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2nd history test
ch. 24 and 25 things I need to study
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Was Marcus Garvey an author, musician, or political activist? | political activist |
| Was Louis Armstrong an author, musician, or political activist? | musician |
| Was Duke Ellington an author, musician, or political activist? | musician |
| Was Langston Hughes an author, musician, or political activist? | author |
| Was Claude Mckay an author, musician, or political activist? | author |
| Was Bessie Smith an author, musician, or political activist? | musician |
| Was James Weldon Johnson an author, musician, or political activist? | author |
| Was Countee Cullen an author, musician, or political activist? | author |
| Was Bill "Bojangles" Robinson an author, musician, or political activist? | musician |
| Was Ma Rainey an author, musician, or political activist? | musician |
| The Harlem Renaissance | A flowering of American Culture and burst of creativity in the 1920's. |
| Capitalism | An economic system based on private property and free enterprise. |
| Bolsheviks/Communists/"Reds" | People with radical views that are anarchists/ |
| Recession | A downward turn in business activity. |
| Speakeasies | An illegal bar or club that sold alcohol and you had to say a secret password to enter. |
| Flappers | A young woman of the 1920's who defied conventions in her behavior and dress. |
| Gross National Product | The total value of all goods and services produced by a nations residents during a year, regardless of where production takes place. |
| Expatriate | A person who gives up his or her home country and chooses to live in another country. |
| Bootlegging | Making aand selling illegal alcohol. |
| Isolationism | A national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs. |
| What is the "Red Scare"? | The "Red Scare" was the cause of people being afraid of anarchists because of various things they did to try and overthrow the government. |
| What is the Five-Power Treaty? | This treaty limited the size of nations navies and the treaty was the first time in modern history that world powers agreed to disarm. |
| What is the Kellog-Briand Pact? | This Pact outlawed war. |
| What is the Eighteenth Amendment? | This amendment established prohibition which banned manufacturing, selling, and transporting of liquor throughout the United States. |
| What is the Nineteenth Amendment? | This Amendment guarantted women in all states the righ to vote. |
| What is the Emergency Quota Act? | This law established a quota system which is an arrangement placing a limit on the number of immigrants from each country. |
| What is the Scopes trial? | The trial was about a high school teacher that broke the law and taught evolution. Scopes got support of the Civil Liberties Union and won the case. |
| What is the Sacco and Vanzetti case and what feelings did it reveale of the U.S. public. | Sacco and Vanzetti robbed a shoe factory and shot and killed a guard and paymaster. Then the police arrested them. Both of the men went to court and were sentenced th death penalty. The fellings that it reavealed from the U.S. public was worry, fear, noch |
| What were the actions of Calvin Coolidge in the Boston police force strike? | He gave a speach about it and fired the wole Boston police force. |
| What is the name of the corruption scandal that symbolized Harding's administration and presidency? | The Teapot Dome Scandal. |
| Who is Babe Ruth? | A great outfielder who hit sixty home runs in 1927 which is a record that would stand for 34 years. |
| What is the Jazz Singer? | The first movie with sound aka the first "talkie". |
| How did the automobile production help boost other industries? How did the car boom change American economic and social life? | Businesses along major roads thrived.Tourism grew. Affected industries that built things that are i cars like rubber for tire. Oil industry started refining gas for cars. It changed American economic life because people could now have a job that is far |
| Who is Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis? | Charles Lindbergh is the first person to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean and he flew in his plane called the Spirit of St. Louis. |
| Who is Will Rogers? | Will Rogers grew up in the West roping cattle. He got jobs with Wild West shows. Started a newspaper column. Then he got his own radio show and people were looking at Rogers as a National Treasure. Rogers died in a plane crash near Point Barrow Alaska. |
| What is Frankling D. Roosevelt known for, accomplished, and/or why they are important? | FDR is known for being president, he accomplished being elected president, helping the Great Depression greatly so the U.S. economy may recover, restored confidence in banks, created the new deal. He is important because he is president of the U.S. |
| What is John Steinbeck known for, accomplished, and/or why they are important? | He is known for his powerful novel about farm families fleeing the dust bowl. He accomplished making that novel and making it a movie. He is important because he made people notice what life was like as a farmer in the dust bowl. |
| What is the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) | The CCC provided jobs for young men to plant trees and build bridges. |
| What is the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) | It paid farmers not to grow certain crops. |
| What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). | It insured savings accounts in banks approved by the government. |
| What is the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). | Punished dishonest stockbrockers and speculators. |
