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1 Name: ate: 1. The creation of the Tennessee Valley uthority (TV) best illustrates the New eal s commitment to. financial reform.. agricultural relief.. rural electrification.. industrial recovery. 3. Use the following statements to answer the following question(s). The 18th mendment to the onstitution became the law of the land in January This Noble Experiment, as it was called, is considered by most to have been a dismal failure. Many believe the 18th mendment gave birth to organized crime and created more problems than it solved. The statements above describe which event?. civil rights. Prohibition. immigration. suffrage 2. Why did people in the Great epression call their temporary settlement communities Hoovervilles?. President Hoover was very popular during the depression.. They blamed President Hoover for the depression.. They wanted to remember President Hoover.. President Hoover grew up in similar housing. 4. How did the ust owl affect the Great Plains during the Great epression?. Thousands of families left for the West oast.. It brought economic prosperity to urban areas.. Thousands of individuals relocated to the East.. It caused a population decline in northeastern cities. page 1

2 5. Franklin Roosevelt s immediate response to the banking crisis after becoming president was to. declare a bank holiday that closed banks in the United States for several days.. nationalize the banks to ensure they were following federal regulations.. establish the Federal Reserve to reduce the possibility of another bank emergency.. borrow money from foreign banks to support the U.S. banking industry. 8. Which legislative action, during the administration of Franklin Roosevelt, had the greatest effect on resolving the problems of the economy and protecting the elderly from poverty?. the establishment of a minimum wage. the insurance of federal deposits. the enactment of Social Security. the building of suburbs 6. What was a challenge to religious fundamentalism in the 1920s?. the sermons of illy Sunday 9. The photograph below shows the results of a government policy in the 1900s.. the teachings of John T. Scopes. the speeches of William Jennings ryan. the broadcasts of imee Semple McPherson 7. Why did the onus rmy march to Washington,.., in 1932?. The army was preparing for World War II.. The apitol needed extra soldiers to protect it from riots.. President Hoover requested their support for his policies. With which set of government policies is the photograph associated?. the Fair eal. the New eal. the New Frontier. the Great Society. Jobless veterans wanted their bonuses paid early. page 2

3 10. The economic depression of the 1930s was ended by the 13. From , people in the United States were caught up in the Red Scare, which was a fear of. demand for manufactured goods caused by World War II.. effects of the New eal on the United States economy.. removal of federal regulations on the stock market.. baby boom and the resulting rise of suburbs.. the government being taken over by business interests.. the government being influenced by communists.. the country being invaded by a foreign army.. corporations being controlled by labor unions. 11. Which evidence showed that the prosperity of the 1920s was an illusion? 14.. Prices on consumer goods decreased.. Overseas investments declined.. The income gap between workers and managers decreased.. Many people increased their debt. 12. Which group supported the prohibition of alcohol during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?. the transcendentalists. the abolitionists. the Women s hristian Temperance Union. the National merican Women Suffrage ssociation The trend illustrated on the graph above contributed the most to the. decrease in road construction projects.. growth of suburban developments.. decreased role of government in daily life.. increasing importance of public transportation systems. page 3

4 15. Harlem Renaissance Timeline 1917 frican-merican publication The Messenger is founded 1920 harles Sidney Gilpin performs lead role in The Emperor Jones 1921 Harry Pace founds the lack Swan Phonograph orporation 1921 Musical revue Shuffle long opens on roadway 1922 laude McKay s novel Harlem Shadows published 1925 Survey Graphic magazine devotes an issue to the Harlem Renaissance How was the Harlem Renaissance a turning point for U.S. society?. It allowed frican-merican artists to escape the effects of the Great epression. 17. Poor economic conditions in the South ecreases in the number of agricultural jobs in the South Manufacturing jobs available in the North frican merican workers recruited by northern agents Which of the following is an appropriate title for the factors listed in the box above?. reation of the NP. Effects of Jim row Laws. auses of the Great Migration. Impact of the Harlem Renaissance. It helped frican mericans find artistic careers in southern cities.. It gave exposure to frican-merican writings, art, music, acting, and dance.. It offered preferential treatment to frican-merican stage actors. 18. Years Immigrants ,295, , What did the flapper image of the 1920s represent for U.S. women?. changing religious roles. a challenge to traditional values. greater political influence. more educational opportunities This chart shows a trend in immigration to the United States from What is the most likely cause of this trend?. Economic depression. Education restrictions. Expansion to the West. Increased industrialization page 4

5 19. The photograph shows a common form of entertainment in the 1920s. 20. Which roman numeral on the map above correctly shows the location of the 1930s ust owl?. I. II. III. IV The photograph could be used in a museum exhibit about which trend in merican history?. Rise of a mass culture. Rise of a youth-based counterculture. Role of urbanization in preserving traditional culture 21.. Role of immigrants in the formation of urban culture Why did the number of votes cast in the U.S. Presidential election rise by 8.2 million from 1916 to 1920?. The Nineteenth mendment gave millions of women the right to vote.. The people were excited about voting on the issue of Prohibition.. emobilization of the military released millions of men for voting.. Warren G. Harding's call for normalcy energized the voters. page 5

