Unit 4A: Test Answers

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How did the Great Depression affect Floridians? Check all that apply.

A
Banks and businesses closed.
B
Millions of workers lost their jobs.
C
Millions of people went hungry.
D
Crop prices increased significantly.
E
People were evicted from their homes.
F
Millions of migrants left the state for work.
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Under New Deal reforms, the biggest change to the traditional role of the federal government was

A
a higher degree of government regulation of business and the economy.
B
a lower degree of government regulation of business and the economy.
C
decreased government support for private/public partnerships.
D
increased government support of laissez-faire capitalism.
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In upholding Louisiana’s Separate Car Act, the Supreme Court claimed that

A
segregation did not constitute discrimination.
B
the Fourteenth Amendment did not apply to southern states.
C
discrimination was necessary in order to maintain public order.
D
segregation was unconstitutional based on the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Which best describes what people could buy on credit in the 1920s?

A
People could buy only expensive goods, such as cars.
B
People could buy stocks and goods from most stores.
C
People could not buy stocks but could buy expensive items.
D
People could buy only essential goods from limited stores.
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How did the WPA support the arts in the 1930s?

A
by passing the National Industry Recovery Act
B
by establishing the Federal One program
C
by passing the Wagner Act
D
by establishing the Social Security Act
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What did Herbert Hoover do to help Americans survive the Depression?

A
He urged local governments to create jobs.
B
He created national public works projects.
C
He decreased taxes on imported goods.
D
He increased taxes on businesses.
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How did the land boom in Florida affect the environment?

A
Regulations protecting wildlife were strengthened.
B
The Everglades were preserved from development.
C
Swamps were drained to build more plots for development.
D
Ponds were filled to make development more attractive.
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Which best describes how Calvin Coolidge’s presidency was different from Warren G. Harding’s presidency?

A
It had several bribery scandals.
B
It had several investment scandals.
C
It had several oil scandals.
D
It had no major scandals.
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In the 1920s, the danger of buying stock on credit was that if the stock dropped, borrowers

A
could not repay loans used to buy the stock.
B
lost ownership of the stock.
C
could no longer speculate on stock.
D
could no longer get credit.
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Which occurred after African American jazz musicians migrated north?

A
Jazz music spread throughout the US.
B
Jazz music spread only in major cities.
C
Jazz music played only in the South.
D
Jazz music lost popularity in the South.
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In addition to giving retirees money, Social Security was intended to directly stimulate the economy by

A
requiring employers to pay a new tax.
B
opening up jobs for younger people.
C
financing the activities of Townsend clubs.
D
requiring retirees to spend their money in the US.
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How did F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby reflect the culture of the 1920s?

A
Its characters showed little regard for morals.
B
Its characters were determined to become wealthy.
C
Its characters suffered from trauma after the war.
D
Its characters tested new social and political freedoms.
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In the 1920s, manufacturers encouraged consumerism by offering

A
fewer goods for low prices.
B
fewer goods for high prices.
C
a greater variety of goods for high prices.
D
a greater variety of goods for fair prices.
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How did the role of women during World War I affect the suffragist movement?

A
Many women refused to contribute to the war effort unless they were given the right to vote.
B
Women served as nurses and ambulance drivers during the war, convincing people to support their right to vote.
C
Women did not fight in the war, which turned the public against the suffragist movement.
D
Women took factory jobs in the US during the war, but their work did not impact the suffragist movement.
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Which of the following was the first public movement in which American women took leadership roles?

A
the abolition movement
B
the temperance movement
C
the suffrage movement
D
the property rights movement
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A pull factor that caused African Americans to migrate north in the early 1900s was

A
Jim Crow laws.
B
guaranteed jobs.
C
higher wages.
D
integration.
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A pull factor that caused African Americans to migrate north in the early 1900s was

A
Jim Crow laws.
B
guaranteed jobs.
C
higher wages.
D
integration.

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