US History Final Exam 1

Record your name

As Attorney General, I sent government agents out on a series of illegal raids to hunt down suspected radicals

• Sacco and Vanzetti
• Mitchel Palmer
• Franklin D Roosevelt
• Al Capone

This term refers to the stock market crash of October 29, 1929.

• Black Friday
• Black Thursday
• Black Wednsday
• Black Tuesday

Which of the following is NOT considered a superficial sign of the prosperity of the 1920s?

• The economic situation on farms
• The success of the advertising industry
• The number of products purchased on credit
• The difference in income between the rich and the poor.

Which was NOT a cause of the Dust Bowl?

• drought
• thick layers of prairie grasses
• high winds
• overproduction of crops

What was the first major action of FDR to address the great depression?

• He called the first meeting of the “Brain Trust.”
• He proposed a reorganization of the Supreme Court.
• He closed all of the nation’s banks and ordered inspections.
• He established the Civil Works Administration to provide job relief.

Which of the following was a goal of the New Deal?

• regulate the stock market
• deregulate the nation’s banking system
• decrease prices of farm goods
• increase crop production

Which of the following government agencies started during the New Deal and provided insurance for depositors accounts in commercial banks?

• AAA
• FDIC
• SEC
• NRA

This put hundreds of thousands of young, single men to work building roads, developing parks, planting trees, and helping in soil erosion and flood-control projects.

• Civilian Conservation Corps
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• Home Owners Loan Corporation
• Federal Writers Project

Which of the following Amendments to the Constitution repealed Prohibition in 1933?

• 19th
• 20th
• 21st
• 22nd