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3rd 9 week Bnch guid
3rd 9 week Benchmark Study Guide for US History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was Frances Perkins and what New Deal legislation was she instrumental in creating? | 1st Female Cabinet member. Social Security Act. |
| List 3 main goals of the New Deal Legislation. | Relief for needy, economic recovery, financial reform. |
| Describe the Agricultural Administration Act (AAA) and its purpose. | Raise prices of farm products. |
| What was the result of the National Industrial Recovery Act? | Thrown out by Supreme Court. |
| What was the “Court Packing Plan” and what was the result of this plan? | Reorganize the Supreme Court by adding Justices he wanted. Failed to pass. |
| What did FDR believe was the first step to recovery? | Re establishing trust in the banks. |
| What was the 100 days? | First of his 1st term & 15 laws. |
| Who wrote the novel Native Son? | Richard Wright. |
| What was the purpose of the Social Securities Exchange Commission? | Regulate stock market. |
| What did the Home Owners Loan Corporation do? | Federal government bought loans to lower payments and prevent foreclosure. |
| What were FDR’s 3 goals after taking office? | Relief for the needy, economic recovery, and financial reform. |
| What does the FDIC do & what law established it? | Insures bank deposits & created by glass stegal act. |
| What were the Fireside Chats? | FDR's radio broadcast to people. |
| Explain how the 1932 election showed the American people’s frustration with the Republican Party. | Hoover was defeated badly by FDR democrats gain 3/4 & senate 2/3. |
| Explain why liberals were critical of FDR and the New Deal. | Believed he didn't do enough in relief & reform. |
| Why were conservatives critical of FDR and the New Deal? | Believed he did to much in relief & reform. |
| What election was the 1st in which most African Americans supported Democrats? | 1936 |
| What were the regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act? | 40 hour work week, minimum wage, child labor. |
| What did the Social Security Act establish? | Old age insurance, unemployment insurance, benefits for the disabled. |
| Describe the film Gone With the Wind. | Shows triumph over suffering & most popular. |
| How did FDR select his advisers? | Shows people who disagreed with him & each other. |
| What New Deal legislation is the most significant today? | Social Security Act |
| Explain how FDR's policies helped increase union membership in the U.S.? | Wagner act legally recognized unions. |
| Why were movies important for people living through the Depression? | Provided a cheap escape from their troubles. |
| What form of entertainment did most Americans have in their home? | Radio |
| Describe the Hindenburg. | First world wide radio broadcast & German blimp that blew up. |
| Who was Huey Long? | Former governor of Louisiana and ran against FDR. |
| Why did FDR refuse to address anti lynching laws and poll tax laws? | Knew expanding civil rights would lost support of southern white democrats. |
| What did the Espionage and Sedition Acts do? | Imposed harsh penalties on anyone interfering with or speaking against US participation in World War I. |
| What is the significance of Nov 11, 1918? | The new German Representative signed an armistice. |
| What was the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson? | Providing for separate railway carriages for the white and colored races. |
| What was the purpose for Jim Crow Laws? | Mandated separate but equal. |
| Where did the 1st successful airplane flight take place and when? | Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. |
| What is the Tuskegee Institute? | Was a school established for black teachers. |
| Explain Booker T. Washington's views on racism. | Believed that African Americans had to achieve economic independence before civil rights. |
| List causes of WWI. | Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, nationalism, militarism, imperialism, and Alliances. |
| What event sparked WWI? | When Archduke Ferdinand was Assassinated. |
| What was required for Germany in the Treaty of Versailles? | Hard hand down punishment. |
| List nations of the Triple Entente. | Great Britain, France, Russia, Japan, Italy, U.S, and Australia. |
| Who was George Custer? | Cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. |
| What was the Supreme Court's ruling in Schenck vs. U.S.? | The freedom of speech. |
| Explain the effects of barbed wire on the open range. | Unfenced, public land; usually for grazing cattle. |
| What is the purpose of the Selective Service Act? | Authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through the compulsory enlistment of people. |
| What caused the populist movement? | Farmers |
| What factors led to the industrial boom of the late 1800's and early 1900's? | Wealth of natural resources, government support for business and a growing urban population. |
| Describe the regulations of the Pendleton Civil Service Act. | The act gave the commission jurisdiction over only 10 percent of federal jobs, though the president could expand the list. |
| What time period is described as the Gilded Age? | 1865-1896 |
| Explain vertical integration. | In order to increase efficiency and limit competition. |
| What was the purpose of the Homestead Act? | Helped make land accessible to hundreds of thousands of westward-moving settlers. |
| Describe the Sherman Antitrust Act. | A law that forbade trusts of combinations in business. |
| Where was Franz Ferdinand assassinated and who assassinated him? | Gavrilo Princip, Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary |
| List new technologies of WWI. | Poison gas, trench warfare, machine guns, airplanes, submarines, and tanks. |
| What was the purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act? | Restricted immigration. |
| What incident marked the end of conflict between settlers and Natives? | Wounded Knee. |
| Describe the Harlem Renaissance. | Was an African American cultural movement. |
| Who was John T. Scopes? | Violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school. |
| What was the Ohio Gang? | A group of poker-playing, men that were friends of President Warren Harding. |
| What did the 18th Amendment do? | Ban alcohol. |
| List all effects of the Great Depression. | Unemployment, Factories cut back on production, bank failures. |
| What is Direct Relief. | Money or food given directly from the gov. to the needy |
| What happened on Oct. 29, 1929 and what is it known as? | The stock market boom had fell out. |
| List states affected by the drought of the 1930's? | Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado. |
| List the 4 Primary causes of the Depression? | Banks, federal reserve raising interest rates, debt, and overproduction. |
| What did Huey Long want the Federal Government to do? | He wanted to Share the wealth. |
| Who wrote the Grapes of Wrath and what was it about? | John Steinbeck. Okies fleeing the dust bowl in OK for California. |
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