6 22. Marcus Garvey s program in the 1920s emphasized 25. This photograph was taken in vocational training.. a back to frica movement.. integration into mainstream society.. separate but equal doctrines. Source: NR s a result of events like this, what occurred that altered the landscape of the United States? 23. Which factor led directly to the stock market crash of 1929?. buying on the margin. an increase in advertising. decreased worker productivity. the popularity of the automobile. People constructed dams to irrigate land.. People abandoned farms to move westward.. Urban areas experienced a decline in industrial production.. Suburban areas experienced a growth in commercial activity. 24. Marcus Garvey s ack to frica movement and the creation of the National ssociation for the dvancement of olored People (NP) were both early twentieth century responses to. the passage of more restrictive immigration laws.. the growth of communism in the South.. the practice of racial discrimination in the United States. 26. In the United States, the ust owl mainly affected. miners in the Northeast.. farmers in the Midwest.. loggers in the Northwest.. fishermen in the Southeast.. the desegregation of World War I combat units. page 6

7 27. fter the U.S. Supreme ourt ruled that several New eal programs were unconstitutional, how did President Franklin Roosevelt try to influence future decisions of the ourt?. by asking important congressmen to start impeachment charges against several court justices. by appointing a new chief to the Supreme ourt. by paying bribes to several justices. by trying to increase the number of Supreme ourt justices 29. What was the purpose of the federal Works Progress dministration (WP)?. to track cost overruns in state Medicare programs. to monitor corporate compliance with Federal Reserve regulations. to provide jobs to unemployed workers during the New eal. to judge the benefits of military spending after the expensive Manhattan Project 28. Read the quotation below. Our greatest primary task is to put people to work.... It can be accomplished in part by direct recruiting by the Government itself, treating the task as we would treat the emergency of a war.... Franklin. Roosevelt, March 4,1933 ased on the quotation above, Franklin. Roosevelt most likely worked to. increase profits of corporate monopolies. promote the general welfare of the nation. limit the power of the federal government. decrease government restrictions on land use 30. The great majority of mericans may be depressed. They may not be well pleased with the way business and government have been carried on, and they may not be at all sure that they know exactly how to remedy the trouble. They may be feeling dispirited. ut there is one thing they are not, and that is beaten. Gerald W. Johnson, Journalist, 1932 Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the quotation above?. Most mericans were unaware of the nation s problems.. Many mericans left the United States to settle in Europe.. majority of mericans refused to give in to their problems.. mericans developed a sense of hopelessness. page 7

8 31. Have you an automobile yet? No, I talked it over with John and he felt we could not afford one. Mr. Judge who lives in your town has one and they are not as well off as you are. Yes, I know. Their second installment came due, and they had no money to pay it. What did they do? Lose the car? No, they got the money and paid the installment. How did they get the money? They sold the cook-stove. How could they get along without a cook-stove? They didn t. They bought another on the installment plan. 33. Early in the epression, the Hoover dministration established the Reconstruction Finance orporation to. make direct grants to unemployed workers.. loan money to banks, insurance companies, and other depressed businesses.. purchase merican manufactured goods for export to foreign markets.. guarantee a minimum income to all of the nation s farmers. excerpt from Personal Voice, 1920s The excerpt above suggests that one of the causes of the Great epression was the increasing. price of consumer products.. level of consumer debt.. availability of imported goods.. emphasis on saving money. 34. What was the primary reason for Franklin Roosevelt declaring a bank holiday early in his first term?. He wanted to acknowledge the role bankers had played in minimizing the effects of the stock market crash.. He wanted to have time to develop a general plan to protect the savings of most mericans.. He wanted to encourage bankers to foreclose on the homes and farms of borrowers who failed to pay their loans. 32. n important factor that influenced Franklin Roosevelt s victory over Herbert Hoover in the Presidential election of 1932 was the. He wanted as many people as possible in the banking industry to attend a meeting with the head of the newly created Federal eposit Insurance orporation.. end of World War I.. beginning of World War II.. passage of the layton ntitrust ct.. continuation of the Great epression. 35. frican mericans migrated to the North in great numbers after World War I to take advantage of. cheap farmland.. job opportunities.. social acceptance.. political rights. page 8

9 36. Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes had which of the following in common? 38.. They were leaders involved with the 1960s civil rights movement.. They were initial members of President Franklin Roosevelt s lack abinet.. They were writers associated with the Harlem Renaissance.. They were outspoken opponents to U.S. involvement in Vietnam. How did the trend on the graph most affect the distribution of population in the United States?. usiness districts in large cities grew.. People began to move in increasing numbers to suburban areas.. Industries were forced to relocate to rural areas.. People were forced to live closer to their jobs. 37. Use the following list to answer the question. Key evelopments for the United States in the 1920s easy credit and a rise in consumer debt growing unemployment in key industries such as construction overproduction and declining farm income buying stocks on margin and soaring stock prices What was significant about the developments shown above for the United States in the 1920s?. They were causes of World War II.. They were signs of difficulties within the U.S. economy. 39. To many alifornians, the arrival of the ust owl refugees of the mid 1930s represented. a welcome addition to the labor force.. a source of much needed capital investment.. new markets for alifornia businesses.. unwanted additions to the ranks of the unemployed.. They demonstrated the ability of the Federal Reserve to control the money supply.. They led to legislation restricting immigration to the United States. page 9

