1920s + Great Depression Review

Which New Deal agency insured people's money in the bank?

• FDIC

• SEC

• SSA

• CCC

The mood in the United States during the 1920s was

• good, people had access to more money than ever

• good but only for the wealthiest Americans

• bad, unemployment was higher than it had ever been before

• bad due to the United States losing WW1

Why did the people of the U.S. turn against Herbert Hoover?

• He created the Great Depression

• He did little to help the U.S. out of the Great Depression

• He started WW2

• He instituted the New Deal which led to a lot of deficit spending

A "hooverville" was an

• urban area of prosperous wealth

• urban area of poverty or homelessness

• urban area where people would buy stocks

• urban area that was set up to help those struggling during the Great Depression

FDR's plan to end the Great Depression was called the

• Big Deal

• Square Deal

• Big Stick Policy

• New Deal

One long term consequence of the New Deal is

• the Federal government loses power

• the Federal government becomes a greater part of peoples lives

• the Federal government becomes smaller and less significant

• the Federal government upholds the legalization of segregation

The Great Migration was

• the movement of African Americans from the south to the north

• the movement of Jewish people from the north to the south

• the mass migration of bison during the 1920s due to the Dust Bowl

• the movement of African Americans from east to west during the 20s

The Harlem Renaissance was

• a migration of African Americans from east to west

• the downplay of race and focused on inventive language

• a cultural outpouring where African Americans explored pain and joy

• the creation of the first true American form of literature

The ecological disaster that hit the Midwest was known as the

• Great Depression

• Harlem Renaissance

• Great Migration

• Dust Bowl

John T Scopes was put on trial in 1925 because

• he taught about the theory of evolution

• he was selling alcohol during prohibition

• he was the leader of the Klu Klux Klan

• he copywrote an entire book written by F Scott Fitzgerald