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APUSH Unit 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dillusioned by war and peace, Americans in the 1920s did all of the following EXCEPT | struggle to achieve economic prosperity |
| The Ku Klux Klan virtually collapsed in the late 1920s when | the organization was publicly exposed as a corrupt and cynical racket |
| Immigration restrictions of the 1920s were intriduced as a result of | the nativist belief that northern Europeans were superior to southern and eastern Europeans |
| The immediate outcome of the 1925 Scopes Trial was that | biology teacher John Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution and fined |
| All of the following helped to make the prosperity of the 1920s possible EXCEPT | government stimulation of the economy |
| During the 1920s, large numbers of Americans were able to purchase relatively expensice automobiles, appliances, and radios through the relatively new innovayion of | consumer credit |
| Margaret Sanger was most noted for her advocacy of | birth control |
| The most tenacious pursuer of radical elements during the Red Scare of the early 1920s was | A. Mitchell Palmer |
| The Immigration Act of 1924 discriminated directly against | southern and eastern Europeans and Japanese |
| One major impact of prohibition was | a rise in criminal organizations that supplied illegal liquor |
| What group(s) most strongly resisted the Volstead Act? | Everyone that wanted to drink in America. The Volstead Act, which reinforced the prohibition of alcohol. |
| What city illustarted the biggest example of lawlessness and gangsterism in the 1920s? | Chicago |
| Other than his solo flight, what made Lindbergh such an American hero? | his wholsome youthfulness contrasted with the cynicism and debunking of the jazz age |
| Enforcements of the Volstead Act met the strongest resistance from | immigrants and big city residents |
| In response to the need to the need to develop greater and greater mass market for their products, American businessess in the 1920s relied especially on the new techniques of | consumer advertising |
| Of the following, the one least related to the other four is | Frederick W. Taylor |
| As a result of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff of 1930 | the worldwide depression deepened |
| President Hoover beleived that the Great Depression could be ended by doing all the following EXCEPT | providing direct aid to the people |
| The major new agency established by the Hoover administration to address the deepening depression was the | Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) |
| The Expeditionary Force marched oon Washington DC in 1932 to demand | immediate full payments promised to World War I veterans |
| The most vigorous "champion of the dispossessed" - that is, the poor and minorities - in Roosevelt's administration | Eleanor Roosevelt |
| The phrase Hundred DAys refers to the | flood of legislation passed by Congress in the first months of FDR's presidency |
| The Works Progress Administration was a major_____ program of the New Deal; the Public Works Adminitration was a long-range _______ program; and the Social Security Act was a major ______ program | relief; recovery; reform |
| The most immediate emergency facing FDR when he became president in MArch 1933 was | collapse of nearly the entire banking system |
| Senator Huey Long of Louisiana gained a large national following by promising to | "share the wealth" by raising taxes on rich and giving every family $5000 |
| The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) proposed to solve the farm problem by | reducing agricultural production |
| All of the following contributed to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s EXCEPT | farmers' failure to use steam tractors and other modern equipment |
| The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 attempted to | reverse the forced assimilation of Natives and allow them establish self-government |
| The Wagner Act of 1935 proved to be a trailblazing law that | gave labor the right to bargain collectively |
| President Roosevelt's Court-packing scheme in 1937 reflected his desire to make the Supreme Court | more sympathetic to New Deak programs |
| Teapot Dome Scandal | a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1920 to 1923, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding. |
| NLA beneficial to whom? | unskilled workers |
| Kellogg-Briand Pact | out lawed the war between many countries; by 64 nations, agreed to resolve all international disputes peacefully |
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