Hoover
The New Deal
Economics
Culture War of the 20s
Grab Bag
100

Shantytowns were called this in cities during the Great Depression

What are Hoovervilles?

100

Paid farmers not to farm

What is the AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)?

100

When stocks take a downward turn, investors consider it to be this type of market

What is a bear market?

100

Arguably the worst incident of racial violence in U.S. History happened here in 1921

Where is Tulsa?

100

In addition to the hard economic times, the midwest was hit by an environmental disaster that came to be known as this

What is the Dust Bowl?

200

A depression era New Deal project bears his name and was featured in the 1983 movie "National Lampoon's Vacation" (not on the test)

What is the Hoover Dam?

200

Guarantees bank funds

What is the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corp)?

200

Economic performance is measured by this 30 company index

What is the Dow?  (Dow-Jones Industrial Average)

200

In addition to black people, the reborn Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s spewed their hate against which groups (identify one)

Who are Jews (Catholics, Immigrants, Communists)?

200

October 29, 1929 and the events that transpired on Wall Street came to be known as this

What is "Black Tuesday"?

300

Along with John F Kennedy and Donal J Trump, Hoover was the first of three presidents to do this

What is not accept a salary or paycheck for being president?  (Not on the test)

300

Polices the Stock Market

What is the SEC (Securities & Exchange Commission)?
300

Paying 10% down on a stock investment was a common practice in the 1920s and is known as this

What is buying on margin?

300

The trial that was broadcast on the radio involved the illegality of this concept being taught in public schools according to Tennessee state law

What is evolution?

300

Identify one factor that made the Great Depression different from other economic downturns

What is length (or severity)?

400

This group of veterans marched on Washington demanding $1,000 each in 1932

What is the Bonus Army?

400

Businesses that participated in the National Recovery Administration (NRA) placed posters with this emblem in their windows to show support (include the color)

What is the Blue Eagle?

400

The Emergency Banking Act of 1933 called for this to happen in order for the government to inspect their financial records

What is a (4 day) bank holiday?

400

The state of Tennessee could be considered the "buckle" of this cultural region in the United States

What is the Bible Belt?

400

Every wage earning American is required by law to pay into this old age pension fund created during the Great Depression

What is Social Security?

500

Hoover approved this agency along with a $2 billion infusion of funds to prop up failing businesses, but it was ineffective

What is the Reconstruction Finance Corporation?

500

The Works Progress Administration built this downtown Oklahoma City landmark

What is the Civic Center?

500

The peak unemployment rate during the Great Depression and the highest rate ever reached in U.S. History

What is 25%

500

The trial that was broadcast on the radio involving a controversial issue being taught in public schools came to be known as this in history books

What is the Scopes (Monkey) Trial?

500

The New Deal came to an end after Franklin Roosevelt alienated his own Democrat Party by attempting to do this

What is "Pack the (Supreme) Court"?

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