Test Review on 1920s and 1930s

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  1. 4. To buy stock by paying only a fraction of the stock price and borrwoing the rest (using credit). (2 words) (CAUSES)
  2. 5. Groups that advocate extreme and immediate change. (2 words) (LIFE)
  3. 8. The Temperance Movement finally achieved its goal with the passing of this constitutional amendment. (TWENTIES)
  4. 9. This group of big business leaders wanted FDR to let businesses alone and have the government play a less active role in the economy. (2 words) (EFFECTS)
  5. 10. Carefree young women of the 1920's with short, bobbed hair, heavy makeup, and short skirts. (TWENTIES)
  6. 13. This opponent of the New Deal had the idea for a pension system for the elderly. He was a doctor from California. (2 words) (EFFECTS)
  7. 17. This minority group faced so much resistance in the United States that some were even forced out of the country. (2 words) (LIFE)
  8. 22. When the Supreme Court began challenging the programs of the New Deal, Roosevelt requested that the Court increase from 9 justices to 15 justices, claiming they were overworked. This plan was called Roosevelt's "_______" plan. (two words) (EFFECTS)
  9. 29. This New Deal program helped the economy by putting three million young men to work improving parks and planting trees. (3 words) (NEWDEAL)
  10. 31. Workers who move from place to place to harvest fruits and vegetables. (2 words) (LIFE)
  11. 35. After the stock market crashed, the unemployment rate was ____ percent. (2 words) (CAUSES)
  12. 36. Hiring experts to study how goods could be produced more quickly. (2 words) (TWENTIES)
  13. 37. Payments to people who lost their jobs. (2 words) (EFFECTS)
  14. 38. In 1935 when the Second New Deal was being put into effect, the unemployment rate was better, but was still at ___ % (unlike 25% a few years earlier). (EFFECTS)
  15. 40. People moving from the Dust Bowl region to California were commonly known as... (LIFE)
  16. 41. This New Deal program helped bring electricity to the south. (3 words) (NEWDEAL)
Down
  1. 1. People who believe there should be no government. (POST)
  2. 2. This region of the United States suffered from the Dust Bowl. (2 words) (LIFE)
  3. 3. This man criticized Roosevelt for not redistributing the wealth in the United States to help the poor. His plan was called "Share the Wealth". (2 words) (EFFECTS)
  4. 6. A national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs found in the United States after World War I . (POST)
  5. 7. An organized system for buying and selling shares, or blocks of investments, in corporations. (2 words) (CAUSES)
  6. 11. A period when the government went after "Reds" and others with radical views. (2 words) (POST)
  7. 12. Discussions between an employer and union representatives of workers over wages, hours, and working conditions. (2 words) (EFFECTS)
  8. 14. By 1929, this percentage of families were living near the poverty level. (2 words) (TWENTIES)
  9. 15. This New Deal law helped get the United States out of the banking crisis. (4 words) (NEWDEAL)
  10. 16. About 400,000 of this monority group migrated during the Depression to find jobs. The movement became known as the Great Migration. (2 words) (LIFE)
  11. 18. Many anarchists were _____, which contributed to the fear of anything "un-American". (POST)
  12. 19. The total ban on the making, selling, or transporting of liquor throughout the United States. (TWENTIES)
  13. 20. WWI veterans who marched on Washington demanding their $1,000 bonus pay before the 1945 due date. (CAUSES)
  14. 21. A type of art or entertainment that embodies a portrait of the injustice and suffering of the Derpession Era. (2 words) (LIFE)
  15. 23. Bolsheviks can be described as... (POST)
  16. 24. A series of reforms enacted by the Franklin Roosevelt administration between 1933 and 1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression. (NEWDEAL)
  17. 25. A political philosophy that hold the individual second to the nation and advocates government by dictatorship. (LIFE)
  18. 26. An economic system based on private property and free enterprise. (POST)
  19. 27. Many people in the 1920's used ______ to purchase large items like cars and appliances. It can be compared to modern-day credit. (2 words) (TWENTIES)
  20. 28. This group saw a revival in 1915 and preyed on groups believed to represent "un-American" values. (3 words) (POST)
  21. 30. Payments for retired/older people. (EFFECTS)
  22. 32. The name for Roosevelt's group of progressive lawyers, economists, and social workers that FDR used to develop his New Deal programs. (2 words) (NEWDEAL)
  23. 33. Projects such as highways, parks, and libraries built with public funds for public use. (2 words) (EFFECTS)
  24. 34. The belief that native-born Americans are superior to foreigners. (POST)
  25. 39. A type of entertainment or art that includes light or romantic entertainment that helped people forget about their problems. (LIFE)