STAAR: 1920/Great Depression

Installment plans, Prohibition, and flappers. These are all characteristics of what era in US History?

• 1920s

• Great Depression

• WWII

• The Cold War

Which of these resulted form the prohibition of alchohol during the 1920s?

• a decline in immigration rates

• a growing fear of communism

• the expansion of the consumer economy

• the rise of organized crime

During the 1920s, Clarence Darrow & William Jennings Bryan were most closely identified with the:

• increase use of credit by US consumers

• development of new forms of popular entertianment

• decline of public support for Progressive reforms

• conflict between modernism & traditionalism

Which of the following was a major contribution of the Harlem Renaissance to US culture?

• It led to the increased popularity of vaudeville stage performers

• It brought the most significant beat poets together

• It established jazz a a prominent musical form

• It focused attention on the antiwar literary genre

During the 1920s, what was one result of innovations in US transportation technology?

• Commercial airplanes replaced ocean liners as the primary means to travel to Europe

• Mass-produced automobiles made travel more affordable for many people

• Cable cars provided a comfortable means of quick travel to any city within a state

• Container ships delivered agricultural goods to ports along the Pacific coast

What was one factor that helped turn the Great Plains into the Dust Bowl in the 1930s?

• Paying farmers to plant native grasses

• Increased demand for tobacco after WWI

• Numerous tornadoes occurring in the region

• Intense drought in the region

Which statement best explains how bank failures contributed to the Great Depression?

• People lost their savings because the government did not insure bank deposits

• Business could not be done when President Franklin Roosevelt declared a bank holiday

• The interest rates on bank loans were too high

• Foreign investors did not invest enough in US banks

What is the main function of the FDIC?

• Assisting banks in recovering unpaid loans

• Providing monetary aid to struggling banks

• Guaranteeing job security for bank employees

• Protecting personal savings in the event of bank failure

Which New Deal agency continues to assist many Americans by helping them obtain mortgage loans from banks?

• FHA

• FDIC

• SEC

• AAA

Which of the following was a significant effect of New Deal legislation?

• Income tax rates fell to historic lows

• The federal government took on new roles

• The regulation of intrastate trade was transferred to the states

• States became the sole enforcers of immigration law