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During the 1920’s, the United States Government reacted to its experience in WWI by: • A:Investing Heavily in a Military Buildup • B:Pursuing a Policy of Collective Security • C:Helping the League of Nations Keep the Peace • D:Following a policy of Political Isolationism $100 Question

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The Republican Presidents of the 1920’s generally followed a foreign policy based on: • A:Collective Security • B:Brinkmanship • C:Noninvolvement • D:Militarism $200 Question

A significant contribution to the industrialization of the United States was Henry Ford’s development of: • A:The Assembly Line • B:Electric-Powered Vehicles • C: The First Holding Company • D: A New Process For Making Steel $300 Question

An eventual advocate of the women’s suffrage movement before the ratification of the 19th Amendment was: • A:Woodrow Wilson • B:Grace Saxon Mills • C:Betty Ford • D:Oprah $500 Question

Langston Hughes, Bessie Smith, and Duke Ellington are most closely associated with the: • A:Gilded Age • B:Harlem Renaissance • C:Cold War • D:Populist Movement $1,000 Question

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In 1920, when Presidential candidate Warren G. Harding called for “a return to normalcy,” he was advocating… • A:Increased Support for Progressive Era Programs and the League of Nations • B:Increased Farm Production and an Emphasis on the Rural Lifestyle • C:Reduced International Involvement and Less Government Regulation of Business • D:Reduced Segregation and the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women $2,000 Question

Which group of Americans generally failed to experience prosperity of the 1920’s? • A:Retailers • B: Consumers • C:Farmers • D:Manufacturers $4,000 Question

A lasting result of the New Deal was: • A:Reduction of National Debt • B:Control of Stock Prices by the Federal Government • C:Joint Effort of Business and Labor to Strengthen the Presidency • D:Assumption by the Federal Government of Greater Responsibility for the Nation’s Well-being $8,000 Question

A major goal of the New Deal was to: • A:Keep the United States Out of War • B: Provide Work for the Unemployed • C:Conserve Natural Resources • D:Establish Wage and Price Controls $16,000 Question

A significant cause of the Great Depression was: • A:Consumer Goods Were Relatively Inexpensive • B:Some Banking Policies Were Unsound and Led to the Overexpansion of Credit • C:A Decrease in Protective Tariffs Opened American Business to Competition From Abroad • D:A Wave of Violent Strikes Paralyzed Major Industries $32,000 Question

New Deal programs such as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) were primarily intended to help: • A:Farmers • B:Homeowners • C:Businesses • D:Unemployed Workers $64,000 Question

The economic sector that benefitted least from the Coolidge prosperity was: • A:Agriculture • B:Labor • C: Large and Small Business • D:Banking and Finance $125,000 Question

The strongest opposition to President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal program came from: • A: Western Farmers • B:Business Leaders • C:Factory Workers • D:Recent Immigrants $250,000 Question

Which New Deal reforms most directly targeted the basic problem of the victims of the Dust Bowl? • A:Guaranteeing Workers the Right to Organize and Bargain Collectively • B:Regulating the Sale of Stocks and Bonds • C:Providing Farmers Low-Cost Loans and Parity Payments • D:Raising Individual and Corporate Income Tax Rates $500,000 Question

Which pair of events illustrates an accurate cause-and-effect relationship? • A:Sacco and Vanzetti Trial ---> Ratification of the Woman Suffrage Amendment • B:Rebirth of the KKK ---> Formation of the Populist Party • C:Red Scare ---> Demand for Limits on Immigration • D:High Food Prices ---> Start of the Great Depression $1 Million Question

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