Roaring 20s and Great Depression

In 1920, women won the right to:

• Equal pay

• Join labor unions

• Work in factories

• Vote

Why was President Hoover hated so much?

• He was known for his racist ideas

• He forced Japanese Americans into Internment Camps

• He did very little to help end the Great Depression

• He decided to drop the atomic bomb

A long term effect of the New Deal on the United States has been the

• Permanent reduction of the national debt

• Control of stock prices by the federal government

• Joint effort of business and labor to strengthen the presidency

• The idea that the federal government should assume greater responsibility for the nation’s well-being

What was Roosevelt’s purpose in “packing the courts”?

• To attempt to racially balance the Supreme Court

• To minimize opposition to his New Deal legislation

• To give the Supreme Court more power to make decisions

• To allow the Supreme Court to equally represent citizens

How did New Deal programs affect the United States government?

• The federal government’s control over the nation’s economy increased

• State governments gained more control over business and industry

• The size of the federal government was reduced

• The federal government practiced a “hands off” approach to business

All of the following are included in the “3 R’s” of the New Deal EXCEPT:

• Relief

• Reform

• Reduce

• Recovery

Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal was an attempt to deal with:

• Problems arising from WWI

• Hostilities between the Soviet Union and the United States

• Problems resulting from the Great Depression

• Discrimination during the 1920s

John Scopes was convicted for teaching about:

• Communism

• Immigration

• Nativism

• Evolution

In addition to African Americans, the KKK targeted:

• Bootleggers

• Immigrants, Jews, and Catholics

• White, native-born women

• Protestant city dwellers

The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s could be described as:

• A period when African Americans gained political leadership

• A major urban renewal project providing new houses for African Americans

• A time of increased recognition of African American athletes

• A rebirth of African American culture as seen through the experiences of musicians and writers