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