HIUS 390 Quiz: Reading — The Byrd Organization, Depression, and War
- Which governmental level took the lead in providing for Virginia’s needy people during the Depression?
- What practice did the Supreme Court uphold in the case Carrie Buck v. J.H. Bell?
- What was a unique response to the Depression that happened in Virginia?
- For how long did Harry Byrd direct politics in the state of Virginia through the Byrd Machine?
- What event had a greater impact on Virginia in the 20th century (1900s) than any other?
- What similarity did the Martin machine and Byrd machine share?
- What was NOT an impact the Great War (World War I) had on Virginia’s economy?
- What was the ideological basis for Virginia’s fiscal policy for several decades under the Byrd Machine?
- What road construction payment system did Harry Byrd advocate for?
- What did Virginia, and national, leaders worry would inhibit the general population from supporting the Great War (World War I)?
- What ultimately ended the Great Depression in Virginia?
- What caused the movement for expanded women’s rights to fizzle out following the ratification of the 19th amendment?
- Restored as part of Byrd’s initiatives to boost tourism to the state, what became a preeminent national example of historic preservation?
- Bluegrass music has its roots in what southwestern Virginia tradition?
- Where did Virginia rank among the states in joining the new federal Social Security program?
- What was NOT a position Harry Byrd Sr. held in Virginia?
- What practice that was implemented in the 1920s remains in place in Virginia to ensure a balanced state budget?
- Why did Carrie Buck end up in court?
- What did the U.S. Army attempt to do with their Nazi prisoners of war housed in camps in Virginia?
- How did the Great Depression touch even those in Montgomery County who were not destitute?