Standard 6 Review

Following the election of 1928, this President believed America’s future was full of hope and prosperity, even once saying every American would have “two cars in every garage.”

• Calvin Coolidge
• Herbert Hoover
• Woodrow Wilson
• Warren G. Harding  

The Great Depression generally had _________________________ effect on families in America.

• a positive then negative
• no
• a negative
• a positive

Which of the following was the greatest factor in the birth of the Harlem Renaissance?

• Red Scare
• Scopes trial
• Great Migration  
• Creation of the NAACP  

What is not an example of reaction to the Great Depression while Hoover was in office?

• High unemployment rates.
• Long lines at soup kitchens.
• Construction of Hoovervilles by people who lost their homes.
• Creation of the Workers Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps.

About ______________ of Americans were unemployed during the Great Depression.

• 10%
• 25%  
• 35%
• 70%

Which was not a cause of the Great Depression?

• Stock market crash  
• Widespread use of credit
• Use of cash to make purchases  
• Overproduction by farmers

All of the following statements on FDR’s banking policy are true, EXCEPT __________________________________.

• banks were temporarily closed
• the SEC would regulate the stock market
• after the crash, banks continued to operate as normal
• in the future, deposits would be insured up to a certain amount

Birth of a Nation directly led to the ____________________________ during the 1920s.

• reemergence of the KKK
• Harlem Renaissance  
• Palmer Raids  
• Red Scare

What group of people did the Agricultural Adjustment Act benefit the most?

• Farmers
• Women
• Poor Northerners
• Minorities in the South

Which term BEST describes the viewpoint held by Americans who believed immigrants were dangerous to the stability and order of the United States?

• Racism
• Nativism
• Nationalism
• Discrimination