Industrialization Unit Test Review

How did the events surrounding the Bonus Army in 1932 affect people's attitudes? More Americans wanted MacArthur to be president. More Americans disliked Hoover. More Americans joined the Bonus Army. More Americans wanted help from the RFC.

By instituting government oversight on banks and investments, Franklin Roosevelt reinforced the policies of Herbert Hoover. hoped to create jobs and get reelected. prompted Americans to take their money out of banks. hoped to avoid another stock market crash.

Read the claim and counterclaim about the New Deal. Claim: Starting in 1933, the New Deal succeeded by giving Americans jobs and hope that had been missing during the Great Depression. Counterclaim: The New Deal was not successful because it took US entry into World War II in 1941 to bring full employment. Which evidence is the best rebuttal of the counterclaim? World War II brought additional hardships, such as rationing of food and other supplies. World War II gave a boost to American factories, such as those making supplies for US allies. The New Deal reduced the unemployment rate from 25 percent to less than 15 percent before World War II. The New Deal proved that the federal government could take direct action to help citizens in need.

How did the WPA support the arts in the 1930s? by passing the National Industry Recovery Act by establishing the Federal One program by passing the Wagner Act by establishing the Social Security Act

Felix is writing an argumentative essay about the New Deal's effects on the average working-class American during the Great Depression. Which approach to the subject would most likely hook the audience's interest? listing the goals and effects of major New Deal programs providing economic statistics from before the 1929 stock market crash delivering the full text of Franklin D. Roosevelt's second inaugural address sharing the personal story of a young Oklahoman family who lived during the Dust Bowl

How did Hoover's belief that Americans should maintain their individualism affect his response to the Depression? He led efforts to build the St. Lawrence Seaway. He let the Depression continue until World War II. He hired a thousand economists to advise him. He wanted to provide indirect aid to people.

Which best states the intention of John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath? to describe a family's difficulties during westward migration to describe the struggles of African Americans to delight readers with a comical story to entertain readers with an upbeat family story

The Works Progress Administration stimulated manufacturing by providing people with retirement income. giving workers the right to organize and strike. giving workers increased purchasing power. encouraging artistic creativity.

Which was a direct result of bank failures in the 1920s and 1930s? Unemployment rose. Companies slowed production. Depositors lost their savings. People could not pay back their loans.

Why did Francis Townsend advocate federal support for retired Americans in the 1930s? He lost his fortune due to New Deal reforms. He pitied people who did not have pensions. He was forced to retire by younger workers. He retired with only $100 saved.

Which was a result of the Great Depression? Farmers paid off their debt. Commercial farms grew. Crops failed in the Great Plains. Crop prices increased.

A majority of Californians reacted to Dust Bowl migrants by discriminating against migrants. creating enough jobs for migrants. offering high wages to migrants. giving jobs to people who were not migrants.

What did Herbert Hoover do to help Americans survive the Depression? He urged local governments to create jobs. He created national public works projects. He decreased taxes on imported goods. He increased taxes on businesses.

The date a source was created is considered part of its

In the consumer culture of the 1920s, people purchased nonessential goods on a regular basis. people purchased only essential goods on a regular basis. people reduced their purchasing of essential goods. people reduced their purchasing of nonessential goods.