unit 5

Question 1

The 1930s were the ______ Age of Radio.

Answer 1

golden

Question 2

The __________ Act required the government to prepare a annual spending plan.

Answer 2

National Budget

Question 3

The failure of _____ caused many individuals to lose their life savings.

Answer 3

banks

Question 4

Striking Boston were fired by Massachusetts governor Calvin Coolidge for not returning to work.

Answer 4

policemen

Question 5

President who died while in office

Answer 5

warren g harding

Question 6

first person to head the FBI

Answer 6

J edgar hoover

Question 7

the jazz singer was the first full-length feature film with _______

Answer 7

sound dialogue

Question 8

The _ is guarded day and night by a Sentinel guard of the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Regiment.

Answer 8

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Question 9

Violent acts raised concerns about communism taking hold in America.

Answer 9

red scare

Question 10

The ________ rejected several attempts by FDR to use executive
orders to create government programs.

Answer 10

Supreme Court

Question 11

This was a carefree time of loose, do-as-you-please living.

Answer 11

roaring twenties

Question 12

The Glass-Steagall Act separated banks and investment

Answer 12

commercial

Question 13

Many ______ moved from the South to northern industrial cities.

Answer 13

African Americans

Question 14

______ was when Black writers, poets, and musicians began to receive proper recognition for their contributions.

Answer 14

Harlem Renaissance

Question 15

Retirees and disabled people could receive monetary support from the _________ Administration.

Answer 15

Social Security

Question 16

The ________ Administration provided jobs to build roads, dams, bridges, and public buildings.

Answer 16

Works Progress

Question 17

A cabinet member accepting bribes from oil companies created a scandal in the Harding administration.

Answer 17

tea dome

Question 18

Supporters of believed the human race could be improved through selective breeding.

Answer 18

eugenics

Question 19

Black friday contributed to a _____ in stock market prices?

Answer 19

bubble

Question 20

enjoyed new dances and wore long beads, straight dresses, and straw hats

Answer 20

Flapper society

Question 21

Fear of other immigrants led to _, a belief that descendants of *English settlers *needed protection.

Answer 21

nativism

Question 22

The expansion of electricity
and widespread availability of _____ greatly improved American lifestyles in the 1920s.

Answer 22

automobiles

Question 23

first American to win a Nobel Prize for literature

Answer 23

Sinclair lewis

Question 24

believing it would create dependence on government, he refused to offer direct monetary assistance during the Great Depression

Answer 24

herbert hoover

Question 25

The ________ of Investigation was **created in response to violent acts** attributed to communists.

Answer 25

Federal Bureau

Question 26

FDR said, "I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a _____ for the American people."

Answer 26

new deal

Question 27

The **Emergency Quota Act limited** ______ into the United States.

Answer 27

immigration

Question 28

The **Dust** Bowl drought drove thousands of "Okies" to seek employment in _____.

Answer 28

California

Question 29

The ________ Authority controlled flooding and **produced electricity for a large region**.

Answer 29

Tennessee Valley

Question 30

____ **lowered taxes** on business and practiced a careful spending policy.

Answer 30

Calvin Coolidge

Question 31

Its goal was to protect China's sovereignty and limit **naval** forces of world powers.

Answer 31

washington naval

Question 32

**fought for Black rights** and founded the United Negro Improvement Association

Answer 32

marcus garvey

Question 33

fought for **women**'s right to vote and **helped write the Nineteenth Amendment**

Answer 33

susan b anthony

Question 34

Tennessee teacher put on trial for **teaching evolution in a public school**

Answer 34

john scope

Question 35

President _____ authorized construction of Boulder Dam.

Answer 35

Hoover

Question 36

The stock market crash on October 29, 1929 is known as _____.

Answer 36

Black Tuesday