Ch 22 Pop Quiz, ch 23 popquiz, Ch 24 Popquiz
Which of the following industries drove the creation of American consumer culture in the 1920s? Select one: A. Advertising B. Railroads C. Film D. Fashion
A. Advertising
Which of the following was enacted by Democrats in order to disable Francis Townsend's support? Select one: A. Creation of the Social Security Administration B. The Good Neighbor Policy C. Implementation of Keynesian economic policies D. Job creation programs
A. Creation of the Social Security Administration
How did the Great Depression affect women's participation in the workforce in the early 1930s? Select one: A. Despite bans on women's employment, their workforce participation increased. B. White women were unemployed at a much greater rate than black women. C. Traditional women's jobs went to men, driving women out of the workforce. D. Prohibitions on hiring women led to falling rates of women's employment.
A. Despite bans on women's employment, their workforce participation increased.
Which of the following countries was the first to fall into a depression at the end of the 1920s? Select one: A. Germany B. Norway C. The Soviet Union D. Sweden
A. Germany
The largest New Deal project in the West was the construction of the Select one: A. Grand Coulee Dam. B. canals of San Antonio. C. Hoover Dam. D. Blue Ridge Parkway.
A. Grand Coulee Dam.
Which of the following concepts championed black racial pride and cultural identity in the 1920s? Select one: A. Harlem Renaissance B. Back to Africa movement C. Jazz Age D. Lost Generation
A. Harlem Renaissance
What was Franklin Roosevelt's attitude toward the federal government's provision of welfare payments to the unemployed? Select one: A. He had strong reservations about it, preferring to provide federally funded jobs over cash subsidies. B. He welcomed it as an opportunity to help those in need and to ensure their votes for the Democratic Party. C. He was indifferent to the means by which those who needed it received help, whether by cash subsidies or by work relief. D. He opposed it vigorously and saw to it that New Deal programs never involved direct cash subsidies.
A. He had strong reservations about it, preferring to provide federally funded jobs over cash subsidies.
Which of the following describes Governor Alfred E. Smith, the Democratic presidential candidate in 1928? Select one: A. He was the first major-party presidential candidate to reflect the aspirations of the urban working class. B. He lost the election because he failed to carry the heavily industrialized states in the urban Northeast. C. Smith had a speaking voice ideally suited to the new medium of radio. D. Smith was a product of Chicago's influential Irish political machine.
A. He was the first major-party presidential candidate to reflect the aspirations of the urban working class.
Which of the following social movements grew tremendously as a result of the New Deal? Select one: A. Industrial unionism B. The movement for immigration reform C. The civil rights movement D. Feminism
A. Industrial unionism
Which New Deal program offered tremendous encouragement and support to the labor union movement? Select one: A. National Industrial Recovery Act, especially Section 7(a) B. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation C. Securities and Exchange Commission D. Tennessee Valley Authority's hiring practices
A. National Industrial Recovery Act, especially Section 7(a)
Which of the following statements describes the proceedings against Sacco and Vanzetti? Select one: A. Scholars still debate their guilt, but most agree that they did not receive a fair trial. B. Their acquittal reflected the waning of the Red Scare hysteria. C. Despite the high emotions aroused by their case, Sacco and Vanzetti received a fair trial. D. Their quick trial and execution in 1921 exemplified antiradical hysteria.
A. Scholars still debate their guilt, but most agree that they did not receive a fair trial.
How did the U.S. government change immigration restrictions during the 1920s? Select one: A. The National Origins Act set immigration quotas at 2 percent of each nationality as measured by the 1890 census. B. To meet the need for cheap labor, the 1929 Immigration Act reversed the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act. C. The 1929 Immigration Act relaxed quotas for Europeans but tightened those for Latin Americans. D. The 1921 Emergency Immigration Bill set quotas at 10 percent of each nationality as measured by the 1900 census.
A. The National Origins Act set immigration quotas at 2 percent of each nationality as measured by the 1890 census.
Which of the following statements characterized U.S. foreign policy during the 1920s? Select one: A. The United States actively sought to facilitate American economic expansion abroad. B. The United States was strongly isolationist, retreating from involvement in world affairs. C. The newly powerful United States overwhelmed other countries in the League of Nations. D. The nation ended its use of military intervention in Latin America to protect U.S. investments.
