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A perceived threat of a communist revolution in the U.S.

What was “the red scare” a reaction to ?

A back-to-Africa movement

What was Marcus Garvey’s program Emphasize?

American civil liberties Union

What organization was formed to ensure that the individual rights of citizens were

protected from government abuse?

The practice of racial discrimination in the U.S.

What was the Back to Africa movement a response to?

The nineteenth Amendment gave millions of women the right to vote

Why did the number of votes in the U.S. rise by 8.2 from 1916to 1920?

They were initial member of President FDR Black Cabinet

What did Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes have in common?

Generate pride in African American culture

What was the primary objective of Harlem Renaissance writers?

An increase in the advertising industry

What was an outgrowth of mass production techniques used in the 1920’s?

It would have caused economic inflation

Why did industrialists oppose the increased coinage of silver during the 19th century?

Creating excessive consumer debt

How did installment threaten economic stability?

Loan money to banks, insurance companies, and other depressed

businesses

What did the Reconstruction Finance Corporation do?

The 1929 crash of the stock market

What event contributed the most to the establishment of the SEC?

Declare a bank holiday that closed banks in the U.S. for several years

What was FDR’s immediate response to the banking crisis?

Unwanted additions to the ranks of the unemployed

What did the arrival of the Dust Bowl represent?

Extensive drought conditions

What problems did the farmers face on the great plains?

Increasing demand for markets contributed to support for an

open door policy

How did the growth of U.S. manufacturing affect the country’s

international relations?

Reconstructing American society

What did the social gospel movement believe religion should

put more emphasis on?

Small farmers

What problems did the populist party publicize?

Enforce legislation regulating railroad rates

What did congress give the Interstate Commerce Commission

the power to?

All countries should have equal trading rights in China

What beliefs did the Open Door Policy reflect?

Congress approves the annexation of Hawaii as a U.S.

territory

What happened in 1898?

Secure the rights to build a canal through Central America

Why did the U.S. support a revolution in panama?

Strong navy

What did the policy “speak softly and carry a big stick” rely on

having?

The U.S. reserved the right to intervene in the affairs of Central America and the

Caribbean

What did the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe

Doctrine state?

America’s war effort would be threatened if dissenters were

allowed free speech

What belief did the Espionage Act reflect?