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Chapter 10: The Roaring Twenties and Chapter 11: The Great Depression

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What did the rejection of the League of Nations, the higher tariffs imposed by the Fordney - McCumber Act, and the Emergency Quota Act all point to during the early 1920s?
Increasing isolationism
What was the primary cause of the changes to the unemployment rate in the United States in 1920 and 1921?
The effects of demobilization
Which event do these newspapers describe?
Red Scare
Women had many new experiences as a result of WW1, including working at new jobs, wearing new fashions, and acting more independently. What other new change came to women just after WW1?
The right to vote
Which groups did not generally participate in the prosperity of the 1920s?
Minorities and railroad workers
Why was there racial unrest in Northern cities after WW1?
The migration of African Americans and returning African-American veterans had created greater competition for jobs and housing
What did the Washington Naval Conference, the Nine-Power Treaty, and the Kellogg-Briand Pact have in common?
They were attempts at promoting world peace without the League of Nations
What do the philosophies of these 3 African-American leaders suggest?
Frustrations with continuing inequality led African Americans to fight discrimination in different ways
The diagram below provides details about the great depression. Which phrase completes the diagram?
Overproduction of Goods
Which statement best describes the American economy in the late 1920s?
Mass production was not equally matched by consumption
On May 1,1930 president Herbert Hoover address the annual dinner of the united states chamber of commerce. Based on these beliefs what action did President Hoover take in response to the Great Depression?
He offered limited federal assistance directed primarily to business and banks
How did the plans of President Hoover and Franklin D Roosevelt compare for dealing with the great depression?
Roosevelt proposed that the federal government provide direct employment to the needy well Hoover rely more on the local government and private charities.
The excerpt below is from President Franklin D Roosevelt First Inaugural address in 1933. Based on this expert, what could be inferred about the direction that Roosevelt planned to take the executive branch of the federal government.
He planned to increase its size and power to deal with the depression.
The plaque on the left was displayed in 2010. Which new deal program was responsible for these accomplishments?
The civilian conversation corps
What was one affect of the dust storms across the great plains in the 1930s?
Migration of many to California and other states
How did popular attitudes towards the federal government shift during the Great Depression?
Americans came to expect the federal government to help them solve their economic problems.
The political cartoon on the left to depicts President Franklin Roosevelt in 1937 based on the cartoon what was the reaction to President Roosevelt "mark court-packing"plan?
Congress handed Roosevelt his first major defeat by upholding the separation of powers
Which deal agency constructed a series of dams that provided hydro - electricity?
The Tennessee Valley Authority TVA
Which of these was not a long-term result of the new deal?
State ownership a basic industries such as steel works and railroads.
The graph below shows the unemployment rate in the United States between 1930 and 1945 based on the graph what conclusion can be made about government policies in the 1930?
Despite Roosevelt's new deal policies, the unemployment rate remained high throughout the 1930s
The books below, and movies based on them, both first appeared in 1939 how were these two works similar?
Both were artistic responses to the hardships of the depression.
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