2019-20 Quarter 3 midterm Casteel

The 1920s are sometimes called the “Roaring Twenties” because

• Foreign trade prospered after World War I

• The United States assumed a leadership role in world affairs

• Political reforms made government more democratic

• Widespread social and economic change occurred

During the 1920s, which factor was the major cause of the migration of many African

Americans to the North?

• The start of the Harlem Renaissance

• Increased job opportunities in Northern cities

• Laws passed in Northern states to end racial discrimination

• Federal Government job-training programs

National Prohibition, as authorized by the 18^th Amendment, stated that:

• Americans must be 18 years or older to consume alcohol

• Only imported alcoholic beverages could be sold and only in government-run stores

• The manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was banned

• None of the these

The 19^th Amendment

• Granted suffrage to U.S. women

• Extended to power of Prohibition

• Moved the Presidential inauguration to January

• Repealed Prohibition

The incredible increase of consumerism in the 1920s was due in part by

• Mass media

• Buying items on credit

• Economic prosperity

• All of the these

How were people able to continue to get alcohol when Prohibition went into effect?

• Organized Crime/ Bootlegging

• Medical proscriptions

• Used personal stored alcohol from before the law went into effect

• All of the these

The Great Migration during WWI was the movement of which group of people?

• European immigrants fleeing to the US to escape war in Europe

• African Americans moving from the South to Northern cities

• Mexicans fleeing the American Southwest to escape political turmoil

• French refugees fleeing Britain ahead of the German invasion

Which was an important difference between the approaches of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover towards the Great Depression?

• Roosevelt was unwilling to establish federal job programs .

• Roosevelt ignored economic issues during his terms in office

• Roosevelt was more willing to use the powers of the federal government to tackle economic problems

• Roosevelt was unable to win Congressional support

Why did so many banks fail at the onset of the Great Depression?

• Too many investors tried to open new accounts

• Too many depositors tried to withdraw their money all at once

• The stock market collapsed too slowly to collect on debts

• The Federal Reserve put too much money into circulation

What were the criticisms of the New Deal

• Reform the government and decrease spending

• Create schools and protect farmers

• Increase spending on defense and trade

• Gave too much power to the government