US HISTORY MIDTERM REVIEW II

The Emergency Banking Relief Act closed all banks in order to stop the banking crisis that was occurring. The Banking Act of 1933 created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to insure bank deposits.

These New Deal measures were designed to

• regulate the stock market.

• prevent bank failures.

• pump money into the economy.

• provide jobs to Americans.

President Woodrow Wilson wanted the United States to participate in a League of Nations. What was the goal of this organization?

• to promote American economic interests

• to finance new industries

• to serve as an international court

• to maintain world peace

In the 1920s, people went to music clubs. The music was joyful and carefree. The blaring horns and booming drums called people to dance! Musicians like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington played in cities across the United States. This time in the history of music was called

• the Jazz Age.

• the Harlem Renaissance.

• the Rock 'n' Roll Era.

• the Big Band Era.

Prohibition led to a rise in

• church attendance.

• tobacco use.

• urban poverty.

• gangster warfare.

What was the significance of the Interstate Commerce Act that was passed by Congress in 1887?

• It was the first federal law that supported the unions.

• It was the first federal law that regulated Big Business.

• It was the first time that a federal tax was imposed on U.S. goods.

• It was the first federal law limiting immigration from a specific country.

Which of these best describes why a large percentage of farmers in the late 1800s had high amounts of debt?

• Many farmers had borrowed large amounts of money to pay for land and farm equipment.

• Many farmers could not manage money and did not work enough to make a profit.

• Many farmers lost large sums of money in the stock market during the Panic of 1873.

• Many farmers had been land speculators and lost money when the value of land decreased.

The 1890s brought about a significant rise in legal racism (especially in the South), known as

• Jim Crow laws.

• the Niagara Movement.

• Social Darwinism.

• Containment.

The 1918 Sedition Act was written as an amendment to the Espionage Act. Here is a portion of the text:

from Section 3

"Whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully . . . utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States, or the Constitution of the United States, or the military or naval forces of the United States . . . or by word or act oppose the cause of the United States therein, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both . . . ."

Which of the following was a negative consequence of the Sedition Act?

• It cost too much money to enforce.

• It restricted American civil liberties.

• It took power away from the government.

• It interfered with the U.S. war effort.

Which term best describes journalists who worked to expose abuses of corporate power, thereby gathering public support for regulation and reform, during the Progressive Era?

• suffragists

• trustbusters

• unionizers

• muckrakers

Which of these encouraged industrialization to expand from the eastern part of the United States to the West?

• muckrakers

• labor unions

• railroads

• subways