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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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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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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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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

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How did the majority of Americans feel about Hoover
They disliked him
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Which president believed in the "rugged individual"
Hoover
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Why did FDR believe the government had to intervene
To protect the less fortunate
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What was FDR's policy response
Immediate relief, short-term recovery, and long-term reform
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What was FDR's policy called
New deal
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What did FDR have in his new deal projects
Extensive public work projects and programs to help farmers, laborers, and the unemployed
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What was the effect of FDR's policies
Increase the size and roll of the federal government
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How did the majority of Americans feel about FDR
They liked him
33
Which president believed in the "forgotten man"
FDR
34
What does FDIC stand for
Federal deposit insurance Corporation
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What did the FDIC insure
Bank deposits up to 5000
36
Explain deficit spending
When the government spends more than it receives in revenue
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What is the CCC
Gave unemployed jobs building roads dams and parks
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How did the new deal agency's treat minorities
They were clearly discriminated, with lower wages in the favoring of whites segregation was a key
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What were speakeasies
Places where alcohol was illegally sold and consumed
40
Explain woman of the 1920s
Women felt freer to experiment with bolder styles and manners
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The literacy and artistic movement that was sparked by the great migration was known as what
The Harlem Renaissance
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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
B
43
What presidents favored lower taxes for business affairs and limited social reform
Harding and Coolidge
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What let African-Americans to fully appreciate their heritage
The Harlem Renaissance
45
Where did farmers leaving the duststorm follow the route 66 to
California
46
What gave the unemployed Jobs building roads, dams, etc.
The CCC
47
What is the practice of spending more money than the government has
Deficit spending
48
Prior to the stock market crash what were some signs that the economy was in trouble
Decreasing major industries, decreasing Farms
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What are some man-made factors that led to the great plains being unsuitable for farming
Over plowing, overproduction, and lack of rotation
50
Who tried to end the great depression by encouraging volunteer controls and actions
Hoover
51
How are African-Americans treated during the new deal
Bad, they are segregated, receive a lower pay, and there's clear favoritism to the whites
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What is the term for taking out a loan to buy stock
Buying on a margin
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What were the three r's of the new deal
Relief, reform, recovery
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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"
FDR
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What does the CCC stand for
Civilian conservation corps

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