Roaring Twenties / Great Depression

Which economic factor contributed most directly to the start of the Great Depression?

• low worker productivity
• high income taxes
• decreasing tariff rates
• buying stocks on margin

What were the villages full of shacks located in cities filled with unemployed Americans called?

• Hoovervilles
• Okies
• Bonus Army Bases
• Rooseveltowns

What is the importance of the year 1929?

• The Civil War began
• Stock market crashed and the beginning of the Great Depression
• The oil boom at Spindletop
• Texas becoming a state

What was the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s?

•  a program of urban renewal among various ethnic groups begun in New York City
• a period of musical, artistic, and literary productivity among African Americans in New York City
• the integration of African Americans into colleges and universities throughout the nation
• a set of political reforms and social programs supported by African American politicians in New York City

What brought the country out of the Great Depression?

• the Bonus Army
• the building of the Hoover Dam
• going off of the gold standard
• World War II

What was the name of FDR's plans and programs designed to meet the needs and problems of the Great Depression?

• New Deal
• Great Deal
• Social Security
• the New Liberalism

What New Deal program was an answer to demands for a pension for the elderly?

• National Labor Relations
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• Works {rogress Administration
• Social Security

Securities and Exchange Commission was...

• Insure bank deposits and promote economic stability 
• Mediate between business and labor and ensure fair competition
• Regulate prices of agricultural goods and reduce surpluses
• Oversee stock trading and prevent fraud

The ________Amendment started Prohibition.  

• 10th 
• 19th 
• 20th 
• 18th 

During the 1920s people lives changed because they began listening to the what? 

• mass media 
• movies 
• radio 
• music