US ESTABLISHMENT AS A WORLD
POWER EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Harlem Renaissance - ANSWER-black artistic movement in New York City in the
1920s, when writers, poets, painters, and musicians came together to express
feelings and experiences, especially about the injustices of Jim Crow; leading figures
of the movement included Countee Cullen, Claude McKay, Duke Ellington, Zora
Neale Hurston, and Langston Hughes.
Langston Hughes - ANSWER-African American poet who described the rich culture
of African American life using rhythms influenced by jazz music. He wrote of African
American hope and defiance, as well as the culture of Harlem and also had a major
impact on the Harlem Renaissance.
Louis Armstrong - ANSWER-Leading African American jazz musician during the
Harlem Renaissance; he was a talented trumpeter whose style influenced many later
musicians.
Tin Pan Alley - ANSWER-District in New York City where songs were written "on
order" for Broadway shows.
Irvin Berlin - ANSWER-Russian immigrant who became one of America's most
celebrated songwriters
Great Depression - ANSWER-the economic crisis beginning with the stock market
crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s
Causes of the Great Depression - ANSWER-Over-speculation in the stock market;
1929 stock market crash; over production; bank failures (and uninsured deposits);
job losses; underconsumption
1929 stock market crash - ANSWER-When value of stock fell so low, people were
left with huge debts; banks ran out of money and closed, people lost jobs. Start of
Great Depression.
Black Tuesday - ANSWER-Day the stock market crashed and led to the Great
Depression
over speculation - ANSWER-During the 1920s, speculators bought stocks with
borrowed money and then used those stocks as collateral to buy more stocks
buying on margin - ANSWER-the practice of purchasing stocks with a little money
down with the promise of paying the balance at sometime in the future
Dust Bowl - ANSWER-a nickname for the Great Plains regions hit by drought and
dust storms in the early 1930s
, drought - ANSWER-a long period without rain
westward migration - ANSWER-is the movement of people to
the western and mid-western states to find new
opportunities (ex. jobs, land, and gold).
hoovervilles - ANSWER-camps built outside of major cities by people who had lost
their homes during the great depression called hoovervilles because the people
blamed Pres. Hoover for their situition
President Herbert Hoover - ANSWER-president during the Great Depression and
stock market crash of 1929
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) - ANSWER-A New Deal agency created to
generate electric power and control floods in a seven-U.S.-state region around the
Tennessee River Valley . It created many dams that provided electricity as well as
jobs.
Wagner Act 1935 - ANSWER-It established the National Labor Relations Board in
1935 to protect the rights of workers to form and join labor unions and engage in
collective bargaining and take part in strikes
New Deal - ANSWER-The name of President Roosevelt's program for getting the
United States out of the depression
Social Security - ANSWER-federal program that provides monthly payments to
people who are retired or unable to work
Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) - ANSWER-He was the President of the United
States during the Great Depression and WWII. He instituted the New Deal. Served
from 1933 to 1945, he was the only president in U.S. history to be elected to four
terms
socialist - ANSWER-Person who believes industries should be publicly owned and
run by the government rather than by private individuals
Great Migration - ANSWER-movement of over 1.5 million African American from the
rural south into Northern cities between 1910 and 1930
Eugene Debs - ANSWER-Leader of the American Railway Union, he led the 1894
Pullman strike. He was jailed for six months for disobeying a court order after the
strike was over.
nineteenth amendment - ANSWER-the constitutional amendment adopted in 1920
that guarantees women the right to vote.
eighteenth amendment - ANSWER-prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution
of alcoholic beverages
POWER EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Harlem Renaissance - ANSWER-black artistic movement in New York City in the
1920s, when writers, poets, painters, and musicians came together to express
feelings and experiences, especially about the injustices of Jim Crow; leading figures
of the movement included Countee Cullen, Claude McKay, Duke Ellington, Zora
Neale Hurston, and Langston Hughes.
Langston Hughes - ANSWER-African American poet who described the rich culture
of African American life using rhythms influenced by jazz music. He wrote of African
American hope and defiance, as well as the culture of Harlem and also had a major
impact on the Harlem Renaissance.
Louis Armstrong - ANSWER-Leading African American jazz musician during the
Harlem Renaissance; he was a talented trumpeter whose style influenced many later
musicians.
Tin Pan Alley - ANSWER-District in New York City where songs were written "on
order" for Broadway shows.
Irvin Berlin - ANSWER-Russian immigrant who became one of America's most
celebrated songwriters
Great Depression - ANSWER-the economic crisis beginning with the stock market
crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s
Causes of the Great Depression - ANSWER-Over-speculation in the stock market;
1929 stock market crash; over production; bank failures (and uninsured deposits);
job losses; underconsumption
1929 stock market crash - ANSWER-When value of stock fell so low, people were
left with huge debts; banks ran out of money and closed, people lost jobs. Start of
Great Depression.
Black Tuesday - ANSWER-Day the stock market crashed and led to the Great
Depression
over speculation - ANSWER-During the 1920s, speculators bought stocks with
borrowed money and then used those stocks as collateral to buy more stocks
buying on margin - ANSWER-the practice of purchasing stocks with a little money
down with the promise of paying the balance at sometime in the future
Dust Bowl - ANSWER-a nickname for the Great Plains regions hit by drought and
dust storms in the early 1930s
, drought - ANSWER-a long period without rain
westward migration - ANSWER-is the movement of people to
the western and mid-western states to find new
opportunities (ex. jobs, land, and gold).
hoovervilles - ANSWER-camps built outside of major cities by people who had lost
their homes during the great depression called hoovervilles because the people
blamed Pres. Hoover for their situition
President Herbert Hoover - ANSWER-president during the Great Depression and
stock market crash of 1929
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) - ANSWER-A New Deal agency created to
generate electric power and control floods in a seven-U.S.-state region around the
Tennessee River Valley . It created many dams that provided electricity as well as
jobs.
Wagner Act 1935 - ANSWER-It established the National Labor Relations Board in
1935 to protect the rights of workers to form and join labor unions and engage in
collective bargaining and take part in strikes
New Deal - ANSWER-The name of President Roosevelt's program for getting the
United States out of the depression
Social Security - ANSWER-federal program that provides monthly payments to
people who are retired or unable to work
Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) - ANSWER-He was the President of the United
States during the Great Depression and WWII. He instituted the New Deal. Served
from 1933 to 1945, he was the only president in U.S. history to be elected to four
terms
socialist - ANSWER-Person who believes industries should be publicly owned and
run by the government rather than by private individuals
Great Migration - ANSWER-movement of over 1.5 million African American from the
rural south into Northern cities between 1910 and 1930
Eugene Debs - ANSWER-Leader of the American Railway Union, he led the 1894
Pullman strike. He was jailed for six months for disobeying a court order after the
strike was over.
nineteenth amendment - ANSWER-the constitutional amendment adopted in 1920
that guarantees women the right to vote.
eighteenth amendment - ANSWER-prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution
of alcoholic beverages
