- The first thing that led to an increase in consumer spending during the Roaring Twenties was the widespread availability of household appliances, such as washing machines, vacuum cleaners, and refrigerators, which made life easier for many Americans and encouraged spending.
- The second factor was the introduction of new installment buying plans, which allowed people to purchase goods on credit and pay for them over time, thus increasing consumer purchasing power.
- The Unemployed Citizens League in Washington responded to the Great Depression by putting people to work on conservation projects and helping them barter services for goods.
- Hanford Atomic Works put thousands of people to work in the nuclear weapons research industry.
What 2 things took place that led to an increase in consumer spending during the Roaring Twenties?
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How did WA's Unemployed Citizens League respond to the Great Depression?
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Putting people to work on conservation projects.
Rebuilding farms and factories that had been abandoned.
Helping people without wages barter services for goods.
Hanford Atomic Works put thousands of people to work in what industry?
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Nuclear weapons research
Munitions manufacturing
Airplane design and production
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Farmers and manufacturers in WA would most likely have agreed with what statement?
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“I love the Panama Canal! We can get our goods to markets back east so much faster!”
“I wish they’d shut that canal down. It’s hurting our competitiveness on the West Coast.”
“I like how the Panama Canal has improved shipping, but immigrant workers are driving up costs.”
True or False: The United States placed Japanese Americans into relocation and internment camps during World War II.
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True
False
What role did Washington play in Japanese internment during World War II?
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The state provided temporary housing for internees
State officials supported students protesting internment.
The state had many sites dedicated to internment camps.
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1 point
“I love the Panama Canal! We can get our goods to markets back east so much faster!”
“I wish they’d shut that canal down. It’s hurting our competitiveness on the West Coast.”
“I like how the Panama Canal has improved shipping, but immigrant workers are driving up costs.”
True or False: The United States placed Japanese Americans into relocation and internment camps during World War II.
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2 points
True
False
What role did Washington play in Japanese internment during World War II?
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1 point
The state provided temporary housing for internees
State officials supported students protesting internment.
The state had many sites dedicated to internment camps.
- Farmers and manufacturers in WA would most likely have agreed with the statement: “I love the Panama Canal! We can get our goods to markets back east so much faster!”
- True: The United States placed Japanese Americans into relocation and internment camps during World War II.
- Washington had many sites dedicated to internment camps during World War II.
- True: The United States placed Japanese Americans into relocation and internment camps during World War II.
- Washington had many sites dedicated to internment camps during World War II.
You would most likely find the Bonneville Dam and the Grand Coulee Dam in an essay under which title?
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Where the Civilian Conservation Corps Began
How the New Deal Put People Back to Work
Why Roosevelt Fought to Insure the Banks
Which statement correctly describes the Roaring Twenties?
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The nation experienced economic growth, but not all people enjoyed prosperity.
Labor reforms decreased wealth disparity and made possible more consumer spending.
Farm profits drove investment in new business and industry, and fueled cultural changes.
What was the Asian Exclusion Act of 1924?
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What headline would have appeared after passage of the Eighteenth Amendment?
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1 point
Congress Debates Lowering the Voting Age
Gangsters and Bootleggers Bring Violence to Streets
Leading Suffragettes Campaign to Ban Alcohol
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Where the Civilian Conservation Corps Began
How the New Deal Put People Back to Work
Why Roosevelt Fought to Insure the Banks
Which statement correctly describes the Roaring Twenties?
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1 point
The nation experienced economic growth, but not all people enjoyed prosperity.
Labor reforms decreased wealth disparity and made possible more consumer spending.
Farm profits drove investment in new business and industry, and fueled cultural changes.
What was the Asian Exclusion Act of 1924?
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1 point
What headline would have appeared after passage of the Eighteenth Amendment?
