History Quiz 3 Study
relief to farmers and rise in farm prices
AAA
This legislation was used to reduce farm production and purchase surplus crops.
Agriculture Adjustment Act (AAA)
Why were Americans disinterested in President Wilson's programs after the Great War? DELETED
Americans wanted to forget the war and enjoy life, Americans were tired of causes and reforms.
program giving jobs in conservation
CCC
government evaluation of banks
Emergency Banking Act
a white-supremacy organization
Ku Klux Klan
Something bought and sold is a ________
commodity
against change; keeping the present order of things
conservative
the state of finances and resources of a nation
economy
Harding's Presidential program
normalcy
This legislation provided work, food, housing, clothes, and a small salary for thousands of young men.
Civilian Conservative Corps (CCC)
an immigration restriction
Emergency Quota Act
T/F? Americans experienced increases in taxes under Harding.
F
T/F? Unions provided higher wages and longer work weeks in the early 1920s.
F
T/F?Most executives and workers were unemployed during the Depression.
F
awarded money to states for work relief
FERA
T/F? Supporters of a just peace were successful at the Paris peace talks.
False
T/F? The peace treaty ending World War I was signed in Berlin by the Germans.
False
T/F? Wilson's Fourteen Points were accepted as a basis for the peace treaty following WW1
False
What Act made five hundred million dollars available for unemployment relief?
Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA)
Roosevelt's initial program to pass much legislation
First Hundred Days
Select the true statements regarding Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He used fireside chats to speak to the nation. He was a younger brother of Theodore Roosevelt. Under his leadership, unemployment was reduced. The Supreme Court supported his efforts. He ended the Great Depression. He sought good relations with Latin America.
He used fireside chats to speak to the nation. Under his leadership, unemployment was reduced. He sought good relations with Latin America.
Which of the following are true of Franklin Delano Roosevelt? He was afflicted with polio. He had the same approach to the Depression as Hoover. He had served as a governor and in the Senate. His confidence gave hope to the nation. He was governor of Texas. He believed in slow, cautious legislation.
He was afflicted with polio. He had served as a governor and in the Senate. His confidence gave hope to the nation.
How did Hoover react to the Depression? (DELETED)
He would not provide as many government programs as people demanded. He relied on the private business sector to pull the nation out.
Why is "just peace" a better policy than "peace of vengeance?"
Just peace requires no violence and is fair.
the fifteen-nation agreement for settling disputes peacefully
Kellogg-Briand Peace
legislation for raise in farm prices
McNary-Haugen Bills
curbed competition practices in business
NIRA
This Act was designed to restart American industry but it only succeeded in influencing wages, child labor abuses, and collective bargaining.
National Industry Recovery Act (NIRA)
Roosevelt's recovery program
New Deal
The stock market crashed on _______.
October 29, 1929
the forbidding of the sale of liquor
Prohibition
This legislation provided aid to the elderly.
Social Security Act
T/F? Between the years of 1923 and 1929, America enjoyed one of the most affluent periods in its history.
T
T/F? Higher wages and entertainment attracted many people to the cities.
T
T/F? The veterans' march on Washington and the National Farmers' Holiday Association resulted from pent-up frustrations.
T
T/F?After World War I, Americans wanted world involvement without military entanglements.
T
T/F?Harding's internal problems were caused by dishonest associates.
T
illegal leasing of federal oil reserves
Teapot Dome Scandal
flood control and conservation in the Tennessee Valley
Tennessee Valley Act (TVA)
T/F? The League of Nations proposed to settle disputes between nations in a peaceful manner.
True
T/F? Wilson's programs of reform and change met opposition following World War I.
True
financial relief for Germany
Young Plan
Select the 3 factors that caused immigration limits to be enforced: DELETED
an increase in crime and disease the threat of cheap labor to American workers harm to American unity in war times
What was the one thing that was not true of Wilson's Fourteen Points? DELEETED
became a major part of the treaty
Select the (3) programs Coolidge instituted in his term in office: (DELETED!)
bonuses for World War I veterans continued immigration restriction tax reduction
Rejection of the League of Nations by the United States did everything except: DELETED
contribute to its collapse within a few years
capable of being believed
credibility
the limiting of military equipment
disarmament
Select the changes (5) the United States experienced after World War I: DEULETED
disarmament restrictive immigration urbanization a return to noninvolvement in world affairs Prohibition
The following are all provisions of the Treaty of Versailles except: DELETED!
ending foreign occupation of Germany
successful; wealthy
prosperous
the mass movement of people to the nation's cities
urbanization