History Quiz 3 answers

According to Foner and lecture, the FDIC ensures that every dollar that a U.S. citizen deposits into a banking institution is ensured by the US treasury

True

According to class lecture, Adolf Hitler modeled the Nazi Sterilization Law based on existing U.S. laws

True

According to class lecture, jazz music represented a revolution because it was popular among all teenagers and helped promote racial integration

True

According to lecture, federal drug laws in the U.S. made the sale and distribution of marijuana illegal largely because it became associated with use by Black jazz musicians and Hispanic farmworkers

True

According to lecture, poverty rates in the U.S. correlate with unemployment rates

True

Which of the following was NOT a reason for the spread of the Jazz music throughout the U.S. during the 1920s

Racial oppression throughout the North

What dictator gained power due to help from the U.S. Marines in the 1920s and 1930s?

Somoza in Nicaragua

According to Foner and lecture, the First New Deal was focused on

economic recovery

According to Foner and lecture, the Second New Deal was focused on

economic security

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was founded in 1920 to help protect:

freedom of speech

What was Marcus Garvey a fierce proponent of?

Black Nationalism

According to lecture, which one of the following reasons was NOT a factor that contributed to the Red Summer of 1919

Black workers attacking white workers

According to Foner and lecture, the Red Line Agreement of 1928 established that British, French, and U.S. oil corporations share half of their profits with the Western Asian and Latin American nations in which they operated.

False

According to Foner and lecture, the Social Security Act of 1935 extended the idea of the "social safety net" to all U.S. citizens

False

According to lecture, the Treaty of Versailles mandates established Arab self-determination (sovereignty) in the new Western Asian nations of Syria, Palestine, and Mesopotamia.

False

According to Foner and lecture, during the Roaring Twenties, the flapper became a marketable sex symbol used to sell everything from cigarettes to automobiles

True

According to Foner and lecture, what was chiefly responsible for ending the Great Depression in the U.S. during the 1940s?

World War II