10 40. Use the excerpt below to answer the following question. 42. One effect of widespread suburbanization in the United States during the 1920s was I introduced in ongress and supported other measures to bring about the sharing of our wealth when first reached the United States Senate in January Since then I have been abused in the newspapers and over the radio for everything under the sun. Now that I am pressing this program, the lies and abuse in the big newspapers and over the radio are a matter of daily occurrence. It will all become greater with this effort. Expect that. Meantime go ahead with the work to organize a share-our-wealth society. Which person from Louisiana made this statement in 1934?. Huey Long. Lavinia Egan. Jimmie avis. Robert Kennon. airlines adding routes to new cities.. increased reliance upon the automobile.. decreased immigration from Europe and sia.. television replacing radio as the most popular medium. 43. The 1920s phenomenon called the Harlem Renaissance primarily involved frican merican. artists and writers.. architects and builders.. politicians and business leaders.. baseball and basketball players. 41. Which heading best completes this diagram? 44. The primary objective of Harlem Renaissance writers was to. encourage militant protest among frican mericans.. Prohibition. Music. Propaganda. Fundamentalists. support educational programs for frican mericans.. improve literacy rates among frican mericans.. generate pride in frican merican culture. page 10

11 45. Social Security was a New eal program designed to. foster the growth of trade unions.. promote recovery through economic development.. give direct aid to merican businesses.. provide a minimum retirement income. 48. In 1934, President Franklin. Roosevelt created the Securities and Exchange ommission (SE) as part of the New eal. What was the main purpose of the Securities and Exchange ommission?. to restrict the manufacture and sale of alcohol. to regulate the stock and bond markets against fraud. to establish tariffs on imported commercial and agricultural goods. to provide employment for men in the armed forces and border patrol 46. What New eal program employed large numbers of artists and writers during the Great epression?. National Recovery dministration (NR). griculture djustment dministration (). Works Progress dministration (WP). National Youth dministration (NY) 49. How did New eal programs and policies change the role of the federal government in domestic affairs? 47. Which statement correctly describes the Great Migration of ?. Migration of more than one million farmers from the Plains states to the West oast during the ust owl. Migration of hundreds of thousands of frican mericans to northern industrial cities in search of jobs. States were given the exclusive power to implement relief programs for unemployment.. The federal government expanded its role by providing for the welfare of its citizens.. The federal government implemented new security procedures by interning suspected traitors and spies.. States were granted authority to regulate businesses within their boundaries.. Immigration of 40,000 hinese to the United States in order to work on the transcontinental railroad. Immigration of over one million persons of Irish descent to the United States for work in industrial centers in the Northeast page 11

12 It is my belief that while they have stirred discontent in our midst, while they have caused irritating strikes, and while they have infected our social ideas with the disease of their own minds and their unclean morals we can get rid of them! and not until we have done so shall we have removed the menace of olshevism [communism] for good. ttorney General. Mitchell Palmer, 1920 In the quotation above, ttorney General Palmer explained the reason for the. Red Scare.. Scopes Trial. 52. This table summarizes cultural characteristics of the 1920s. Traditionalizm 1920s Women as homemakers elief in creationism Support for temperance Modernism 1920s Women in the workplace elief in evolution? Which feature of the 1920s replaces the question mark in the table above?. Emphasis on agrarian values. Popularity of speakeasies. Support for prohibition. Use of referendum. internment of Japanese mericans.. passage of the hinese Exclusion ct. 53. Franklin Roosevelt s New eal was based on the three Rs. Which of the following is not one of the three Rs?. Relief. Recovery. Reform. Restitution 51. What did President Franklin Roosevelt wish to achieve through deficit spending?. Trade agreements with foreign countries. Job creation for the unemployed workers. Government control of industrial production. Government ownership of the financial sector 54. Which factor contributed to the stock market crash of 1929?. overspeculation. government regulation of big business. decreased investment in business. increased agricultural prices page 12

13 55. Use the graphic organizer to answer the question. 57. frican-merican Migrations, The graphic organizer identifies effects of a New eal program from the 1930s. Which New eal program best completes the graphic organizer?. Tennessee Valley uthority (TV). Work Projects dministration (WP). ivilian onservation orps (). gricultural djustment dministration () This map shows the percentage change in frican-merican population from Which is the most likely reason for the change shown in the map?. No racial discrimination in the northern states. Increased job opportunities in the northern states. Large casjalties from the war in the southern states. any agricultural opportunities in the southern states 56. Which weakness in the merican economy of the 1920s contributed to the Great epression?. High taxation kept consumer spending at a low level.. The richest mericans speculated in the stock market.. Easy access to credit allowed many mericans to spend more than they earned.. usinesses were unable to find enough skilled workers to operate new production machinery. page 13

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