1920s
What is the name for the cultural movement that came as a result of African Americans moving from the South to northern cities?
What were "Hoover blankets"?
Which New Deal program had the goal of raising farm prices by limiting agricultural production?
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Which group was relocated during WWII because of possible subversive activity against the war effort?
Japanese Americans
Name two events/developments during the 1920s that demonstrate the Americans' public fear and resentment of European immigrants.
Sacco and Vanzetti case; rise of the KKK; Palmer raids
Bonus Army
Who led a movement to implement a federal program of old age benefits during the 1930s?
Dr. Francis Townsend
Which event immediately preceded the United States' declaration of war during WWII?
Attack by Japan at Pearl Harbor
Who rose to prominence during the 1920s by emphasizing black pride and black nationalism?
Marcus Garvey
Of all the economic issues during the Great Depression, which was the most problematic?
unemployment (peaked at 25%)
What was one of the most powerful mediums to publicize the plight of migrant farmworkers and their families?
photography
More than any New Deal program, what was the most essential development in curbing the unemployment rate during the later years of the Great Depression?
industrial mobilization related to World War II
Who was the least prosperous group in the 1920s? (job type and location)
Farmers in the Midwest and South
What was the most significant program established by Herbert Hoover that attempted to fight the Great Depression?
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
What was an important result of the 1936 election? (Don't just say who won!)
It marked a shift of African American voters from the Republican to the Democratic Party
Which program encouraged Mexican workers to come to the US as temporary laborers between the 1940s and 1960s?
bracero program
What sorts of activities did the consumer culture of the 1920s emphasize, as opposed to previous periods?
Leisure time/recreational activities
Name two of Hoover's decisions/beliefs that either extended or caused the Great Depression.
adherence to the gold standard; high tariffs (Hawley-Smoot); not wanting to break with the philosophy of limited government; belief that businesses could come together on their own to solve the problem
New Deal policies demonstrate continuity with which earlier reform movement, and in what way?
What was Truman's main reason for dropping the atomic bomb on Japan?
It would prevent the need for a costly invasion of Japan