20s, Depression, New Deal & FDR

The Harlem Renaissance was known for

• ending racial segregation

• promoting cultural creativity of African Americans

• encouraging passage of new voting rights laws

• supporting legislation to eliminate the KKK

The Scopes trial showed a clash between

• traditional values and modernism

• rich people and poor peopl

• business owners and labor unions

• national governments and state governments

The 1920s were known as the roaring 20s because

• there were many political changes

• there was an economic depression

• there were many social and cultural changes

• Prohibition ended

The Palmer Raids, trial of Sacco and Venzetti and the rise of the KKK demonstrated that

• nativism was on the rise

• cultural values were similar between urban and rural Americans

• popular support for immigration was on the rise

• popular support for limiting immigration was declining

Nativism is

• the idea that Native Americans should have more land
• the distrust of immigrants by Americans
• a fear of radical ideas
• hatred of all people by Native Americans

What caused many farmers to foreclose on their farms in the 1930s?

• Growing too few crops

• Overproduction of crops and costs of machines

• Expensive land and not enough workers

• The Wall Street Crash

Which TWO answers best describe President Herbert Hoover's presidency during the Great Depression?

• A very hands-on government

• Mostly hands-off government

• Largely unable to better economic conditions

• Created many New Deal programs

Which TWO answers best describe Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency during the Great Depression?

• Very active hands-on gov't with business

• Mostly hands-off gov't with business

• Created many New Deal Programs

• Created a tariff that hurt American economy

What was Roosevelt's New Deal?

• A series of government-funded bail outs

• A series of federally funded public works programs

• A hands-off approach to business and the economy

• A series of voluntary business recovery acts

The "Red Scare" means

• People were afraid of the color red.
• People thought Red's were friends. 
• People were afraid of Communists. 
• People were afraid of Democrats.