| What is the Social Security Act (SSA) and whom did it help? | The SSA created a tax on workers and employers. That money provided monthly pensions for retired people. The SSA helped people with disabilities, the elderly poor, and children of parents who could not support them. |
| What is the Public Works Administration (PWA)? | It built ports, schools, and aircraft carriers. |
| What is the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)? | It built dams to provide cheap electric power to seven Southern states; set up |
| What is the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)? | It gave relief to unemployed and needy. |
| What is a Hooverville? | A Hooverville is a shantytown but is called a Hooverville because of president Hoovers failure to act. What is New Guinea? |
| What was the Bonus Army and what did they want? | The Bonus Army was a large group of WW1 veterans. They wanted the $1,000 that the government said they would give them in 1945 but it was 1943. |
| What was the Dust Bowl and what caused it? | The states that were most affected by the Dust Bowl were Western Kansas, Oklahoma, Northern Texas, Eastern Colorado, and New Mexico. |
| What types of radio programs were popular during the Great Depression? How did they get their name? | Soap Operas became popular and they got their name because they were daytime dramas that were sponsored by laundry detergents. Also programs called Dick Tracy, The Love Ranger and Superman were famous. Also comedy shows got a lot of attention also. |
| How did the Great Depression affect African Americans? | More than half of the African American population was unemployed and their jobs were taken by white people who lost theirs. The collapse of farm prices crushed African American farmers. President Roosevelt appointed a number of African Americans to feder |
| How did FDR attempt to prevent the Supreme Court from undoing the New Deal? | He asked the Congress to increase the number of justices on the Court from 9 to 15, saying that the 9 justices were overworked. |
| What is the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) | It paid farmers not to grow certain crops. |
| Why did the Supreme Court rule some new deal programs unconstitutional?= | Because they thought the government was exceeding their lawful powers |
| Who were FDR's main supporters in the 1936 election? What group of people would most likely NOT vote for him | His main supporters were the democrats. The people who were most likely not to vote for him were the Republicans |
| What was the New Deal | The name given to the new laws aimed at releiving the Depression, which were passed by Congress during the Hundred Days and the months that followed |
| What were four major factors that led to the Great Depression | Income gap between rich and poor grows, overuse of credit to make purchases, sales lag, and high tariffs and war debts. |
| What is Benny Goodman and Glen Miller known for, accomplished, and/or why are they important | Benny Goodman and Glen Miller were musicians and they were band directors of swing music |
| What is Eleanor Roosevelt known for, accomplished, and/or why is she important? | She is known for being FDR's wife. She is also known for making fact finding trips for FDR when he had polio. She is important because she campaigned for women and minorities. She also accomplished getting her own newspaper column. |
| What is Frances Perkins known for, accomplished, and/or why is she important? | Frances Perkins is known for being FDR's secretary. She accomplished being the first woman to serve in the cabinet. |
| What is Shirley Temple known for, accomplished, and/or why is she important? | Shirley Temple is known for being a child movie star. She accomplished being very famous and making a lot of money. She is important because she brought happiness to people during the depression. |
| What is the Great Depression? | The Great Depression was an economic collapse of our economic system. |
| What does default mean? | To fail to meet an obligation, especially a financial one. |
| What is a migrant worker? | A person who moves from place to place to find work harvesting fruits and vegetables. |
| What is a fireside chat? | It is when the president would sit beside his fireplace and talk through the radio. This helped restore confidence in banks |
| What is Black Thursday? | It is the day when millions of shares were sold because of declining prices |
| What areas, and groups of people, were the hardest hit by the Great Depression? Why? | African Americans Because they were a minority and already life was hard for them, then the Great Depression made it worse. Poor people were hit hard because they already did not have much money or supplies and the Great Depression just made it worse. Po |
| How did Hoover handle the Depression? | He called on business leaders not to cut wages or production of goods and on charities to do their best for the needy. He also said that if citizens volunteered more and local governments would volunteer more is what would bring us through the Depression. |
| How did Hoover Handle the Depression/ (cont.) | He then authorized federal spending on public works to creat jobs. Then he made the RFC which lent money to businesses. |
| How did FDR handle the depression? | Started the Brain Trust. Created the New Deal. |
| Why did the stock market crash? | Buying on margin, many people sold their stocks, |
| How did talkies change the role of actors? | Actors now had to memeorize lines and say them |
| How did sound change some silent stars popularity? | Some stars were not as good when they had to speak. |
| What were two aviation inventions in the Great Depression? | monoplanes and rocket engines. |
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