Question 1

Erskine Caldwell's ________,which later became a long-running Broadway play,was an exposé of poverty in the rural South.

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A)   Native Son
B)   Tobacco Road
C)   Waiting for Lefty
D)   The Grapes of Wrath
E)   How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleF) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 2

During the 1930s,the American Communist Party

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A)   distanced itself from the Soviet Union.
B)   excluded most minorities from its ranks.
C)   supported Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War.
D)   both distanced itself from the Soviet Union and excluded most minorities from its ranks.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) A) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 3

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In 1921,Franklin Roosevelt was stricken with ________,and as a result,he lost the use of his legs.

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Question 5

As the Depression began,more than half of all black Americans still lived in the South.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

During the 1930s,the most important group within the Popular Front was

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A)   the Socialist Party.
B)   the Federation of Labor.
C)   the Communist Party.
D)   the Progressive Party.
E)   Americans for Democratic Action.F) C) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 7

During the Great Depression,Asian Americans

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

Question 8

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 9

The "Bonus Army" of 1932 demanded that Congress make an early payment of a promised "bonus" for World War I veterans.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

During the 1930s,the left in the United States

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A)   found broad acceptance among both the working class and intellectuals.
B)   experienced intense government hostility.
C)   saw a widening of the ideological range of mainstream art and politics.
D)   both experienced intense government hostility and saw a widening of the ideological range of mainstream art and politics.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) C) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 11

The "Dust Bowl" in the 1930s

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A)   was created by the national economic collapse.
B)   stretched from Kansas to California.
C)   experienced years of heavy rainfall.
D)   was created by grasshoppers.
E)   was a product of changing environmental conditions.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 12

The Grapes of Wrath was written by ________.

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The answer of The Grapes of Wrath was written by...

Question 13

The ________ Tariff of 1930 dramatically raised tariff rates.

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The answer of The ________ Tariff of 1930 dramatically raised...

Question 14

In response to the Great Depression,many Mexican Americans

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A)   migrated to the South.
B)   left the United States entirely.
C)   moved into California.
D)   successfully organized agricultural unions.
E)   migrated into rural areas, where work was more available.F) A) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 15

In national politics,Franklin Roosevelt had generally avoided divisive cultural issues.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

How did the American people-men,women,minorities-generally respond to the Great Depression?

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The American people, including men, wome...

Question 17

All of the following statements regarding the 1932 "Bonus Army" are true EXCEPT that

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A)   Hoover called some marchers' behavior evidence of uncontrolled violence and radicalism.
B)   several thousand American veterans camped out in Washington,D.C.
C)   Congress refused to formally consider the demands of the "Army."
D)   many Americans viewed President Hoover as unsympathetic to the veterans.
E)   the "Army" demanded Congress create relief programs for World War I veterans.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 18

Although it was a segregated organization,the Southern Tenant Farmers Union sought to improve the lives of all sharecroppers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The ________ was an alliance between the American Communist Party and other "antifascist" groups in the 1930s.

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The answer of The ________ was an alliance between the...

Question 20

The last of the Scottsboro defendants was not freed until 1950.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 23: The Great Depression

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

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The "Bonus Army" of 1932 demanded that Congress make an early payment of a promised "bonus" for World War I veterans.

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The ________ was an alliance between the American Communist Party and other "antifascist" groups in the 1930s.

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The last of the Scottsboro defendants was not freed until 1950.

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In response to the Great Depression,many Mexican Americans

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In 1921,Franklin Roosevelt was stricken with ________,and as a result,he lost the use of his legs.

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In national politics,Franklin Roosevelt had generally avoided divisive cultural issues.

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Although it was a segregated organization,the Southern Tenant Farmers Union sought to improve the lives of all sharecroppers.

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During the 1930s,the American Communist Party

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Erskine Caldwell's ________,which later became a long-running Broadway play,was an exposé of poverty in the rural South.

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

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As the Depression began,more than half of all black Americans still lived in the South.

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The ________ Tariff of 1930 dramatically raised tariff rates.

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During the 1930s,the left in the United States

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During the Great Depression,Asian Americans

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The "Dust Bowl" in the 1930s

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All of the following statements regarding the 1932 "Bonus Army" are true EXCEPT that

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