American II - 1920s to WW2

What positive effect did the migration north have on African Americans? 

• Segregation

• Jim Crow Laws

• New job oppurtunities

• New sharecropping opportunities

Which of the following best describes a factor that led to the crash of the stock market?

• Many Americans began buying more stocks 

• Values of stocks increased due to mass production 

• Factories were not able to produce goods for consumers 

• Factories were overproducing and began to lay off workers 

Which of the following was an effect of unemployment during the Great Depression?

• Consumers rushed to put all of their money in the banks.

• Consumers made many purchases, so businesses boomed. 

• Consumers could not or did not want to buy, so some businesses failed.

• Consumers could not buy goods fast enough before businesses sold out.

What was a result of the government’s response to the Great Depression?

• The role of the federal government increased.

• The role of the federal government decreased.

• There was no change in the role of the government. 

• The government’s response quickly ended the Great Depression.

What is a speakeasy?

• a person who smuggles illegal alcohol

• an illegal bar

• a secret password

• the Chinese form of sign language

What president was elected in 1932 that had a plan to fix the economy during the Great Depression?

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Herbert Hoover

• Calvin Coolidge

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

which of the following contributed to the economic instability of the U.S.  in  1929 ? 

• implementing a flat tax

• the elimination of import tariffs 

• new rules on banking 

• overspeculation in the stock market

what is the main function of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ?  

• helping customers in paying their loans

• protecting personal savings in the event of a bank failure 

• help struggling banks

• job security for bank  employees

Which of these factors contributed to the dust bowl ?  

• prolonged drought and poor farming practices 

• high winds and  railroad construction 

• severe heat and rapid  suburban development

• flash flooding and deforestation

Flappers in the 1920s represented 

• the traditional roles of women.

• new roles and attitudes for women.

• support for Prohibition.

• rural fundamentalism.