EOC Review #3

In the 1950's, Senator Joseph McCarthy won national attention when he...

• Was convicted as a spy.
• Claimed hundreds of government employees were communists.
• Helped Eisenhower become president.
• Went to Korea and said atomic weapons should be used to break the stalemate.

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The policy of containment meant that

• The U.S.S.R. would not let democracy spread.
• The U.S. would not let Islam spread.
• The U.S.S.R. would not let Communism spread.
• The U.S. would not let Communism spread.

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18th Amendment

• Prohibits Women's Suffrage

• Prohibits Alcohol

• Prohibits Child Labor

• Prohibits immigrants from entering the country

Choose the answer that best describes the Dust Bowl.

• When people get a lot of dust in their plates and bowls.

• A period of time where a large part of the US experienced drought and huge dust storms.

• When a dust storm came through Lubbock last year.

• A general term for when objects become dirty.

What human activity was a part of the cause of the Dust Bowl?

• Driving

• Building

• Baseball

• Overplowing

What event valued stocks lower than their worth and caused people to panic, lose their jobs, homes and life savings?

• Black Friday
• Stock Market Crash
• The First Day of School
• The Solar Eclipse

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People who could no longer afford their homes were forced to live in cardboard shacks that they built in public parks. What were these shacks called?

• Shantyshacks
• Town Homes
• Tenement Housing
• Hoovervilles

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What problem were both the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) developed to address?

• Excessive stock market speculation

• High unemploment

• Increased use of credit

• Overproduction of goods

Which was a guiding principle of New Deal economic policies?

• “Rugged individualism” will end social inequality
• Government must assume greater responsibility for helping the unfortunate
• Antitrust legislation could destroy the free enterprise system
• State governments should have more power over the economy than the national government

What was FDR’s plan to add justices to the Supreme Court called?

• The Yes Man Trials
• Court Packing Scheme
• Operation Puppet
• Court Repatriation