AcDec Section 4 Review

The Grapes of Wrath was written by

John Steinbeck

How can someone best describes the United States Democratic Party of the 1920s?

divided

In 1927, major flooding along what river led to a humanitarian crisis?

Mississippi

Herbert Hoover was raised by relatives who were members of which organization?

Society of Friends

Increased productivity and efficiency, technological innovation, modern “scientific” corporate management, and improved statistics were all reasons for economists’ ____ assessment of the U.S. economy leading up to the Great Depression.

bullish

The tone of President Hoover’s message to the American people immediately following the stock market crash can be described as?

optimistic

Investors who borrowed against future profits to purchase stock were participating in

buying on margin

Most of the Northern wing of the U.S. Democratic party where what?

immigrants

Herbert Hoover was the first president to hail from what area of the country?

the west coast/oregon

Which nickname was given to Herbert Hoover?

The great engineer

The 1924 Democratic presidential candidate John Davis was from what state?

West Virginia

A record number of mortgages defaulted, overproduction that led to surpluses in consumer goods, widespread layoffs leading to high unemployment, and banks becoming insolvent All led to what?

the great depression

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was established under the presidency of

Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover’s treatise entitled American Individualism was published in

1924

During the Great Depression, unemployment rates were highest amongst which populations? __ __ and ___.

African Americans and immigrants

Alfred E. Smith’s running mate in the 1928 presidential election was a senator from which state?

Arkansas

Out of the USA, France, Belgium, Italy, and Great Britain: By 1932, all of the following countries remained on the gold standard EXCEPT

Great Britain

What sub group of the Democratic Party supported universal white male suffrage, was founded in 1788 as a political club, was based in New York City, and was named after a chief of a Delaware Indian tribe?

Tammany Hall

What happened after the Hawley-Smoot Tariff?

A trade war

Which photographer is BEST recalled for photographing life during the Great Depression?

Dorothea Lange

What was the primary cause of the Dust Bowl?

severe drought

Herbert Hoover believed that the solution to the economic crisis of the Great Depression a model of voluntary p__ a_ and c_ g__.

private action and collective generosity

The Hawley-Smoot Tariff was passed in what year?

1930

According to the Social Science Resource Guide, which of the following was the main cause of the rise in national debt between 1930 and 1932?

the new deal

In 1928, Herbert Hoover declared he would usher in the abolition of

poverty

By 1932, the estimated unemployment rate in the United States was

24%

The Agricultural Marketing Act was signed to address which issue during Herbert Hoover’s presidency?

agricultural surpluses

Signed during Hoover’s administration, what agreement committed nations to seek peaceful resolutions for all international disputes?

Kellog-Briand act

October 29, 1929 is associated with what major U.S. historical event?

black tuesday

What was the nickname given to shanty towns that sprung up across the United States during the Great Depression.

Hoovervilles

Who was a New York Governor, a devout Irish Catholic, raised in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, and was the wets’ preferred candidate for the 1924 Democratic presidential nomination?

Alfred E. Smith

Herbert Hoover attempted to prevent a worldwide economic crisis by freezing all international debt payments in which year?

1931

In the two years following the enactment of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff, U.S. imports dropped by approximately what percentage?

40%

Approximately what percentage of American banks failed during Herbert Hoover’s presidency?

20%

During the recession of 1920-1921, Herbert Hoover led which organization?

The president's conference on unemployment

In 1932, Herbert Hoover lost the presidential election to candidate

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Which of the following claimed that the stock market crash of 1929 was a natural occurrence that would “purge the rottenness of the system”?

Andrew Mellon

Before the presidency, Herbert Hoover worked in what profession?

Miner

Who served as Treasury Secretary in the Hoover Administration?

Andrew Mellon

The Dawes Plan and the Young Plan of 1929 were primarily created to support reparations and debt repayment owed by which European country?

Italy

In the aftermath of the 1927 Mississippi flood, what organization published accounts of the relief camps?

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Construction of the Empire State Building was officially completed in what year?

1931

The collective panic that ensued following the Great Depression was depicted in what popular film?

It's a wonderful life

Which of the following was constructed during the Great Depression and helped provide thousands of Americans with jobs?

Hoover dam

Unemployment insurance, social security pensions, government welfare programs, and large public works projects were all features of

the new deal

Prohibitionists were also called

drys

Approximately what percentage of Americans owned stock in the 1920s?

8%

Herbert Hoover chaired the President’s Conference on Unemployment during the term of which U.S. president?

Warren G. Harding

Approximately how many workers lost their jobs during the Great Depression?

4 Million

What political party won the presidency by substantial margins in both 1920 and 1924?

Republican

What is it called when people rush to withdraw their savings from banks before they fail?

Bank runs

Which president declared a national bank holiday to help prevent customers from withdrawing their deposits?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Poor migrants who were forced to relocate during the Dust Bowl got The nickname ___.

Okies

The “Bonus Army” set up encampments in what city to lobby for payment of bonuses?

Washington DC

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was created in which year?

1932

In 1929, a successful pooling campaign led to the artificial inflation of the stock value of which company?

RCA

Herbert Hoover initially believed that the economic downturn at the end of the 1920 was caused by

Irrational fears of Americans spooked by the stock market crash

The first Catholic presidential candidate of a major party was?

Alfred E. Smith

Other than the “Solid South”, Alfred E. Smith won which states in the 1928 presidential election?

Rhode Island and Massachusetts

The failure of what bank marked the largest commercial bank failure in American history?

Bank of United States