American History Second Semester Exam Review

Some economists felt the depression was caused by

• an unequal distribution of wealth.

• crop failures.

• low import tax.

• too few goods for sale.

What approach did Hoover initially take to end the Great Depression?

• allowing businesses more freedom from regulation

• using federal resources to stimulate the economy

• appealing to the wealthy to volunteer time and money

• raising taxes, interest rates, and the amount of money in circulation

What region of the United States came to be known as the Dust Bowl?

• West Coast

• Great Plains

• Rocky Mountains

• East Coast

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Great Depression?

• divorce rates rose

• birthrate declined

• more marriages took place

• there were more suicides

Shantytowns were called Hoovervilles.

• True

• False

In 1932 Congress passed a Bonus Bill that aided WWI vets by giving them their pension early.

• True

• False

Which movement originated among African American musicians in the South in the 1920s?

• Harlem Renaissance

• jazz

• fundamentalism

• bootlegging

The practice of accepting religious text as literally true is called

• fundamentalism.

• Pentecostalism.

• revivalism.

• Protestantism.

Clarence Darrow won the lawsuit that resulted when John Scopes decided to challenge the Butler Act against teaching the theory of evolution.

• True

• False

Which document reflects the US trying to stay out of world affairs by attempting to outlaw war?

• Balfour Declaration

• Treaty of Paris

• Dawes Plan

• Kellogg-Briand Pact