A. The United States actively sought to facilitate American economic expansion abroad.
Which of the following statements was true of the Harlem Renaissance? Select one: A. The most visible part of the Harlem Renaissance to most whites was jazz music. B. Most participants were not Americans by birth, but hailed from Trinidad and Jamaica. C. Most of its participants had no significant appeal outside the black community. D. For generations, critics dismissed the participants' work as race-based and old-fashioned.
A. The most visible part of the Harlem Renaissance to most whites was jazz music.
Which of the following statements describes the American literary figures of the 1920s, such as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald? Select one: A. They rejected American materialism, complacency, and anti-intellectualism. B. These authors promoted a "rags to riches" vision of American individualism. C. They were strong boosters of America's victory in World War I and in the country's prosperity. D. These white authors deeply resented the rise of the Harlem Renaissance.
A. They rejected American materialism, complacency, and anti-intellectualism.
Which of the following facts regarding Sacco and Vanzetti clearly biased the jury against them? Select one: A. They were communists. B. Both had criminal histories. C. They were Italian immigrants. D. Both were illegal immigrants.
A. They were communists.
What percentage of the U.S. labor force was unemployed by 1933? Select one: A. Twenty-five percent B. Fifty percent C. Ten percent D. Five percent
A. Twenty-five percent
As secretary of commerce under Warren Harding, Herbert Hoover Select one: A. believed that voluntary cooperation between government and business could replace regulation. B. sought to eliminate any type of government intervention in business. C. worked to extend the power of the War Industries Board and War Labor Board. D. led a renewed campaign of trust-busting to restore competition in the business world.
A. believed that voluntary cooperation between government and business could replace regulation.
The Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1934 Select one: A. granted independence to the Philippines. B. granted citizenship to all legal Filipino residents in the United States prior to 1934. C. rescinded the Chinese Exclusion Act. D. limited immigration from the Philippines to fifty thousand per year.
A. granted independence to the Philippines.
Harding campaigned on the platform of returning to "normalcy," which meant Select one: A. he would be a common man in government rather than an intellectual. B. putting Republicans back in office. C. a strong probusiness stance and conservative cultural values. D. continuing the Progressive Era reforms.
A. he would be a common man in government rather than an intellectual.
The Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) recommended that black Americans Select one: A. return to Africa to obtain the justice unavailable to them in the United States. B. resort to violence if necessary to achieve racial justice. C. work more aggressively through the court system to end segregation. D. pressure Congress to set aside a state for a black separatist society.
A. return to Africa to obtain the justice unavailable to them in the United States.
The flapper, an icon of American culture, represented Select one: A. the emancipated woman of the 1920s. B. an effort by women to emulate Mary Pickford. C. the lifestyle of most women in the United States. D. a return to traditional, prewar values.
A. the emancipated woman of the 1920s.
A major weakness of the 1920s economy was the Select one: A. unequal distribution of wealth. B. soaring cost of farm products. C. lack of cooperation between business and government. D. lack of credit.
A. unequal distribution of wealth.
Which tariff, passed in 1930, raised rates to an all-time high, further deepening the worldwide depression? Select one: A. National Recovery B. Smoot-Hawley C. Mellon-Hoover D. Kellogg-Briand
B. Smoot-Hawley
Which of the following statements characterizes the Red Scare of 1919-1921? Select one: A. The American public and press blamed labor conflict on the American Federation of Labor. B. A series of 1919 bombings led Americans to associate radical political groups with violence. C. The Socialist Party threatened to foment violent revolution. D. The American Communist Party posed a direct threat to the stability of American society.
B. A series of 1919 bombings led Americans to associate radical political groups with violence.
Which of the following was true of minorities during the New Deal? Select one: A. New Deal programs treated women and men equally. B. African Americans outside the South shifted their voting to the Democrats. C. Mexican Americans increasingly clung to their heritage and refused to Americanize. D. Discrimination was not allowed in New Deal programs.
