B.:-) He saw the Depression as akin to an act of nature, about which nothing could be done except to ride it out. …show more content…
17.What was the overall U.S. unemployment rate during the worst periods of the Depression?
B.:-) 25%
18.The thrust of Roosevelt’s “Good Neighbor” policy was to
A. ? retreat from the military interventionism and blatant economic domination which had characterized previous American policy toward Latin America
19.All of the following “New Deal” agencies were created during the Great Depression to provide jobs for the unemployed EXCEPT
A.:-) Farm Security Administration (FSA)
20.Which of the following best describes the administrations of Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge?
C.:-) “The business of government is business!”
21.The “Lost Generation” refers to
C.:-) young writers disillusioned by the materialism, decadence, and conformity domination 1920s America
22.All of the following contributed to the Great Depression EXCEPT
D.:-) lack of credit to help consumers sustain economic growth
23.The Smoot-Hawley Tariffs and other protectionist trade measures had the long-term effect of
D.:-) sparking retaliatory measures from Europe which weakened both their economies and ours
24.The recession of 1937 was primarily caused …show more content…
United States established the precedent for the idea that
B.:-) speech that presents a “clear and present danger” is not protected
44.Which of the following events illustrates the nativist sentiments of the 1920s?
B.:-) The reemergence of the Ku Klux Klan and the passage of the National Origins Act
45.What was the 1920s Harlem Renaissance?
E.:-) A period of artistic achievement in multiple fields by African-Americans
46.The trial of Sacco and Vanzetti illustrated America’s fear of
D.:-) immigrants who possessed radical or leftist beliefs
47.The impact of the Fordney-McCumber and Hawley-Smoot Tariffs could be best described as
B.:-) crippling Europe’s ability to pay off its war debts and damaging America industry
48.Why was the Kellogg-Briand Pact significant?
A. ? The nations involved agreed not to use threat of war against each other.
49.A primary reason for Henry Ford’s success in the automobile industry was that he
C.:-) adopted a strategy of horizontal integration
50.The purpose of the Nineteenth Amendment was to
D.:-) grant suffrage to women
51.The Scopes Trial illustrated the nation’s debate over
A. ? religious conservatism versus modern scientific