Chapter 25 The Great Depression

Question 1

T or F: Parity, as used in this chapter, refers to farm prices.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

T or F: In the 1920s, many investors bought stocks on margin—that is, with borrowed funds.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

In his 1920 campaign for president, Warren G. Harding said the country needed a return to:

Answer 3

normalcy

Question 4

T or F: While Warren G. Harding presided over what can be argued as the most corrupt administration in American history, he was never personally linked to any official wrongdoing.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

The 1924 immigration law:

Answer 5

set strict yearly limits on the number of immigrants allowed into the country.

Question 6

David C. Stephenson:

Answer 6

was the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan.

Question 7

Harding’s administration is most remembered for:

Answer 7

the scandals that plagued it.

Question 8

How many people were out of work in early 1933?

Answer 8

12 million

Question 9

The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921:

Answer 9

formed a new Bureau of the Budget to streamline the process of preparing an annual federal budget.

Question 10

T or F: The Smoot-Hawley Tariff raised import duties to an all-time high.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Of all the causes of the stock market crash of October 1929, the greatest culprit was:

Answer 11

the weak foundation of the 1920s economy.

Question 12

Of the following presidents, which one served as vice president?

Answer 12

Calvin Coolidge

Question 13

During the 1928 presidential election, the Democrats nominated:

Answer 13

Alfred E. Smith

Question 14

In Texas, the Klan focused on:

Answer 14

imposing its severe view of righteous Protestant morality on others.

Question 15

William Jennings Bryan:

Answer 15

prosecuted John Scopes for teaching evolution in the Dayton, Tennessee, evolution case.

Question 16

T or F: Herbert Hoover served as secretary of state.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Harding’s secretary of the Treasury:

Answer 17

favored a reduction of the high wartime level of taxation, but mainly for the rich.

Question 18

John W. Davis:

Answer 18

was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1924.

Question 19

During the 1924 presidential election:

Answer 19

Calvin Coolidge swept both the popular and electoral votes with decisive majorities.

Question 20

The progressive coalition that elected Woodrow Wilson president dissolved by 1920 for all the following reasons EXCEPT:

Answer 20

many of the progressive reforms still seemed unattainable.

Question 21

Which of the following is NOT true of the McNary-Haugen plan?

Answer 21

It was supported by Coolidge as a way to empower farmers.

Question 22

The tariff policy of the early 1920s:

Answer 22

made it harder for other nations to sell to the United States.

Question 23

Which amendment to the constitution is known as the Prohibition amendment?

Answer 23

Eighteenth

Question 24

The result in the presidential election of 1920 might be attributed to:

Answer 24

the fact that Americans in the 1920s were “tired of issues, sick at heart of ideals, and weary of being noble.”