B. African Americans outside the South shifted their voting to the Democrats.
By the 1960s, what part of Social Security had become the most controversial? Select one: A. Compensation for unemployed workers B. Aid to Families with Dependent Children C. Payments to widowed mothers D. Financial assistance for the blind, deaf, and disabled
B. Aid to Families with Dependent Children
Which of the following was one of Calvin Coolidge's political virtues at the time he became president after Harding's death in 1923? Select one: A. Reticence, which ensured the confidentiality of his administration B. Austere morality, which contrasted with Harding's cronyism C. A reputation for nonpartisanship D. Imaginative foresight and problem-solving abilities
B. Austere morality, which contrasted with Harding's cronyism
Which of these protests caused Hoover's popularity to plunge dramatically in 1932? Select one: A. Farm holiday protests B. Bonus Army C. Hunger marches D. Rent riots
B. Bonus Army
Which of the following politicians won tremendous political support during the strikes of 1919, when he claimed, "There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, anytime"? Select one: A. Warren Harding B. Calvin Coolidge C. Woodrow Wilson D. Herbert Hoover
B. Calvin Coolidge
Which of the following is correct about the Scopes trial? Select one: A. John Scopes was found not guilty. B. Clarence Darrow defended the right to teach evolution in schools. C. William Jennings Bryan defended Scopes in the trial. D. The American Civil Liberties Union challenged the constitutionality of the trial.
B. Clarence Darrow defended the right to teach evolution in schools.
Which of the following statements characterizes the Republican victory in the 1928 election? Select one: A. Hoover, a political unknown in comparison to Smith, picked up votes by attacking Smith's reputation as a progressive. B. Given America's prosperity, it was unlikely that any Democrat could have defeated Herbert Hoover. C. Hoover attracted the votes of many immigrant Catholic women. D. Hoover carried all the heavily industrialized states and large cities.
B. Given America's prosperity, it was unlikely that any Democrat could have defeated Herbert Hoover.
Why did New Deal legislation pass scrutiny by the Supreme Court more easily in Roosevelt's second term? Select one: A. Congress and the states passed some important amendments to the Constitution. B. Liberals replaced several elderly conservative justices who retired. C. President Roosevelt succeeded in temporarily enlarging the Court to fifteen justices. D. Conservatives on the Court altered their views of the Constitution.
B. Liberals replaced several elderly conservative justices who retired.
During the 1920s, the U.S. military intervened in or occupied Select one: A. El Salvador. B. Nicaragua. C. Cuba. D. Bolivia.
B. Nicaragua.
Which of the following terms did American writer Gertrude Stein use to describe Americans who had experienced World War I firsthand? Select one: A. The Greatest Generation B. The Lost Generation C. The Silent Generation D. Baby Boomers
B. The Lost Generation
On what basis did the U.S. Supreme Court strike down the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) in the Schechter v. United States decision? Select one: A. It used taxpayer money to benefit one interest group over others. B. The NIRA illegally regulated commerce within individual states. C. The program acted as a trust administered and funded by the federal government. D. It violated the age-old moral and legal codes set for businesses.
B. The NIRA illegally regulated commerce within individual states.
What was the significance of the New Deal? Select one: A. It ended the Jazz Age. B. The programs expanded the federal government's presence both in the economy and in people's lives. C. The policies made the United States the largest creditor nation in the world. D. It saved the nation's institutions from extinction.
B. The programs expanded the federal government's presence both in the economy and in people's lives.
Which of the following statements characterizes American business during the 1920s? Select one: A. The number of mergers dwindled to almost nothing as businesses stopped consolidating. B. The two hundred largest corporations controlled almost half of the national nonbanking wealth. C. Family-run businesses, rather than oligopolies or monopolies, became the norm. D. American businesses concentrated their marketing efforts exclusively in the United States.
B. The two hundred largest corporations controlled almost half of the national nonbanking wealth.
Which of the following groups greatly benefitted from the reforms of the New Deal? Select one: A. Domestic workers B. The unemployed C. Single mothers D. Tenant farmers
B. The unemployed
Which of the following presented the greatest challenges to the United States after World War I? Select one: A. Women refused to leave the workforce. B. The war brought to light the differences among Americans. C. The war had left the United States deeply in debt. D. The economy slowed after the war.
