Question 1

Why was Franklin Roosevelt elected president in 1932? What was his campaign platform?

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Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected presid...

Question 2

What did President Hoover offer in the fight against the Great Depression? Why was he ineffective in this fight?

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President Hoover offered a variety of me...

Question 3

What caused the stock market to crash in October 1929? Could this crash have been avoided?

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The stock market crash of October 1929, ...

Question 4

During the Great Depression,Asian Americans

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A)   who were college educated generally weathered the crisis fairly well.
B)   were limited by law to low-paying jobs such as salesclerks and food servers.
C)   had trouble competing for jobs with poor white migrants from the Midwest.
D)   were generally able, unlike African Americans, to keep from losing their jobs to white Americans.
E)   found it easier to move into mainstream professions.F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 5

During the Great Depression in the rural United States,

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A)   the farm economy could not keep up with consumer demand.
B)   one-third of all farmers lost their land.
C)   farmers enjoyed several unusually fertile growing seasons.
D)   farm income dropped by twenty-five percent.
E)   economic conditions were slightly better than in industrial cities.F) A) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 6

In the 1930s,listening to the radio was often a family or community experience.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The 1930s films of director Frank Capra typically displayed

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A)   a harsh critique of the heartlessness of capitalism.
B)   praise for the "rugged individualism" of American business.
C)   the grasping materialism of most Americans.
D)   a populist admiration for ordinary Americans.
E)   the cultural backwardness of small towns in America.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 8

In 1932,the Supreme Court overturned the convictions of the "Scottsboro boys."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Accurately characterize the depth and breadth of the Great Depression.

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The Great Depression was a massive econo...

Question 10

In 1939,after the Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact with Nazi Germany,the American Communist Party

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A)   disbanded.
B)   broke from the Soviet Union.
C)   formed an American Nazi Party.
D)   lost a significant portion of its membership.
E)   reduced its criticism of the United States.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 11

The Hoover administration addressed the economic situation of American farmers with the

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A)   Agricultural Adjustment Act.
B)   Farm Security Administration.
C)   Agricultural Marketing Act.
D)   Rural Electrification Administration.
E)   Soil Conservation Act.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 12

Prior to the stock market crash in October 1929,what were the major weaknesses in the economy of the late 1920s?

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Prior to the stock market crash in Octob...

Question 13

In 1932,the Farmers' Holiday Association

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A)   began and spread throughout the South.
B)   was essentially a farmers' strike.
C)   led to more public money being sent to rural areas.
D)   argued that farmers should also reap the benefits of welfare capitalism.
E)   called on farmers to leave their lands unplanted.F) A) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 14

The Abraham Lincoln Brigade is associated with

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A)   the "bonus marchers."
B)   the Spanish Civil War.
C)   veterans of World War I.
D)   the radical right.
E)   the Civilian Conservation Corps.F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 15

During the 1930s,the Southern Tenant Farmers Union

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A)   sought to organize the rural poor across racial lines.
B)   All these answers are correct.
C)   concerned the federal government as a powerful force of rural radicalism.
D)   both sought to organize the rural poor across racial lines, and concerned the federal government as a powerful force of rural radicalism.
E)   was formed by the American Communist Party.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 16

In the 1930s,all the following books offered criticism of American society EXCEPT

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A)   Anthony Adverse by Hervey Allen.
B)   U.S.A. by John Dos Passos.
C)   Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathaniel West.
D)   Studs Lonigan by James T. Farrell.
E)   The Disinherited by Jack Conroy.F) C) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 17

In the 1930s,the largest Japanese American and Chinese American populations were found in

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A)   Arizona.
B)   Hawaii.
C)   California.
D)   Oregon.
E)   Washington.F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 18

Why did the radical left enjoy growing popularity in America during the 1930s? Why did this popularity prove to be largely temporary?

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Question 19

How was the American family affected by the Great Depression?

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The American family was significantly af...

Question 20

Beginning in February 1928 and lasting through most of 1929,the American stock market

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A)   saw the number of shares traded daily soar.
B)   slowly declined in value.
C)   saw the average price of stocks rise slightly.
D)   rapidly lost value.
E)   saw brokerage firms restrict credit to those buying stocks.F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

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