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1
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What was able to be done with the radio

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Ability to get breaking news, music, advertising and entertainment

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How did jazz flourish

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The great migration and radio

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All of the following factors led to the prohibition of alcohol except what

A. Religious groups believe drinking alcohol was sinful
B. Reformers believed the government should protect the public health
C. Nativists were hostile towards immigrant groups that used alcohol
D. To eliminate subsides to farmers growing grains for alcohol

A

D

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What was the effect of the prohibition

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A rise of organized crime in nearly every major US city

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What was the scopes trial

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The people of Tennessee wanted to outlaw a textbook that taught evolution because it went against Christianity

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What was the effect of the scopes trial

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It highlighted the struggle between science and religion in schools

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What was the Butler act

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It made it illegal to teach evolution or creationism in school

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What were some causes of the Great Depression

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Consumer debt, unequal distribution of wealth, declining farm prices, declining and key industries, and the stock market crash

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9
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Why did the stock market crash

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Due to bank failures

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Give examples of the declining in key industries

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Railroads, textiles, steel mining, lumbar, and housing starts all closed

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What was the great depression

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A period between 1929 to 1940 in which the US economy was in severe decline and millions were unemployed

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What term marks the start of the great depression

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Black Tuesday

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What were the effects of the Great Depression

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Widespread unemployment, farmers facing hard times, increase in homelessness, radical political solutions, repeal of Prohibition, change in demographics, and increased discrimination

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Why were the farmers facing harder times during the great depression

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The dustbowl

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What were the main causes of the dustbowl

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Over plowing lead to overproduction, lack of crop rotation, and the drought

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16
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Which amendment repealed Prohibition

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The 21st

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17
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What was the Harlem Renaissance

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A literacy and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture

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18
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What did the Harlem Renaissance express

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A new pride in the African-American experience

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19
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Did Hoover want limited powers or broad powers

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Limited powers

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Did FDR want limited powers or broad powers

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Broad powers

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21
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Did Hoover want limited or increased power in government

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Limited

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Did Hoover want to support or oppose regulating business

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Opposed

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What did Hoover promote

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Volunteerism

24
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What were Hooverville’s

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Shantytowns that homeless people lived in

25
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How did the majority of Americans feel about Hoover

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They disliked him

26
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Which president believed in the “rugged individual”

A

Hoover

27
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Why did FDR believe the government had to intervene

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To protect the less fortunate

28
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What was FDR’s policy response

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Immediate relief, short-term recovery, and long-term reform

29
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What was FDR’s policy called

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New deal

30
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What did FDR have in his new deal projects

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Extensive public work projects and programs to help farmers, laborers, and the unemployed

31
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What was the effect of FDR’s policies

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Increase the size and roll of the federal government

32
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How did the majority of Americans feel about FDR

A

They liked him

33
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Which president believed in the “forgotten man”

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FDR

34
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What does FDIC stand for

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Federal deposit insurance Corporation

35
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What did the FDIC insure

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Bank deposits up to 5000

36
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Explain deficit spending

A

When the government spends more than it receives in revenue

37
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What is the CCC

A

Gave unemployed jobs building roads dams and parks

38
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How did the new deal agency’s treat minorities

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They were clearly discriminated, with lower wages in the favoring of whites segregation was a key

39
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What were speakeasies

A

Places where alcohol was illegally sold and consumed

40
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Explain woman of the 1920s

A

Women felt freer to experiment with bolder styles and manners

41
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The literacy and artistic movement that was sparked by the great migration was known as what

A

The Harlem Renaissance

42
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What statement best describes the domestic agendas of President Harding and Coolidge
A. Both favored very low tariffs and believed foreign competition was good
B. Both favored a limited role for government in business affairs and social reform
C. Both implemented programs that gave federal aid to industries that were hurting in the 1920s
D. Both felt that America’s top priority should be the build up of the military

A

B

43
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What presidents favored lower taxes for business affairs and limited social reform

A

Harding and Coolidge

44
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What let African-Americans to fully appreciate their heritage

A

The Harlem Renaissance

45
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Where did farmers leaving the duststorm follow the route 66 to

A

California

46
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What gave the unemployed Jobs building roads, dams, etc.

A

The CCC

47
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What is the practice of spending more money than the government has

A

Deficit spending

48
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Prior to the stock market crash what were some signs that the economy was in trouble

A

Decreasing major industries, decreasing Farms

49
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What are some man-made factors that led to the great plains being unsuitable for farming

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Over plowing, overproduction, and lack of rotation

50
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Who tried to end the great depression by encouraging volunteer controls and actions

A

Hoover

51
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How are African-Americans treated during the new deal

A

Bad, they are segregated, receive a lower pay, and there’s clear favoritism to the whites

52
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What is the term for taking out a loan to buy stock

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Buying on a margin

53
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What were the three r’s of the new deal

A

Relief, reform, recovery

54
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Which president says, “He’s unhappy times calls for a building of plans… that put their faith once more in the forgotten man at the bottom of the economical pyramid”

A

FDR

55
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What does the CCC stand for

A

Civilian conservation corps

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