vus.10 WARD US History SOL Review- The Great Depression

Which type of music was popularized by the radio during the 1920s?

• jazz

• reggae

• bluegrass

• folk

What was one result of the Federal Reserve's failure to prevent the collapse of the banking system prior to the Great Depression?

• the money supply contracted

• interest rates decreased

• the stock market recovered

• protective tariffs were repealed

Booming businesses -> ??? -> value of stocks dropped. Which phrase best completes the sequence?

• foreign tariffs opposed

• demand for goods declined

• overspeculation of investments

• failure of banks

1. Stock Market Crash 2. Excessive stock speculation 3. increased availability of credit 4. failure of banking system What is the correct order for these events?

• 1, 3, 4, 2

• 2, 4, 3, 1

• 3, 2, 1, 4

• 4, 1, 2, 3

Which New Deal program attempted to protect Americans from the instability of banks during the Great Depression?

• Works Progress Administration

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• Federal Deposit Insurance Commission

• Agricultural Adjustment Administration

Which President instituted the New Deal programs to bring the nation out of the Great Depression?

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Harry Truman

• Woodrow Wilson

• Herbert Hoover

Women who challenged the traditional role of women in the 1920s were known as

• suffragists

• flappers

• New Age girls

• feminists

Black artists like Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Zora Neale Hurston were part of what 1920s cultural movement?

• Black Panther Movement

• Flappers

• Harlem Renaissance

• The Great Migration

This idea challenged the notion of intelligent design and was "put on trial" during the Scopes Monkey Trial?

• critical race theory

• theory of relativity

• Darwin's Theory of Evolution

• Marx's Theory of Economics

One of the reasons for the shaky growth of the Stock Market during the 1920s was the widespread purchase of stocks on ___________

• loans

• credit

• oil

• cryptocurrency