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The Great Migration of 1910-1920 refers to this movement.
What is the migration of African-Americans from the rural South to urban northern cities?
100
They made up the Bonus Army that marched on Washington, DC to get their bonuses now.
Who are World War I veterans and their families?
100
This was the aim of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act.
What is prevent farmers and homeowners from losing their property?
100
This new deal legislation was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
What are the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) and the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)?
100
In the political cartoon #138, the main idea/central message is _____.
What is farmers, workers, and business owners could solve their problems, if given some good opportunities?
200
In the 1920s, consumers bought lots of new things using this.
What is credit/installment payments?
200
Buying stock on margin means this.
What is borrowing money to help pay for the stock?
200
This was the first major act that President Franklin Roosevelt took when he became president.
What is closing all of the nation's banks and ordering their inspection?
200
Analyze the political cartoon #138 for this item. In the cartoon, the card game represents _____.
What is the United States economy?
200
The American public perceived these characteristics in President Franklin Roosevelt.
What are compassion, determination, and self-confidence?
300
This was going up for farmers in the 1920s while prices of their crops was going down.
What is debt?
300
This is a government system for giving payments of food to the poor.
What is direct relief?
300
This was one of the major goals of the New Deal.
What is regulating the stock market?
300
In the cartoon, one of the characters is demanding a "New Deal."
Who is the farmer?
300
She helped organize the "Black Cabinet," a group of influential African-Americans who advised the Roosevelt administration on racial issues.
Who is Mary McCloud Bethune?
400
The major causes of the American Dust Bowl included ___.
What are droughts, high winds, and overproduction of crops/plowing up the prairie grass?
400
Buying stocks on the chance of a quick profit without considering the risks is known as _____.
What is speculation?
400
This program was most directly responsible for creating new jobs and putting people to work.
What is the Works Progress Administration (WPA)?
400
According to the cartoon, someone benefits from a "New Deal".
What is small business?
400
This New Deal policy had the biggest long-term impact on the American economy.
What is the Social Security Act?
500
After the stock market crash, President Hoover tried to help the economy by doing this.
What is asking businesses not to lay off employees?
500
People called shantytowns "Hoovervilles" for this reason.
What is expressing disgust with President Hoover and his policies?
500
This was the main objective of the Agricultural Adjustment Act.
What is to raise prices for farm products?
500
They are on the opposite side of the table from big business in the cartoon.
Who are the workers?
500
This program reflected President Franklin Roosevelt's concern for the natural environment.
What was the Civilian Conservation Corps?