20's and 30's Test

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What is the lowest point of the business cycle known as?
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How did new deal programs like the FDIC and the SEC America's faith in banking?
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During the 1920's this female advocated for women's rights and the implementation of birth control?
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Speakeasies, bootleggers, and saloons would have been associated with which era during the 20's?
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Who was the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
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Nationwide bank runs during 1929 led to which of the following?
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Lack of government control in the 1920's allowed for banks to do which of the following?
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During the late 1920's and throughout the 30's the United States was in which phase of the business cycle?
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What were the names of the underground bars that developed as a result of the 18th amendment?
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Which New Deal program focused on retirement plans, medicaid, and medicare?
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Which amendment made buying, making, or distributing alcohol illegal during this period?
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Which lady became the first female to be appointed to a cabinet position during the 30's? (Sec. of Labor)
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The idea that people should work hard and those that work hard will live a prosperous life is an example of which of the following ideas?
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Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes, and Louis Armstong were most associated with which period?
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Easy credit lead to the crash of the stock market crash by allowing?
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People that illegal had alcohol during the prohibition era were known as?
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Which critic of FDR was assassinated before his run for election is 1932?
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Which economic policy did Franklin D. Roosevelt use to respond to the Great Depression?
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Which amendment was passed in (1951) after FDR had served four consecutive terms in office. Hint- this amendment limited presidential term limits in the future.
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Which President died of heart related problems associated with the TeaPot Dome Scandal?
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______ was credited with the invention of the first automobile and the assembly line production?
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Upon FDR's first 100 days he passed several intense acts through Congress to try and stimulate the economy. This plan became known as the?
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Which factor added to the hardships faced by farmer in the midwest?
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Which amendment granted women's suffrage?
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Which factor had the greatest contribution to the crash of the stock market in 1929?
26.
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Warren G. Harding's campaign slogan after WWI was?
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Which evidence showed that the prosperity of the 1920s was an illusion?
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How was President Franklin Roosevelt's fireside chats innovative?
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Who was the famous baseball hero during the 1920s?
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Which group of period experienced the first "hard times" or depression in the early 1920s?
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Which group of protesters marched to Washington demanding their WWI bonuses early because of hard economic times?
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Trickle down economics was a plan to take money from the ______ to help stimulate the _______. As long as the ____ is doing okay they will take care of the _____.
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During a period of _______, economic times are favorable and the GDP is increasing.
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President Hoover believed in "rugged individualism"; President Roosevelt believed in _____?
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In a period where spectator sports came to dominate the era, which famous guy got his claim to fame boxing?
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Which factor most closely added to the hardships faced by farmers during the Great Depression?
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Why were films and spectator sports so popular during the 1920's and 30's?
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Who was the most famous jazz musician of this era?
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During the depression some families survived by doing which of the following?
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What is speculation?
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After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled several of Roosevelt's New Deal programs unconstitutional, how did Roosevelt respond?
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What idea did women in the 1920's adopt?
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Which New Deal program was initiated by Franklin Roosevelt to insurance an individuals money in the bank up to $100,000.
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What did the Flapper image of the 1920s represent for U.S. women?
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What scandal during Harding's administration involved Secretary of Interior, Albert Fall, selling land and taking illegal bribes?
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Which part of the business cycle is an extended recession. A downward spiral in the economy laying more than six consecutive months?
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Poor housing and shantytowns that popped up during the depression were known as which of the following?
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Which trial involved a teacher going against teaching the bible and teaching darwin's theory of evolution?
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In the 1920s, which economic factors led to the Great Depression
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How did the Hawley Smoot Tariffs hurt foreign trade?