EOC Standard 6

Which of the following is a cause of the economic boom and the financial speculation of the 1920s?

• installment buying and an unregulated stock market

• the expansion of civil rights to women and minorities

• the mobilization of the economy for war

• increased government restrictions on big business

Why did many United States farmers fail to benefit from the economic prosperity of the 1920s?

• No technological advances were made in agriculture.

• Levels of farm production declined

• Farm exports were heavily taxed.

• Agricultural goods were overproduced.

What did Franklin D. Roosevelt's election to the presidency in 1932 demonstrate?

• a desire to return to a policy of laissez-faire

• a desire to abandon capitalism in favor of socialism

• a desire to continue the domestic policies of Herbert Hoover

• a desire to have government take an active role in solving economic problems

After World War I, which factor was a major cause of the migration of many African Americans to the North?

• the start of the Harlem Renaissance

• decreased job opportunities in Northern cities

• to escape poverty and de jure segregation in the South

• federal government job-training programs

What was a major result of Prohibition in the United States during the 1920s?

• restriction of immigration

• growth of communism

• destruction of family values

• creation of organized crime

Which pair of events illustrates an ACCURATE cause-and-effect relationship?

• Scopes MonkeyTrial ---> ratification of the woman suffrage amendment

• rebirth of the KKK ---> formation of the Populist Party

• Red Scare ---> demand for limits on immigration

• high food prices ---> start of the Great Depression

During the 1920s, what did installment buying, income inequality, and stock market speculation contribute to?

• the government introduction of supply-side economics

• the rejection of laissez-faire economic principles

• the Great Depression of the 1930s

• the decision to lower tariff rates

Which event effectively ended the Great Depression?

• President Franklin D. Roosevelt died during his fourth term.

• The United States involvement in World War II rapidly accelerated economic growth

• The Supreme Court declared most New Deal laws unconstitutional

• President Herbert Hoover failed to support Social Security

What was the PRIMARY motive behind President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1937 proposal to add members to the Supreme Court?

• remove Republican justices from the Court

• end the Supreme Court's use of judicial review

• assure United States neutrality at the start of World War II

• protect New Deal programs from unfavorable Supreme Court decisions

What group of people found themselves to be "the last hired and first fired," as well as, excluded in New Deal programs such as the Tennessee Valley Authority, and Civilian Conservation Corps?

• women

• African-Americans

• Native Americans

• white men