B. The war brought to light the differences among Americans.
Who were Harold Ickes and Bernard Baruch? Select one: A. Photographers who chronicled the faces of the Depression B. Two of Franklin Roosevelt's chief Brains Trust advisors C. New Deal congressional representatives who worked diligently with Roosevelt D. Union activists who lobbied Congress for reform
B. Two of Franklin Roosevelt's chief Brains Trust advisors
Deciding that Roosevelt had not done enough to alleviate suffering, Francis Townsend called for Select one: A. taking money from the rich and giving it to the poor. B. an old-age revolving pension plan. C. bringing electricity to rural areas. D. public works programs.
B. an old-age revolving pension plan.
The growing pan-Africanism movement that began to emerge among blacks during the 1920s was spurred in part by Select one: A. nativist whites' efforts to deport blacks. B. black men's military service during World War I. C. the dismal American economy of the 1920s. D. the anticolonial movements that had transformed Africa.
B. black men's military service during World War I.
In the Bonus Army incident in Washington, D.C., in 1932, federal troops Select one: A. beat the veterans who rioted and tried to march on the White House property. B. forcefully evicted the assembled veterans and burned their encampment. C. arrested the demonstrators who burned their bonus checks to protest Hoover's inaction. D. joined in sympathy with the gathered World War I veterans.
B. forcefully evicted the assembled veterans and burned their encampment.
The Emergency Banking Act of 1933 Select one: A. created a national banking system of savings and loan associations. B. permitted banks with sufficient cash reserves to reopen. C. put U.S. banks under temporary federal control. D. forced all banks to join the Federal Reserve System.
B. permitted banks with sufficient cash reserves to reopen.
Roosevelt heeded John Maynard Keynes's advice and Select one: A. improved the Federal Reserve. B. practiced deficit spending. C. created the Good Neighbor Policy. D. balanced the budget.
B. practiced deficit spending.
Welfare capitalism emerged in the 1920s in part to Select one: A. win government pensions for the elderly. B. stop unionization. C. ensure workers' health. D. improve workers' productivity.
B. stop unionization.
What was the first action Roosevelt took to address the nation's economic crisis? Select one: A. Gave states money for relief B. Put people to work in the WPA C. Closed all banks in a banking holiday D. End Prohibition
C. Closed all banks in a banking holiday
Who was the first woman cabinet member, who served as Secretary of Labor? Select one: A. Mary McLeod Bethune B. Marion Anderson C. Frances Perkins D. Jane Addams
C. Frances Perkins
Which of the following sectors of American society saw the greatest amount of improvement in the 1920s? Select one: A. Working conditions B. The distribution of income C. Industrial output D. Race relations
C. Industrial output
Which of the following statements characterizes consumer spending during the 1920s? Select one: A. Credit cards fueled spending. B. Americans emphasized thrift. C. Installment buying boosted consumerism. D. Higher incomes discouraged borrowing.
C. Installment buying boosted consumerism.
What was the significance of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in the 1920s? Select one: A. The UNIA created the Harlem Renaissance. B. It was the only biracial organization of its day. C. It left a legacy of activism among working-class blacks. D. It represented a major black artistic movement.
C. It left a legacy of activism among working-class blacks.
Which of the following is true regarding the Sheppard-Towner Federal Maternity and Infancy Act of 1921? Select one: A. It prohibited midwives and home births. B. The act excluded working-class women. C. It was the first federally funded, health-care legislation. D. The National Woman's Party opposed its passage.
C. It was the first federally funded, health-care legislation.
Which prominent politician fanned fears of domestic radicalism after a bomb exploded outside his home in 1919? Select one: A. Warren G. Harding B. Calvin Coolidge C. Mitchell Palmer D. Henry Cabot Lodge
C. Mitchell Palmer
The emergency immigration restrictions in 1921 were made more restrictive with the Select one: A. Jones Act. B. American Civil Liberties Union. C. National Origins Act. D. Dillingham Commission.
C. National Origins Act.
Why did the newly organized Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) come under attack in the 1920s? Select one: A. The group supported feminist goals. B. The WILPF proposed social justice measures. C. Socialist women were among its members. D. It articulated an explicitly anticapitalist message.
