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VUS.10 Questions
VUS.10 Essential Information on the Domestic Issues of the 1920s and 1930s
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What fueled the period of prosperity following WWI? | new technology like the automobile and radio |
| What persuaded people to buy the new consumer goods? | mass media advertising |
| How did the radio, movies and newspapers help to produce a national culture? | They reached a large number of people. |
| What group became the symbol of this new society? | women |
| What was the name given to the women who challenged the traditional role of women? | Flappers |
| What was the 18th Amendment? | It prohibited the manufacturing and sale of alcohol. |
| What was the result of Prohibition? | organized crime and gangsters |
| What is Fundamentalism? | traditional Christian views |
| What was the basis for the Scopes Trial? | Conflict between fundamentalism and new scientific theories like evolution |
| What was the result of the Scopes Trial? | Scopes was found guilty. |
| Because of racial tensions, what organization gained power? | Ku Klux Klan |
| What groups did the KKK target? | African Americans, Catholics, Jews and immigrants |
| What were the causes of the Great Depression? | •Over-spec on stocks using borrowed $ that could not be repaid when the market crashed in 1929,stock $ collapsed, Fed Reserve’s failed to prev widespread banking collapse in late 20s and early 30s, High protective tariffs that produced retaliatory tariffs |
| What were the effects of the Tariff Act of 1930 which was known as the Hawley-Smoot Act? | It strangled world trade. |
| What happened as a result of the collapse of the nation’s banking system? | not enough money in circulation |
| What was the impact of the Great Depression? | •unemployment and homelessness •collapse of the financial system (bank closings) •political unrest (growing militancy of labor unions) •farm foreclosures and migration |
| Who was elected President in 1932? | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| What program of FDR’s changed the role of the government to a more active participant in solving problems of the people? | The New Deal |
| Why did Roosevelt say “We have nothing to fear, but fear itself.” | He tried to rally a frightened nation in which one in four workers was unemployed. |
| What were the three parts of the New Deal? | Relief, Recovery and Reform |
| What did the Relief measures provide? Give an example. | direct payment to people for immediate help – Works Progress Administration (WPA) |
| What did the Recovery measures provide? Give an example. | These programs were designed to bring the nation out of the depression over time – Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) |
| What did the Reform measures provide? Give an example. | These measures corrected unsound banking and investment practices – Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) |
| What was the purpose of the Social Security Act? | It offered safeguards for workers. |
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