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History 1920's Politics & Business Quiz Test

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of 70 available terms

5 Written Questions

5 Matching Questions

  1. Dow Jones Industrial Average
  2. Farm Bloc
  3. Return to Normalcy
  4. Dwight D. Eisenhower
  5. The Solid South
  1. a A group of Democratic and Republican members of Congress from the farming states of the Middle West that pressures the federal government to adopt policies favorable to farmers
  2. b the most widely used indicator of the overall condition of the stock market
  3. c go back to America before the Progressives
  4. d Southern states whom were regarded as solidly supporting the Democratic Party, until the Election of 1928 when republican Hoover wins
  5. e leader of the Allied forces in Europe

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. Unemployed veterans of WWI gathering in Washington in 1932 demanding payment of service bonuses not due until 1945
  2. the practice of making high-risk investments with borrowed money in hopes of getting a big return
  3. pay for the damage caused (Germany)
  4. purchasing power
  5. the nation's worst economic crisis, extending through the 1930s, producing unprecedented bank failures, unemployment, and industrial and agricultural collapse

5 True/False Questions

  1. Dust BowlRegion of the Great Plains that experienced a drought lasting for a decade, leaving many farmers without work or substantial wages

          

  2. Hawley-Smoot Tariffraised tariffs rates on farm products to protect US farmers

          

  3. Calvin CoolidgeDemocratic nomination in the Election of 1928, evoked the cultural conflicts of the 20s, opposed prohibition, and was a Tammany politician

          

  4. Volunteerismpresident Hoover called for this after the Depression

          

  5. Frederick TaylorA group of Democratic and Republican members of Congress from the farming states of the Middle West that pressures the federal government to adopt policies favorable to farmers