Influences on the political landscape

Question 1

Which communist organisations formed in the first red scare?

Answer 1

CPUSA and CLP

Question 2

How many strikes were there in 1919?

Answer 2

3600

Question 3

When did the Seattle strike start and with how many people?

Answer 3

35000 and 21 January 1919

Question 4

How many bombs were found on the 25 April in the mail?

Answer 4

36

Question 5

Who launched the ‘Radical division’ on the 1 August 1919?

Answer 5

Attorney General Palmer

Question 6

How many people were deported as a result of the first red scare?

Answer 6

556

Question 7

During January of 1920, the FBI made how many raids and arrests?

Answer 7

33 raids, 5,000-10,000 arrests

Question 8

American Individualism, by Herbert Hoover quote

Answer 8

‘it is the method of American achievement’

Question 9

Peak unemployment of Great Depression?

Answer 9

24.9% in 1933

Question 10

By how much did weekly earnings fall during the Great Depression?

Answer 10

1/3

Question 11

Total income of farmers between 1929 and 1932?

Answer 11

$6 billion to $2 billion

Question 12

Hoover setup what committee for unemployment in 1930?

Answer 12

Emergency committee for Employment

Question 13

How much did the government receive and spend in 1932?

Answer 13

Received: $2,000 million, spent: $5,000 million

Question 14

When was the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act introduced?

Answer 14

1930

Question 15

National Credit Corporation (NCC) spent how much of its $500 million budget in its first year (1931)?

Answer 15

$10 million

Question 16

How much was given to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) in January 1932?

Answer 16

$300 million (later expanded to help farmers as well as relief projects)

Question 17

Under Hoover, homeless people lived in…

Answer 17

Hoovervilles

Question 18

Which march occurred during June 1932 in Washington, with soldiers in ‘full battle dress’?

Answer 18

Bonus Army (1924 promise not allowed to be withdrawn).

Question 19

What was the Republicans campaign slogan in 1928?

Answer 19

‘A chicken in every pot’

Question 20

FDR campaign song

Answer 20

‘Happy days are here again’

Question 21

What was FDR previously?

Answer 21

Governor of New York

Question 22

FDR referred to the Republican campaign as being led by the four horsemen, what are they?

Answer 22

Destruction, Despair, Delay and Doubt

Question 23

How many states did the Republicans win in 1932 and 1936?

Answer 23

6 and 2

Question 24

When was the Emergency Banking relief bill passed to only reopen solvent banks?

Answer 24

9 March 1932

Question 25

The AAA increased income by how much and prices by how much by 1936?

Answer 25

50% and 66%

Question 26

What was the National Recover Administration (NRA) symbol?

Answer 26

Blue eagle

Question 27

Two examples of what the NRA controlled?

Answer 27

Working hours and minimum wages

Question 28

How much did the Public Works Administration (PWA) receive in appropriation?

Answer 28

$3.3 billion

Question 29

Federal Emergency relief act (FERA) spent how much between 1933 and 1935?

Answer 29

$4 billion

Question 30

How many men enlisted into the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) by 1933?

Answer 30

300,000

Question 31

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) covered how many states when setting up power sources?

Answer 31

7 states

Question 32

Works Progress Administration (WPA) was setup between 1935 and 1943, how much did it spend and how many people were employed?

Answer 32

$11.5 billion and 8.5 million

Question 33

How did FDR refer to the Social Security Act of 1935?

Answer 33

‘cornerstone of his administration’

Question 34

National Labor Relations Act of 1935 gave what rights?

Answer 34

The right to join trade unions

Question 35

Two examples of Soviet spies in the US

Answer 35

Alger Hiss (1950) and the Rosenbergs (1953)

Question 36

What was setup to battle communism in America in 1938, but had particular notoriety in the 1950s?

Answer 36

House of Un-American Activities Committee

Question 37

In what year was the Communist Control Act passed?

Answer 37

1954

Question 38

What committee was setup to investigate McCarthy’s claims?

Answer 38

Tydings Committee

Question 39

What was on the sign that met Nikita Khrushchev?

Answer 39

‘The only good communist is a dead communist’

Question 40

USA and the Cold War quote by Oliver Edwards on the red scare

Answer 40

‘it targeted an enemy that did not really exist’

Question 41

Reform that was passed in support of Liberalism

Answer 41

Voting Rights Act and Civil Rights Act and Great Society Reforms

Question 42

Radical Counter- Culture groups

Answer 42

Students for a Democratic Society and the Free Speech Movement

Question 43

The Damage at the Madison Army base in August 1970

Answer 43

1 killed, $60 million

Question 44

Conservative reaction of evangelicals brought a trail of speeches by Bill Bright entitled?

Answer 44

‘Campus Crusade for Christ’

Question 45

Which famous book showed the danger that communism appeared to pose towards the US?

Answer 45

Is this Tomorrow?

Question 46

Which country had suffered a civil war in 1950 that demonstrated the strength of communism?

Answer 46

China

Question 47

What is the word used to describe the USA’s lack of interference in other countries during the 1920s?

Answer 47

Isolationism

Question 48

What were the set of liberal reforms passed by Johnson?

Answer 48

Great Society reforms

Question 49

Which religious movement started to have a greater impact under Nixon, promoting older, conservative policies?

Answer 49

Evangelical movement