Which group was President Roosevelt discussing?
returning soldiers
unemployed people
minorities who had few civil rights
stock owners who sustained heavy losses
How did New Deal legislation affect the relationship between federal and state governments?
Federal authority was expanded.
State taxes decreased.
Federal unemployment increased.
State debts were absolved.
Which statement best describes an agricultural practice that led to the decline of the farming industry in the 1930s?
Western farmers constructed elaborate systems of irrigation to bring water to desert regions.
Farmers imported seed and grain from other countries to supplement domestic supplies.
Technology was used to clear large tracts of land, resulting in the overproduction of crops.
Cattle drives were increased to meet the demand from consumers in eastern states.
Which effect did the end of World War I have on U.S. agricultural production in the 1920s?
Imported food products became less expensive to buy.
Land values rose as agricultural profits increased.
Overproduction of crops resulted in lower food prices.
Buyers reduced consumption to boycott unfair tariffs.
What was the main cause for the need for soup kitchens during the 1930s?
increase in food prices
decrease in crop production
high rate of unemployment
exchange rate of the dollar
What was one effect the writings of Langston Hughes had on U.S. culture?
HIs writings exposed the dangerous conditions in meatpacking plants.
His writings raised public awareness about the injustices of a segregated society.
His writings illustrated the unsafe living conditions of immigrants in urban areas.
His writings uncovered a scandal involving oil companies in Southern states.
Which people were targeted by the “Palmer Raids” of 1919-1920?
deserters
Bootleggers
Communists radicals
Ku Klux Klan members
The Dust Bowl in the 1930s resulted from
the over-use of farmland.
the introduction of new crops.
government work programs.
increased pollution.
Most Dust Bowl migrants headed to which of the following states?
California
Nevada
Oklahoma
Texas
Which African American led the “Back to Africa” movement during the early 20th century?
Booker T. Washington
George Washington Carver
W.E.B. DuBois
Marcus Garvey
All of the following contributed to the bank failures of the late 1920s except
unpaid farm loans.
the stock market crash.
overextension of credit.
bank holidays.
The Red Scare of the 1920s had its origins in the
Palmer Raids.
case of Schenck v. United States.
Russian Revolution.
Espionage Act.
Which constitutional issue was raised by these events?
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power of federal government to regulate interstate trade and taxes
separation of powers between the judicial and executive branches
extent of the implied powers of the legislative branch
authority of the states to nullify federal laws
The Great Migration refers to the shift of the African-American population from the
rural South to the rural North.
rural North to the rural South.
urban South to the urban North.
rural South to the urban North.
Which of the following occurred as the result of legislation during the New Deal?
The national debt decreased.
Subsidies for U.S. farmers were canceled.
A national minimum wage was established.
Unions were made illegal.
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How did the introduction of these New Deal programs affect the role of the government?
Congress replaced the president as the initiator of most government programs.
The federal government took an active role in protecting individual prosperity.
The government abandoned deficit spending to fund its programs.
Federal government pensions were administered at the state level.
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