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World War II: America

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What effect did the use of credit have on the economy in the 1920s?
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It made the economy weaker.
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How did consumers weaken the economy in the late 1920s?
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Consumers bought too many goods they could not afford.
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Which statement best explains how farming affected the economic slowdown that led to the Great Depression?
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Even though prices and demand were falling, production increased.
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What is consumerism?
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a pattern of wanting and buying new products
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Which industry boosted consumerism in the 1920s, feeding economic growth?
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advertising
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Who was Herbert Hoover?
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the president during the beginning of the Great Depression
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About how many people moved away from the Great Plains states during the Depression?
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2.5 million
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After the stock market crash,
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Americans panicked and rushed to banks for their money.
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Which of the following is implied by significant population growth on the Great Plains between 1880 and 1930?
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More and more land was cleared for farming during this time.
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Before running for president in 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt
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had been governor of the state of New York.
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Which of the following pieces of legislation was also known as the Wagner Act?
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the National Labor Relations Act
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A current federal program from the New Deal that is directly related to the banking industry is the
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FDIC.
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Why did many conservatives disagree with New Deal economic policies?
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Conservatives believed in balanced budgets, low taxes, and less regulation by the federal government.
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President Franklin Roosevelt's judicial reform bill would have allowed him to
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appoint as many as six additional Supreme Court justices.
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Which of the following oversaw the Federal One project in the 1930s?
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the Works Progress Administration
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Which of the following would have most likely occurred if Franklin Roosevelt's judicial reform bill had become law?
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It would have concentrated power in the executive branch of the government.
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Why did President Roosevelt need to create a Second New Deal?
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The economy continued to struggle with high unemployment rates and widespread poverty.
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Unlike liberal critics of Roosevelt's New Deal, conservative critics
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thought New Deal programs expanded government too much.
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What precedents set by the New Deal have been put into play during periods of recession?
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Financial aid has been supplied to the jobless.
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How did the Second New Deal create a way for workers to exercise their rights in the workplace?
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through the passage of the 1935 National Labor Relations Act
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How did the Supreme Court frustrate Roosevelt's New Deal legislation?
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by declaring parts of it unconstitutional