Question 1

The long-time censor of Hollywood films in the 1920s and 1930s was

Accepted Answer

A)  Frank Capra. 
B)  Pare Lorentz. 
C)  King Vidor. 
D)  James Agee. 
E)  Will Hays. 
A)  Frank Capra. 
B)  Pare Lorentz. 
C)  King Vidor. 
D)  James Agee. 
E)  Will Hays.

Question 2

After 1929, in the face of the worsening global economic crisis, the United States

Accepted Answer

A)  reduced the debts owed by European nations to America. 
B)  forgave the debts owed by European nations to America. 
C)  demanded immediate payment of all debts owed by European nations to America. 
D)  refused to alter the payment schedule of debts owed by European nations to America. 
E)  forgave the debts owed by former allies during the War, and reduced the debts of other nations. 
A)  reduced the debts owed by European nations to America. 
B)  forgave the debts owed by European nations to America. 
C)  demanded immediate payment of all debts owed by European nations to America. 
D)  refused to alter the payment schedule of debts owed by European nations to America. 
E)  forgave the debts owed by former allies during the War, and reduced the debts of other nations.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Farm strikes in the Midwest were organized by the Farmers' ________ Association.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Farm strikes in the Midwest were organized...

Question 5

All the following factors contributed to the Great Depression EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  an unstable European economy. 
B)  a lack of diversification in the United States economy. 
C)  a maldistribution of purchasing power. 
D)  conservative banking policies that restricted the availability of loans. 
E)  weak consumer demand. 
A)  an unstable European economy. 
B)  a lack of diversification in the United States economy. 
C)  a maldistribution of purchasing power. 
D)  conservative banking policies that restricted the availability of loans. 
E)  weak consumer demand.

Question 6

President Hoover did attempt to use federal spending to fight the Great Depression.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The staple of radio broadcasting during the 1930s was news.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

In order to ease economic problems in Europe, the U.S. government reduced Europe's debts to America stemming from World War I.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

As a result of the Great Depression, social values in the United States

Accepted Answer

A)  saw Americans embrace nearly any idea that was new or nontraditional. 
B)  saw a majority of Americans question the future of democracy. 
C)  seemed to change relatively little. 
D)  saw most Americans turn against the traditional "success ethic." 
E)  saw the idea of individual initiative fall into disrepute. 
A)  saw Americans embrace nearly any idea that was new or nontraditional. 
B)  saw a majority of Americans question the future of democracy. 
C)  seemed to change relatively little. 
D)  saw most Americans turn against the traditional "success ethic." 
E)  saw the idea of individual initiative fall into disrepute.

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In 1932, the unemployment rate in Toledo, Ohio was one of the worst in the nation, at

Accepted Answer

A)  40 percent. 
B)  60 percent. 
C)  70 percent. 
D)  80 percent. 
E)  95 percent. 
A)  40 percent. 
B)  60 percent. 
C)  70 percent. 
D)  80 percent. 
E)  95 percent.

Question 14

The Grapes of Wrath was written by ________.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 15

Prior to 1932, Franklin Roosevelt had been all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  assistant secretary of the navy. 
B)  vice president of the United States. 
C)  governor of New York. 
D)  a state legislator. 
E)  a Hudson Valley aristocrat. 
A)  assistant secretary of the navy. 
B)  vice president of the United States. 
C)  governor of New York. 
D)  a state legislator. 
E)  a Hudson Valley aristocrat.

Question 16

Franklin Roosevelt's victory over Herbert Hoover in 1932

Accepted Answer

A)  saw Roosevelt carry every state. 
B)  was disputed in several states. 
C)  was a convincing mandate. 
D)  was decided only in the final days of the election. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  saw Roosevelt carry every state. 
B)  was disputed in several states. 
C)  was a convincing mandate. 
D)  was decided only in the final days of the election. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 17

The Hawley-Smoot Tariff of 1930

Accepted Answer

A)  gave incentives to Europeans to sell their goods in the United States. 
B)  was designed to stimulate U.S. exports. 
C)  increased tariffs on industrial products, but left farm products' rates unchanged. 
D)  both gave incentives to Europeans to sell their goods in the U.S., and was designed to stimulate U.S. exports. 
E)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  gave incentives to Europeans to sell their goods in the United States. 
B)  was designed to stimulate U.S. exports. 
C)  increased tariffs on industrial products, but left farm products' rates unchanged. 
D)  both gave incentives to Europeans to sell their goods in the U.S., and was designed to stimulate U.S. exports. 
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 18

In the year prior to its crash, the stock market had been soaring upward.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Those Americans who went to Spain to fight against General Franco and fascism created the ________ Brigade.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Those Americans who went to Spain to...

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

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

Exam 23: The Great Depression

The long-time censor of Hollywood films in the 1920s and 1930s was

After 1929, in the face of the worsening global economic crisis, the United States

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

Farm strikes in the Midwest were organized by the Farmers' ________ Association.

All the following factors contributed to the Great Depression EXCEPT

President Hoover did attempt to use federal spending to fight the Great Depression.

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

The staple of radio broadcasting during the 1930s was news.

In order to ease economic problems in Europe, the U.S. government reduced Europe's debts to America stemming from World War I.

As a result of the Great Depression, social values in the United States

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

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

In 1932, the unemployment rate in Toledo, Ohio was one of the worst in the nation, at

The Grapes of Wrath was written by ________.

Prior to 1932, Franklin Roosevelt had been all of the following EXCEPT

Franklin Roosevelt's victory over Herbert Hoover in 1932

The Hawley-Smoot Tariff of 1930

In the year prior to its crash, the stock market had been soaring upward.

Those Americans who went to Spain to fight against General Franco and fascism created the ________ Brigade.

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

The Collision of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderlands

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian Era

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

America’s Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Antebellum Culture and Reform

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction and the New South

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

The Age of the City

From Crisis to Empire

The Progressives

America and the Great War

The “New Era”

The New Deal

The Global Crisis, 1921–1941

America in a World at War

The Cold War

The Affluent Society

Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

The Crisis of Authority

From the “Age of Limits” to the Age of Reagan

The Age of Globalization

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