APUSH Ch. 22-24
During the Great Depression, in the rural US
1/3 of all farmers lost their land
In 1932, the unemployment rate in Toledo, Ohio was the worst in the nation at
80%
In the 1930's, all of the following books offered criticism of American society Except
Anthony Adverseby Hervy Allen
In the 1930's, the largest Japanese and Chinese American populations were found in
California
During the1930's, the most important group within the Popular Front was the
Communist Party
What was a major reason American farmers failed to obtain a fair share of the economic prosperity of the 1920s?
Farm crops were overproduced
In the 1930's, all of following films offered social commentary on the US and the Great Depression Except
It Happened One Night
During the 1930's, southern rural blacks who moved to northern urban areas
None of these answers are correct
Which statement most accurately describes conditions of American farmers during the economic boom of the mid-1920s?
Overproduction helped keep farmers from participating in the prosperity of the times
Which New Deal program was chiefly designed to correct abuses in the stock market?
Securities and Exchange Commission
The long time censor of Hollywood films in the 1920's and 1930's was
Will Hays
In the 1930's, the director Frank Capra typically displayed in his films
a populist admiration for ordinary Americans
During the 1930's the radical left in the US
all of these answers is correct (found broad acceptance among both the working class and intellectuals, experienced intense government hostility, saw a widening of the ideological range of mainstream art and politics,
The federal governments response to the Bonus Army included
all of these are correct (the use of six tanks to rout the veterans from Washington , General MacArthur exceeding his orders to remove the veterans, the injuring of 100 marchers)
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
all of these is correct (was to provide federal loans to troubled banks and businesses, was created in the last year of Hoovers administration, included a $1.5 billion public works budget)
The election of Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Presidency in 1932 reflected the desire of many Americans to have government take
an active role in solving economic problems
A lasting result of the New Deal in the United States has been the
assumption by the Federal Government of greater responsibility for the nation's well-being
In 1931 Scottsboro court case saw
black teenager accused of rape by two white women
All of the following factors were causes of the great depression Except
conservative banking polices that restricted the availability of loans
As Herbert Hoover began his presidency, he
considered the country to have bright economic future
Critics charged that President Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to increase the number of Supreme Court Justices was clearly in conflict with the
constitutional principle of checks and balances
In the late 1920's, the European demand for agriculture and manufacturing goods from the US was
declining
The main purpose of New Deal measures such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was to
develop rules to limit speculation and safeguard savings
The economic boom of the 1920s was primarily caused by
development of new consumer goods industries
Which situation helped cause the stock market crash of 1929?
excessive speculation and buying on margin
A major result of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal was an
expansion of the power of the Federal Government
Which group of Americans generally failed to experience the economic prosperity of the 1920s?
farmers
As the depression deepened, President Herbert Hoover
grew less willing to increase federal spending
During the Great Depression, Asian Americans
had trouble competing got jobs with poor white migrants from the Midwest
In the United States, the decade of the 1920's was characterized by
increased consumer borrowing and spending
The economic boom and the financial speculation of the 1920's were caused in part by
installment buying and an unregulated stock market
In response to the Great Depression, many Mexican Americans
left the US entirely
In 1932, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
lent funds only to financial institutions with sufficient collateral
During the 1930's, regarding radio
listening was often a community experience
In 1939, after the Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact with the Nazi Germany, the American Communist Party
lost a significant portion of its membership
On Oct. 29, 1929, the American stock market
lost all the gains of the previous year
The main reason President Franklin D. Roosevelt attempted to increase the number of Justices on the United States Supreme Court was to
make the Court more supportive of New Deal programs
In the 1920's, the depressed situation of United States agriculture was chiefly caused by
mechanization and overproduction
The Hawley Smoot Tariff on 1930
none of these answers is correct
In 1932, Franklin Roosevelt's promise of a "new deal" for America included a commitment to
none of these is correct (spend billions of dollars to assist in the economic recovery, provide relief jobs to millions of unemployed Americans, pass legislation establishing a nationwide program of social security)
During the 1930's, American literature
offered a greater degree of social commentary that did either radio or movies
Which combination of factors contributed most to the start of the Great Depression of the 1930's?
overproduction and the excessive use of credit
During the second half of the 1920s, which economic trend was a major cause of the Great Depression?
overproduction and under consumption
During most of the 1920s, which group experienced the most severe economic problems?
owners of small family farms
During President Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration, which situation was viewed by critics as a threat to the principle of separation of powers?
proposing the expansion of Supreme Court membership
In 1931, the severity of the depression increased when the Federal Reserve Board
raised interest rates
After 1929, in the face of the worsening global economic crisis, the US
refused to alter the payment schedule of all debts owed by the European nations to America
Between his election in 1932 and the inauguration of 1933, Franklin Roosevelt
refused to make any deals with the outgoing president, Herbert Hoover
After Democrats won control of the Congress in the 1930 elections, President Herbert Hoover
refused to support a more vigorous public spending program for relief
For women, the economic pressures caused by the Great Depression
saw men move to jobs traditionally held by women
Throughout 1928, the American stock market
saw the number of shares traded daily soar
As a result of the Great Depression, the social values in the US
seemed to change relatively little
During the 1930's, the Southern Tenant Farmers Union
sought to organize the rural poor across racial lines
Which economic practice became significantly more widespread during the 1920s?
stock market speculation
In the 1930's, Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People
taught that individual initiative could help people to restore themselves financially
The Hoover administration addressed the economic situation of American farmers with
the Agriculture Marketing Act
The "Abraham Lincoln Brigade" is associated with
the Spanish Civil War
All of the following statements regarding the 1932 "Bonus Army" are true except
the army demanded Congress create relief programs for WWI veterans
During the Great Depression
the divorce rate declined
Much of the economic growth of the 1920s was based on
the production of new consumer goods
President Herbert Hoover responded to the onset of the Great Depression by
urging voluntary cooperation from business leaders
Prior to 1932, Franklin Roosevelt had been all of the following except
vice president of the US
Franklin Roosevelt's victory over Herbert Hoover in 1932
was a convincing mandate
In the 1930's, the Dust Bowl,
was a product of changing environmental conditions
In 1932, the Farmers Holiday Association
was essentially a farmers strike
Which economic trend of the 1920s helped cause the Great Depression?
widening income gap between the rich and the poor
