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Test Chapter 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name a new type of entertainment introduced during the 1920's. | Motion Pictures and Radio |
| What was the outcome of the Elizabethton Strikes? | After much violence, strikers got shorter work hours and higher pay. |
| What were the first "100 Days?" | FRD's first 100 days in office when he kept his promise of starting a New Deal. |
| What is the Butler Act? | The law passed to prohibit teaching of evolution in TN public schools. |
| How did buying on credit cause people in the 1920's to pay interest? | Banks loaned people money and charged interest on the amount borrowed. |
| What caused the Dust Bowl? | Too much plowing, farming, and grazing meant wind blew away the topsoil. |
| Name the major cause of the Great Depression. | Stock Market Crashed |
| List the two types of music popular during the 1920's. | Ragtime and Blues |
| Why did Charles Lindbergh become a hero? | 1st person to fly solo across the Atlantic. |
| Why did Garnet and Frieda Carter open Rock City? | They wanted money from ticket sales during the depression. |
| What did Herbert Hoover think of the Great Depression? | He thought it was temporary, and he thought thw worst of the Depression was over. |
| What were Governor Austin Peay's two main concerns for Tennessee? | Education (Schools) and Roads |
| What change happened to the Great Smoky Mountains? | It was turned into a National Park. |
| How did TVA help Tennessee? | The Tennessee Valley Authority brought jobs, dams, and electricity to Tennessee. |
| Who won the election of 1932? | FDR |
| What were the effects of the stock market crash on the United States Economy? | The stock market crashed on Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929. Some people lost all their money. The people that borrowed money to buy stock had nothing to show for their debt. Panic!! |
| Describe life during the Great Depression. | Stock market crashed, people lost their jobs, banks closed, people lived in shanty towns called Hoovervilles. Soup Kitchen. Patched clothes. People struggled to survive. |
| What was life like During the Roaring Twenties? | Booming economy, buying on credit, ragtime/blues, people having a great time. "Let the good times roll." |
| Tell at least two facts about Austin Peay. | Streamlined TN State Government. His focus was roads funded by gas tax. He wanted education funded by tobacco tax. |
| Tell at least two facts about Franklin Delano Roosevelt. | New Deal, TVA, Polio, Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA). |
| Tell at least two facts about Herbert Hoover. | President during depression. Thought the worst of the Depression was over. |
| Tell at least two facts about W.C. Handy. | Father of the Blues, Wrote campaign song for "Boss Crump." Played on Beale Street in Memphis. |
| Tell at least two facts about Clarence Saunders. | Opened Piggly Wiggly in Memphis. 1st self service grocery store. |
| Tell at least two facts about John Scopes. | Football coach turned substitute science teacher. Taught evolution, was arrested, and found guilty during the Monkey Trial. Later repealed by the TN Supreme Court. |
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