HIUS 390 Quiz Byrd

HIUS 390 Quiz: Reading — The Byrd Organization, Depression, and War

  1. Which governmental level took the lead in providing for Virginia’s needy people during the Depression?
  2. What practice did the Supreme Court uphold in the case Carrie Buck v. J.H. Bell?
  3. What was a unique response to the Depression that happened in Virginia?
  4. For how long did Harry Byrd direct politics in the state of Virginia through the Byrd Machine?
  5. What event had a greater impact on Virginia in the 20th century (1900s) than any other?
  6. What similarity did the Martin machine and Byrd machine share?
  7. What was NOT an impact the Great War (World War I) had on Virginia’s economy?
  8. What was the ideological basis for Virginia’s fiscal policy for several decades under the Byrd Machine?
  9. What road construction payment system did Harry Byrd advocate for?
  10. What did Virginia, and national, leaders worry would inhibit the general population from supporting the Great War (World War I)?
  11. What ultimately ended the Great Depression in Virginia?
  12. What caused the movement for expanded women’s rights to fizzle out following the ratification of the 19th amendment?
  13. Restored as part of Byrd’s initiatives to boost tourism to the state, what became a preeminent national example of historic preservation?
  14. Bluegrass music has its roots in what southwestern Virginia tradition?
  15. Where did Virginia rank among the states in joining the new federal Social Security program?
  16. What was NOT a position Harry Byrd Sr. held in Virginia?
  17. What practice that was implemented in the 1920s remains in place in Virginia to ensure a balanced state budget?
  18. Why did Carrie Buck end up in court?
  19. What did the U.S. Army attempt to do with their Nazi prisoners of war housed in camps in Virginia?
  20. How did the Great Depression touch even those in Montgomery County who were not destitute?
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