C. Socialist women were among its members.
Which major scandal in Harding's administration was named after the national oil reserves it involved? Select one: A. Sinclair Oil B. Crédit Mobilier C. Teapot Dome D. North Shore Oil
C. Teapot Dome
Why did Roosevelt drop a provision for national health insurance from the Social Security Act in 1935? Select one: A. He did not support national health care. B. He proposed an additional bill to expand health care to all people. C. The bill's compulsory pension and unemployment were already controversial. D. He did not want to give satisfaction to his opponents, who supported national health insurance.
C. The bill's compulsory pension and unemployment were already controversial.
Herbert Hoover asked Americans to do which of the following in response to the economic downtown in 1929? Select one: A. Fear nothing but fear itself. B. Live a moral and righteous life. C. Tighten their belts and work hard. D. Ask not what their country could do for them, but what they could do for their country.
C. Tighten their belts and work hard.
What was the purpose of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which the Roosevelt Congress empowered in 1934? Select one: A. To provide oversight for the Federal Reserve System B. To oversee the process of taking the United States off the gold standard C. To regulate and rationalize the U.S. stock market D. To protect radicals and immigrants from unfair investigation and deportation
C. To regulate and rationalize the U.S. stock market
In which of the following cities was the prosperous Greenwood district burned down in racial riots in 1921? Select one: A. Charlotte, North Carolina B. Boston, Massachusetts C. Tulsa, Oklahoma D. Detroit, Michigan
C. Tulsa, Oklahoma
Which of the following statements most accurately characterized women's political participation during the 1920s? Select one: A. Due to their political inexperience, few women sought public office. B. Women had little success in political lobbying and no formal organizations of their own. C. Women did not vote as a bloc, as politicians had expected. D. Women were most effective as members of political parties' committees.
C. Women did not vote as a bloc, as politicians had expected.
Senator Huey Long from Louisiana became a major political threat to Roosevelt when he called for Select one: A. more government funding to provide jobs for the unemployed. B. Roosevelt's impeachment on the basis that the New Deal was communistic. C. a national Share Our Wealth movement to redistribute income fairly. D. a revival of the Populist Party and its demands.
C. a national Share Our Wealth movement to redistribute income fairly.
In 1934, the Liberty League was organized by Select one: A. civil libertarians who wished to protect freedom of speech. B. radicals who thought that the New Deal needed to be pushed farther to the left. C. business leaders and conservative Democrats who opposed New Deal reforms. D. liberals and moderate Republicans who favored the rights of labor.
C. business leaders and conservative Democrats who opposed New Deal reforms.
By the time Congress recessed in June 1933, it had Select one: A. founded agencies that were models of efficiency. B. broke the grip of the depression. C. halted the downward spiral of the economy. D. established policies that were supported by all.
C. halted the downward spiral of the economy.
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Select one: A. displaced as many as two hundred thousand black tenant farmers from their land. B. provided labor for the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA's) projects. C. hired 250,000 young men to perform reforestation and conservation work. D. enlisted equal numbers of young men and young women for its projects.
C. hired 250,000 young men to perform reforestation and conservation work.
Between 1929 and 1932, U.S. gross domestic production fell by Select one: A. two-thirds. B. one-third. C. one-half. D. one-quarter.
C. one-half.
The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) Select one: A. froze the prices of farm products. B. required new, higher income taxes on wealthy businesspeople. C. provided federal subsidies to farmers who cut farm production. D. increased farm production to aid the hungry.
C. provided federal subsidies to farmers who cut farm production.
Ratified in 1933, the Twentieth Amendment Select one: A. created Social Security. B. allowed for the direct election of senators. C. set subsequent inaugurations for January 20. D. ended Prohibition.
C. set subsequent inaugurations for January 20.
The culture wars of the 1920s were due in part to Select one: A. a backlash against big business as many poorer Americans struggled economically. B. political battles between Democrats and Republicans throughout the decade. C. the tremendous growth of cities from immigration and rural migration. D. the change in foreign policy from isolation to internationalism.
C. the tremendous growth of cities from immigration and rural migration.
In the 1936 presidential election, Franklin D. Roosevelt Select one: A. was unopposed. B. lost. C. won by a landslide. D. won by a small margin.
