Unit 3: US Between the Wars

Mr. Belcastro US History STAR Review Unit 3: US Between the Wars

Vocational training. • A back-to-Africa movement. • Integration into mainstream society. • Separate-but-equal doctrines. 1. Marcus Garvey’s program in the 1920semphasized

House Un-American Activities Committee • American Civil Liberties Union • American Liberty League • United Services Organization 2. What organization was formed in the 1920s to ensure that the individual rights of citizens were protected from government abuse?

The passage of more restrictive immigration laws. • The growth of communism in the South. • The practice of racial discrimination in the United States. • The desegregation of WWI combat units. 3. Marcus Garvey’s “Back to Africa” movementand the creation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) were both early-twentieth-century responses to

The Nineteenth Amendment gave millions of women the right to vote. • The people were excited about voting on the issue of Prohibition. • Demobilization of the military released millions of men for voting. • Warren G. Harding is call for normalcy energized the voters 4. Why did the number of votes cast in the U.S.Presidential election rise by 8.2 million from 1916 to 1920?

They were leaders involved with the 1960s civil rights movement. • They were initial members of President Franklin Roosevelt is Black Cabinet. • They were writers associated with the Harlem Renaissance. • They were outspoken opponents to U.S. involvement in Vietnam. 5. Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes hadwhich of the following in common?

Encourage militant protest among African Americans. • Support educational programs for African Americans. • Improve literacy rates among African Americans. • Generate pride in African-American culture. 6. Theprimaryobjective of Harlem Renaissancewriters was to

an increase in the advertising industry • a decrease in the need for female workers • an increase in environmental protection laws • a decrease in demand for unionization 7. Which of these was an outgrowth of massproduction techniques used during the 1920s?

It would have led to greater political power for southern states. • It would have caused economic inflation. • It would have made it more difficult to secure business loans. • It would have limited the amount of money in circulation. 8. Why did industrialists oppose the increased coinage of silver during the nineteenth century?

Place a banking system under the direct control of Congress. • Decentralize the banking industry in order to allow for local control of money. • Protect the banking industry by removing the country from the gold standard. • Create a banking system that could regulate the amount of money in circulation. 9. One of the key goals of the 1913 Federal Reserve Act was to

Make direct grants to unemployed workers. • Loan money to banks, insurance companies, and other depressed businesses. • Purchase American manufactured goods for export to foreign markets. • Guarantee a minimum income to the entire nation is farmers. 10. Early in the Depression, the Hoover Administration established the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to

the Panic of 1893 • the formation of the Standard Oil Trust • the Teapot Dome Scandal • the 1929 crash of the stock market 11. Which event most contributed to the establishment of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)?

Declare a bank holiday that closed banks in the United States for several days. • Nationalize the banks to ensure they were following federal regulations. • Establish the Federal Reserve to reduce the possibility of another bank emergency. • Borrow money from foreign banks to support the U.S. banking industry. 12. Franklin Roosevelt’s immediate response to thebanking crisis after becoming president was to

A welcome addition to the labor force. • A source of much-needed capital investment. • New markets for California businesses. • Unwanted additions to the ranks of the unemployed. 14. To many Californians, the arrival of the DustBowl refugees of the mid-1930s represented

An increase in wages for California laborers. • A decrease in the number of California residents seeking relief. • A significant decrease in the number of industrial workers in California. • greater demand on available relief funds in California. 14. The large-scale movement of Great Plains residents to California during the Great Depression resulted in

Foster the growth of trade unions. • Promote recovery through economic development. • Give direct aid to American businesses. • Provide a minimum retirement income. 15. Social Security was a New Deal programdesigned to

Unfairly competed with private power companies. • Charged too much for the electricity it sold. • Did not treat its electric customers equally. • generated electricity with obsolete methods and equipment 16. Many business groups opposed the TennesseeValley Authority (TVA) in the 1930s on the grounds that it

National Recovery Administration (NRA) • Agriculture Adjustment Administration (AAA) • Works Progress Administration (WPA) • National Youth Administration (NYA) 17. What New Deal program employed largenumbers of artists and writers during the Great Depression?

There were relatively few agricultural workers in California. • Most agricultural workers were already members of other labor organizations. • There was no prior federal protection of agricultural workers. • Wages for agricultural workers in California were already high. 18. One reason the United Farm Workers haddifficulty gaining national recognition for their union was that

Unit 3: US Between the Wars