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The New Era: 1921-1933
True/False Quiz

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1 .       During the 1920s, appointees to federal regulatory agencies were generally pro-business. [Hint]

 
 


2 .       n the 1920s, most Americans were anxious for their nation to participate fully in international affairs. [Hint]

 
 


3 .       The 1922 Four-Power Treaty committed its signatories to respect one another's interests in the Far East. [Hint]

 
 


4 .       About the only thing the western democracies agreed on during the 1920s was a mechanism to govern the repayment of World War I debts. [Hint]

 
 


5 .       Excessive government regulation was the major weakness in the national economy in the 1920s, eventually ending its prosperity. [Hint]

 
 


6 .       The primary causes of the Great Depression were the economic dislocations resulting from World War I. [Hint]

 
 


7 .       President Hoover's program for combating the Great Depression called for the federal government to lend funds to banks and corporations that were in danger of failing. [Hint]

 
 


8 .       President Hoover's primary response to the Great Depression was to follow historical precedent and let the depression run its course. [Hint]

 
 


9 .       President Hoover's plans for dealing with the Great Depression showed that he was willing to experiment boldly and persistently in a search for solutions. [Hint]

 
 


10 .       During the Great Depression, "Hoovervilles" became temporary homes for unemployed workers. [Hint]

 
 


11 .       One social consequence of the Great Depression was that there was a notable increase in the birthrate in families of unemployed men. [Hint]

 
 


12 .       Through the 1920s, Franklin D. Roosevelt was a noted social reformer who had considerable insight into the aspirations of ordinary people. [Hint]

 
 






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