Hon. Final Exam Practice: Terms #45 - 70 (2005)

Which of the following did the National Origins Act limit?

• Speakeasies, based on the alcohol they sold

• Immigrants, based on the country they came from

• Stock market investing, based on buying on margin

• Buying on credit, based on personal wealth

Economically, the 1920s was overall a period of

• economic growth and prosperity

• declining standards of living.

• high unemployment and recession.

• decline in farm production

The term “flapper” referred to

• women who joined the air force during the war.

• modern, single, women who smoked and wore short dresses.

• women who supported Prohibition by attacking saloons and saloonkeepers.

• feminists who organized political action groups.

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

• The start of the Harlem

  Renaissance

• Increased job

  opportunities in Northern cities

• Laws passed in

  Northern states to end racial discrimination

• Federal Government

  job-training programs

All of the following statements reflect the African-American experience in the North during the Harlem Renaissance EXCEPT

• African-American artists drew from their own cultural heritage.

• The Harlem Renaissance attracted attention from whites.

• African Americans developed increasing political power.

• African-American writers and artists expressed racial pride.

Which was NOT a cause of the Dust Bowl?

• drought

• high winds

• thick layers of prairie grasses

• overproduction of crops

Which of the following states did most Okies leave the Dust Bowl to travel to looking for work?

• Kansas

• North Carolina

• New York

• California

What eventually ended the Great Depression?

• 1st New Deal

• 2nd New Deal

• World War I

• World War II

The New Deal government program that employed many photographers, writers, and painters was the

• Social Security (SS)

• Works Progress Administration (WPA)

• Federal Depositors Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

What was a significant, permanent change brought about by the New Deal?

• A decrease in government funding for schools and the military

• An increase in government jobs programs for artists and writers

• An expansion of the government's role in regulating the economy

• A decline in the amount of money printed every year by the federal treasury