FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT UNIT 9

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FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT UNIT 9

APUSH VOCAB EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

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payed farmers to not farm as much so the supply goes down and demand goes up; recovery; overruled by supreme court

Question 2: FDR's court-packing scheme (1937)

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b/c FDR wanted more pwr in the supreme court, he promised a bill allowing him to expand the size of the court; congress doesnt like it or pass it, and Democratic party is split over this bill

Question 3: Glass-Steagall Banking Reform Act

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separates commercial bank from investment banks; insures back your deposited money up to a certain amount; reform

Question 4: Model "T" ("Tin Lizzie")

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regarded as the first affordable automobile; opened travel to the common middle-class American

Question 5: "Public works" projects

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federal building projects that provide more jobs; very expensive; one example is the Hoover Dam

Question 6: Thomas

• Edison

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American inventor credited with light bulb, motion picture camera, phonograph, and much more; He was called the "Wizard of Menlo Park", Menlo Park being where his lab was

Question 7: "Red Scare" (1919-1920)

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anti communist sentiment after WW1 that was supported by radicals; led to labor unrest

Question 8: Jazz

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jazz age during roaring 20s; becomes most popular form of music

Question 9: Scopes Monkey Trial (1925)

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sci teacher named Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution, but his case becomes a debated b/w traditional and scientific teachings; religious side wins & Scopes loses; William Jennings Brayan is the religious side lawyer while Darrow is Scope's lawyer

Question 10: Federal Emergency Relief Act

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federal gov gives money to states to use as the deem fit for immediate relief

Question 11: Hawley-Smoot Tariff (1930)

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raised US tariffs, cutting off 80% of foreign trade, hurting the economy and prolonging the Great Depression

Question 12: Mitchell Palmer

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was suspicious of growing communist sentiment and deported many immigrants

Question 13: Marcus Garvey

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created a movement of inspiring blacks in the US and elsewhere to return to their ancestral home of Africa

Question 14: Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

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set up a bunch of dams to make jobs and electricity; recovery

Question 15: Social Security Act

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unemployment insurance and old age pension; reform

Question 16: Langston Hughes

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one of the earliest innovators of jazz poetry

Question 17: Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) (1932)

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established during Hoover Admin to restore banking system

Question 18: Bank "holiday" (March 1933)

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FDR closes all banks so he can go through them all and say which ones are worthy of reopenning

Question 19: Harlem Renaissance

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also known as "New Negro Movement"; fostered a new black cultural identity

Question 20: Five Power Naval Treaty (1922) / 5-5-3 ratio

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treaty made to limit naval construction and prevent an arms race; for every 5 battleships US and UK had, Japan and Italy got three

Question 21: Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928)

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world peace act that outlawed war; Symbolic act that didn't really do anything

Question 22: Henry Ford

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did not invent the automobile, but made mass production assembly line; payed higher wages to workers to avoid labor unions

Question 23: Twenty-first Amendment (1933)

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repealed the 18th amendment, ending prohibition

Question 24: The "3 R's"

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Relief (short term. Ex. Giving food) Recovery ( a little longer term) Reform (long lasting esp in order to prevent another recession)

Question 25: "Flappers"

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flamboyant woman with short hair that smoked and drank; a very small percentage of women; a bad stereotype of women in 1920s

Question 26: National Recovery Admin. (NRA)

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regulates business, industry, and wages; recovery; overruled by supreme court