APUSH Ch. 22-24

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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


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