C. won by a landslide.
Which of the following statements characterizes race relations in the aftermath of World War I? Select one: A. The Great Migration of blacks out of the South was quickly reversed after the war. B. African Americans continued to follow the advice of Booker T. Washington. C. Racial confrontations did not involve black soldiers, who were lauded in the South. D. At least 120 blacks were killed in racial violence in the United States by 1919.
D. At least 120 blacks were killed in racial violence in the United States by 1919.
Which of the following occurred at the Democratic Party convention in 1924? Select one: A. After 103 ballots, it nominated William G. McAdoo for the presidency. B. The delegates could not agree on the nomination of a presidential candidate. C. Democrats chose a vice presidential candidate to attract rural southern voters. D. Conflicts showed that the party was deeply split between rural and urban interests.
D. Conflicts showed that the party was deeply split between rural and urban interests.
Which of the following factors contributed to the incredible number of militant strikes that occurred during 1919? Select one: A. Public support for labor unions made strikes more acceptable. B. Employers sought to reinstitute the ten-hour workday. C. American companies fired wartime workers and hired returning soldiers. D. Employers tried to root out labor unions after the war.
D. Employers tried to root out labor unions after the war.
How did American consumers respond to the economic situation in the early 1930s? Select one: A. The drop in prices stimulated a major buying spree for middle-class spenders. B. Many increased their spending in hopes of stimulating the faltering economy. C. Falling production rates meant that few goods were available for Americans to purchase. D. Facing the possibility of hard times and unemployment, most Americans cut back.
D. Facing the possibility of hard times and unemployment, most Americans cut back.
Which of the following describes 1920s jazz? Select one: A. Jazz was rarely recorded or performed publicly because of discriminatory laws against African Americans. B. It expressed, among other things, black Americans' desire to assimilate with the white population. C. It was popular among black southerners but failed to gain acceptance among white northerners. D. Jazz represented a synthesis of African American music forms such as ragtime and the blues.
D. Jazz represented a synthesis of African American music forms such as ragtime and the blues.
The most celebrated jazz soloist of the 1920s was the trumpeter Select one: A. Zora Neale Hurston. B. Duke Ellington. C. Bix Beiderbecke. D. Louis Armstrong.
D. Louis Armstrong.
What was the outcome of the stock market crash of October 1929? Select one: A. Unemployment fell as more and more people entered the workforce to earn extra money. B. Only high-rolling Wall Street investors actually lost money during the months that followed the crash. C. The federal government paid billions of dollars to bank customers who lost their deposits. D. Many middle-class Americans without stock investments lost their life savings when banks failed.
D. Many middle-class Americans without stock investments lost their life savings when banks failed.
Which of the following organizations did President Hoover create in 1931 to stimulate the economy through federal loans to major businesses in 1931 and 1932? Select one: A. Works Progress Administration B. The Economic Recovery Association C. National Industrial Recovery Act D. Reconstruction Finance Corporation
D. Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Which of the following was Roosevelt's initial response to the Supreme Court's declaration that the NRA, the AAA, and other New Deal legislation were unconstitutional? Select one: A. He asked Congress to impeach several justices. B. He ignored it and moved on, making sure subsequent laws were worded more carefully. C. He attempted to change those parts of the legislation the Court found objectionable. D. Roosevelt attempted to pack the Court with his own nominees.
D. Roosevelt attempted to pack the Court with his own nominees.
Which of the following caused the severe recession in 1937 and 1938? Select one: A. Congress increased funds for the WPA. B. The Federal Reserve made it easier for Americans to borrow money. C. Roosevelt embraced deficit spending. D. Roosevelt, Congress, and the Federal Reserve cut spending and attempted to balance the budget.
D. Roosevelt, Congress, and the Federal Reserve cut spending and attempted to balance the budget.
Which New Deal agency was the most accommodating to women? Select one: A. The Civilian Conservation Corps B. The Civil Works Administration C. The National Recovery Administration D. The Works Progress Administration
D. The Works Progress Administration
Which of the following statements describes the role of automobiles in the American economy of the 1920s? Select one: A. Cars' affordability meant that most Americans could buy them. B. Cheap gasoline spurred Americans to migrate to the West. C. The car industry bankrupted the railroads during the 1920s. D. The auto industry played a major role in stimulating prosperity.
