New Deal + Great Depression Topic Questions

The establishment of a stronger economic regulatory system during the Great Depression most closely reflected a continuity with which of the following?

Efforts to restrict the excesses of corporations during the Progressive Era

The policies passed in response to the Great Depression contributed to a change in which of the following earlier popular beliefs?

Government should be noninterventionist during economic downturns.

Advertisement for radios, published in 1923 Which of the following best explains a long-term result of the development depicted in the excerpt?

New forms of mass media contributed to the spread of national culture.

Levi C. Hubert, African American journalist, essay reflecting on life in Harlem in the 1920s, written in 1938 Which of the following contributed to Hubert's criticism in the excerpt of White Americans who visited Harlem in the 1920s?

Ongoing public debates over how to improve race relations

Governmental policies enacted during the New Deal most strongly demonstrate a continuity with which of the following earlier developments?

Progressive reformers demanded stricter regulation of the economy.

Democratic Party support by a new coalition of workers and African Americans during the 1930s was most similar to that of

Republican Party support following the Civil War

Advertisement for radios, published in 1923 The development depicted in the excerpt had most in common with which of the following earlier developments?

The expansion of the telegraph system during the Gilded Age

The impact of the Great Depression on agriculture in the United States continued which of the following trends?

The farm labor force diminished in size as the economy industrialized.

Advertisement for radios, published in 1923 The excerpt best reflects which of the following changes to United States society compared to previous periods?

The growth of a consumer culture that emphasized leisure time

Patterns of migration in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s were most similar to which of the following earlier patterns of migration?

The immigration of Europeans to Northern cities in the United States during the Gilded Age

Levi C. Hubert, African American journalist, essay reflecting on life in Harlem in the 1920s, written in 1938 The excerpt best reflects which of the following developments by the 1920s?

The movement of African Americans during the Great Migration

Levi C. Hubert, African American journalist, essay reflecting on life in Harlem in the 1920s, written in 1938 Which of the following best explains a context for the development depicted in the excerpt?

Urban centers provided African Americans with opportunities for artistic expression.