Standards 16-18

What was one of the first actions President Franklin D. Roosevelt took to address the Great Depression?

• He signed the Social Security Act into law.

• He pressured Congress to impose protective tariffs

• He declared a national bank holiday.

• He negotiated a free trade agreement with Canada.

From 1920 to 1930, automobile ownership in the United States nearly quadrupled. What was the MOST LIKELY cause of this enormous increase?

• Cities installed electrical power lines in urban areas, enabling inexpensive electric streetcars to flourish.

• Soldiers returning from World War I had learned to drive cars in Europe and wanted to buy cars of their own

• The Ford Model T automobile was affordable and readily available at nearly ten thousand dealerships nationwide.

• The price of hay and horse feed skyrocketed due to US agricultural tariffs, making travel by carriage or horseback expensive.

What was the purpose of the 19th Amendment?

• Women's right to vote

• Prohibition of alcohol

• Ending of Prohibition

• Direct election of Senators

What was a side effect of the 18th Amendment?

• It increased government revenues due to the rising alcohol tax

• It led to an increase in organized crime involved in the bootlegging trade

• It caused the stock market to collapse in 1929 and led to the Great Depression

• It resulted in the passage of the Immigration Act of 1924 and the quota system.

What played a large role in the victory of Democratic candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt over Republican Herbert Hoover in the 1932 presidential election?

• Roosevelt was committed to fighting fascism in Europe

• Roosevelt pledged to greatly reduce government spending

• Hoover supported government intervention in the economy.

• Hoover failed to alleviate the problems of the Great Depression.

What ended the Prohibition Era?

• the passage of the Lindbergh Law

• the implementation of New Deal programs

• the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment.

• the Supreme Court's ruling in Nebbia v. New York.

What did the 18th Amendment prohibit?

• segregation in the armed forces of the United States.

• segregation in public schools and government buildings.

• the production, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages.

• the placement of cigarette advertisements on television and radio.

What was an innovation introduced to this process by Henry Ford to mass-produce automobiles?

• the moving assembly line

• the open-hearth process

• the craft production method

• the horizontal integration

Which of the following was directly responsible for turning radio into a $100 million business by the mid-1930s?

• increasing subscription fees

• on-air commercial advertisements

• increased taxation of electronics purchases

• government subsidies for electronics companies

Which of the following accounts for the growing popularity of movies during the 1920s in the United States?

• They offered the only affordable form of entertainment for most citizens.

• They provided a realistic look at everyday life for most Americans.

• They offered an escape from the harsh realities of the world.

• They helped to educate the lower-class working population.