D. The auto industry played a major role in stimulating prosperity.
Which of the following rendered the international monetary supply inflexible in the Great Depression during the 1930s? Select one: A. The outflow of capital B. Rising prices C. The trade deficit D. The gold standard
D. The gold standard
How did the rejuvenated Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s differ from its Reconstruction-era form? Select one: A. The new Klan found most of its support in the rural South. B. It abandoned violence in favor of economic boycotts. C. It was a patriotic group, not a racist one. D. The group targeted Catholics and Jews as well as blacks.
D. The group targeted Catholics and Jews as well as blacks.
Which of the following American philosophies influenced Herbert Hoover's initial response to the economic downturn in the early 1930s? Select one: A. Businesses have a responsibility to take care of the needs of their loyal workers. B. The legislative branch, not the executive branch, should take responsibility for the economy. C. Government should provide an economic safety net for the poorest of Americans. D. The market is self-regulating and government should not intervene during a downturn.
D. The market is self-regulating and government should not intervene during a downturn.
Which American ideal caused many Americans to blame themselves for their plight? Select one: A. Protestant work ethic B. Democracy C. Republicanism D. The self-made man
D. The self-made man
Which of the following statements characterizes the Scopes "monkey trial" of 1925? Select one: A. The jury acquitted John Scopes, and modern science claimed victory over religion. B. The trial resulted in a hung jury unable to decide whether Scopes was innocent or guilty. C. The American Civil Liberties Union supported the Tennessee ban on teaching evolution. D. The trial quickly became a media circus.
D. The trial quickly became a media circus.
Throughout the 1920s, the sector of the American economy in the worst shape was Select one: A. railroads. B. manufacturing. C. coal. D. agriculture.
D. agriculture.
During the 1932 presidential campaign, Franklin Roosevelt promised Select one: A. a government takeover of the banks. B. "a chicken in every pot." C. the firing of all radicals in government. D. bold, persistent experimentation.
D. bold, persistent experimentation.
African Americans who served in World War I returned home to find Select one: A. greater access to jobs when they showed their discharge papers. B. less racism from whites than before the war. C. new appreciation for their patriotism. D. discrimination and race riots.
D. discrimination and race riots.
As a result of Roosevelt's embrace of the economic policies of John Maynard Keynes and the need for social welfare legislation, the term liberalism came to be associated with Select one: A. strong government and state ownership of industry. B. strong businesses that provide services to ensure workers' welfare. C. weak government and an unregulated free market. D. government intervention to guarantee citizens' basic welfare.
D. government intervention to guarantee citizens' basic welfare.
President Roosevelt differed from President Hoover because of Select one: A. his commitment to maintaining the nation's basic institutions. B. his belief in the basic morality of a balanced budget. C. a belief in the value of hard work, cooperation, and sacrifice. D. his personal charisma and willingness to experiment.
D. his personal charisma and willingness to experiment.
The rise of the Ku Klux Klan and the National Origins Act represented a resurgence of Select one: A. fundamentalism. B. jingoism. C. religious revival. D. nativism.
D. nativism.
Between 1935 and 1943, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Select one: A. supplied federal grants to hundreds of relief programs run by the states. B. spent more than $100 billion on extravagant luxuries for political insiders. C. reached 90 percent of the unemployed, easing their suffering. D. paid civilians to build bridges, public buildings, parks, and airports.
D. paid civilians to build bridges, public buildings, parks, and airports.
For southern black sharecroppers, the New Deal's AAA often meant that Select one: A. they received significant federal support. B. more were able to farm. C. they received more land to farm. D. they were pushed off their land.
D. they were pushed off their land.
Hoover was hated during the Depression, partially because of the public perception that he Select one: A. led the nation deeply into debt. B. refused to give the federal government a role in stabilizing agriculture. C. had caused the stock market crash through his fiscal policies. D. was insensitive to people's suffering and was a do-nothing president.
D. was insensitive to people's suffering and was a do-nothing president.