reserve's tight monetary policy affect the economy?
it reduced the amount required to buy stock on margin, which increased speculation
How did the National Recovery Administration create its codes of fair competition?
it worked with business and labor leaders to set minimum wages and prices
The Wagner Act recognized the right of employees to:
join labor unions
How did the New Deal affect the voting patterns of African Americans?
many shifted their votes from Republicans to Democrats
The Agricultural Adjustment Act raised crop prices by paying farmers to do what?
not to plant all of their land and to lull excess livestock
Eleanor Roosevelt showed her deep political involvement in government when:
offered FDR advice on policy issues
Huey Long's "Share-Our-Wealth" program proposed that the wealthy do what?
pay higher taxes that would then be distributed to the poor
Writers of the "Lost Generation" often had what kind of viewpoint?
pessimistic, skeptical worldview
How did jazz spread across the country so rapidly?
phonograph records and radio introduced the music to wider audiences
Modernists stressed science and secular ideas rather than:
religious beliefs
The Bonus Army was a group of WWI veterans who were violently disbanded after they came to Washington, D.C. to:
seek early payment of the money promised to them by Congress
What did President Harding do to help American business?
signed bill that raised protective tariff rates
What did the gain in power of the executive branch during the New Deal lead to?
some commentators spoke of the rise in imperial presidency
Why did support for the New Deal art programs decline?
some members of Congress thought artists promoted radical values
The Emergency Banking Act gave President Roosevelt the authority to do what?
temporarily close banks while they their accounts in order
Why did the Bonus Army march on Washington, D.C.?
the Senate vetoed a bill providing for early payment of bonuses
The growth of the automobile industry in the early 1900s led to what?
the growth of other industries and suburban communities
The Harlem Renaissance was an important cultural outpouring in which African American writers explored what?
the pains and joys of being black in America
Where did African Americans in the 1920s face the most discrimination?
the south, where there were Jim Crow Laws
According to his critics, why did President Roosevelt proposed increasing the number of justices on the Supreme Court?
to get more New Deal supporters on the court
The economic good times of the 1920s became threatened by what?
uneven distribution of wealth and growing consumer debt
At first, what did President Hoover rely on to relieve the depression?
volunteerism and localism