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1 point
Congress Debates Lowering the Voting Age
Gangsters and Bootleggers Bring Violence to Streets
Leading Suffragettes Campaign to Ban Alcohol
- You would most likely find the Bonneville Dam and the Grand Coulee Dam in an essay under the title: "How the New Deal Put People Back to Work."
- The statement that correctly describes the Roaring Twenties is: The nation experienced economic growth, but not all people enjoyed prosperity.
- The Asian Exclusion Act of 1924 was a law that restricted immigration from Asian countries, particularly targeting Chinese, Japanese, and other Asians, effectively excluding them from entering the United States.
- The headline that would have appeared after passage of the Eighteenth Amendment would be: "Gangsters and Bootleggers Bring Violence to Streets."
- The statement that correctly describes the Roaring Twenties is: The nation experienced economic growth, but not all people enjoyed prosperity.
- The Asian Exclusion Act of 1924 was a law that restricted immigration from Asian countries, particularly targeting Chinese, Japanese, and other Asians, effectively excluding them from entering the United States.
- The headline that would have appeared after passage of the Eighteenth Amendment would be: "Gangsters and Bootleggers Bring Violence to Streets."
What were the 4 main causes of the Great Depression?
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What group faced increased discrimination during World War I?
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Japanese Americans
German Americans
Asian immigrants
Why did people in Washington buy “liberty bonds”?
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to overturn Prohibition
to fund the World War I effort
to provide relief for victims of the Dust Bowl
What 2 types of workers did the IWW try to unionize?
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2 points
What population change reflects the effects of economic activities during World War II?
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Large-scale movement from coastal areas to the interior to avoid air and sea attacks.
Increase in immigrant population along the coasts as people fled the war.
Migration of African Americans from the South to work in Northern industries.
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4 points
What group faced increased discrimination during World War I?
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1 point
Japanese Americans
German Americans
Asian immigrants
Why did people in Washington buy “liberty bonds”?
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1 point
to overturn Prohibition
to fund the World War I effort
to provide relief for victims of the Dust Bowl
What 2 types of workers did the IWW try to unionize?
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2 points
What population change reflects the effects of economic activities during World War II?
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1 point
Large-scale movement from coastal areas to the interior to avoid air and sea attacks.
Increase in immigrant population along the coasts as people fled the war.
Migration of African Americans from the South to work in Northern industries.
- The 4 main causes of the Great Depression were: stock market crash of 1929, bank failures, reduction in international trade due to tariffs and protectionist policies, and drought conditions that affected agricultural productivity.
- German Americans faced increased discrimination during World War I.
- People in Washington bought "liberty bonds" to fund the World War I effort.
- The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) tried to unionize both skilled and unskilled workers.
- The population change that reflects the effects of economic activities during World War II was the migration of African Americans from the South to work in Northern industries.
- German Americans faced increased discrimination during World War I.
- People in Washington bought "liberty bonds" to fund the World War I effort.
- The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) tried to unionize both skilled and unskilled workers.
- The population change that reflects the effects of economic activities during World War II was the migration of African Americans from the South to work in Northern industries.
What did the Asian Exclusion Act of 1924 suggest about the 1920s?
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Anti-immigrant sentiment was on the rise.
Lands along the West Coast had become overpopulated.
Competition among immigrant groups had led to conflict
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Anti-immigrant sentiment was on the rise.
Lands along the West Coast had become overpopulated.
Competition among immigrant groups had led to conflict
The Asian Exclusion Act of 1924 suggests that anti-immigrant sentiment was on the rise in the 1920s.
How did the Dust Bowl make the Great Depression worse
Disrupted railroad and other transportation routes.
Forced many farmers off their lands in search of work.
Prevented planned public works projects.
Disrupted railroad and other transportation routes.
Forced many farmers off their lands in search of work.
Prevented planned public works projects.
The Dust Bowl made the Great Depression worse by disrupting railroad and other transportation routes, forcing many farmers off their lands in search of work, and preventing planned public works projects.
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