Great Depression / New Deal

Which of the following wasn't a defining characteristic of the United States during the 1930's?

• A sharp increase in the power given to state governments

• An extended period of economic depression

• The adoption of the interventionist foreign policy

• The formation of a national Civil Rights movement

Read the list and answer the question that follows. Which reason correctly replaces the blank on this list?

REASONS FOR THE GREAT DEPRESSION

• - Collapse of the stock market

• - Loss of consumer confidence

• - ​ (a)  

• Failure of banks
• Decrease in interest rates
• Outsourcing of manufacturing jobs
• Outbreak of a global war

Which statement best explains one effect of the New Deal?

• The federal government took control of public education and universities

• Corporations had to obtain permission from state governments before hiring workers

• Labor unions had to provide justification to state governments before conducting strikes.

• People relied more on the federal government for assistance

The explosion on the USS Maine started...

• WWI

• WWII

• Spanish American War

• Mexican American War

What is the type of sensational reporting where writers exaggerated or even invented stories?

• muckraking

• yellow journalism

• journalism

• reporting

What does this map support?

• US fought the Spanish navy in Atlantic and Pacific
• Spanish-American War led to new US territories
• America became a colonial power in South America by surrounding it
• Panama Canal is critical to US trade

These were journalists who wrote book and articles that exposed corruption in business and government:

• Progressives

• Muckrakers

• Sensationalists

• Investigative reporters

This act prohibited railroads from charging more for short hauls than for long hauls over the same route.

• Interstate Highway Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Homestead Act

• Sherman Anti Trust Act

What trial pitted science versus religion in the 1920s?

• Sacco & Vanzetti Trial

• The Scopes Trial

• The Teapot Dome Trial

• The Garvey Trial

The Social Security Act is often considered part of President Franklin Roosevelt's "Second New Deal" because it

• offered payments to those who were retired or unemployed.

• made all employers allow their workers to join a labor union.

• had to be amended and added twice before Congress would pass it.

• was part of the President's plans to enact programs that would offer long-range governmental reform.