Question 1

Accurately characterize the depth and breadth of the Great Depression.

Accepted Answer

The Great Depression was a massive econo

Question 2

The power of censors in the film industry declined as the Depression progressed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The federal government's response to the "Bonus Army" included

Accepted Answer

A)  the use of six tanks to rout the veterans from Washington. 
B)  General Jack Pershing exceeding his orders to remove the veterans. 
C)  the injuring of over 100 marchers. 
D)  both the use of six tanks to rout the veterans from Washington, and the injuring of over 100 marchers. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  the use of six tanks to rout the veterans from Washington. 
B)  General Jack Pershing exceeding his orders to remove the veterans. 
C)  the injuring of over 100 marchers. 
D)  both the use of six tanks to rout the veterans from Washington, and the injuring of over 100 marchers. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 4

The Socialist Party of America in the 1930s was led by ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Socialist Party of America in the...

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected presid

Question 6

President Herbert Hoover responded to the onset of the Great Depression by

Accepted Answer

A)  proposing a series of economic reform programs. 
B)  shutting down the bank system until confidence in it could be restored. 
C)  urging a program of voluntary cooperation from business leaders. 
D)  calling for a tax increase to prevent a federal deficit. 
E)  calling for a system of social security to alleviate individual suffering. 
A)  proposing a series of economic reform programs. 
B)  shutting down the bank system until confidence in it could be restored. 
C)  urging a program of voluntary cooperation from business leaders. 
D)  calling for a tax increase to prevent a federal deficit. 
E)  calling for a system of social security to alleviate individual suffering.

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In response to the Great Depression, many Mexican Americans

Accepted Answer

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. 
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.

Question 9

Prior to his inauguration, Franklin Roosevelt promised outgoing President Hoover that he would not create more debt in the federal budget.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

The radical left enjoyed growing popular

Question 11

As the Depression progressed, popular literature and journalism came to be dominated by a group of writers who openly challenged the American way of life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The infamous ________ case saw the arrest and conviction of nine likely innocent black teenagers in Alabama in 1931.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The infamous ________ case saw the arrest...

Question 13

During the 1930s, American literature

Accepted Answer

A)  offered a greater degree of social commentary than did either radio or movies. 
B)  saw most popular books and magazines focus on the Great Depression. 
C)  saw photographic magazines lose much of their readership due to the high cost of each issue. 
D)  faced censorship laws that suppressed criticisms of American politics and culture. 
E)  adopted a more pessimistic, although no less radical, approach to society in the later 1930s. 
A)  offered a greater degree of social commentary than did either radio or movies. 
B)  saw most popular books and magazines focus on the Great Depression. 
C)  saw photographic magazines lose much of their readership due to the high cost of each issue. 
D)  faced censorship laws that suppressed criticisms of American politics and culture. 
E)  adopted a more pessimistic, although no less radical, approach to society in the later 1930s.

Question 14

In the 1931 Scottsboro court case,

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A)  black teenagers were accused of rape by two white women. 
B)  a Georgia jury convicted all of the black youths. 
C)  the Supreme Court reaffirmed the death penalty convictions. 
D)  eight of the convicted youths were executed for crimes they did not commit. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  black teenagers were accused of rape by two white women. 
B)  a Georgia jury convicted all of the black youths. 
C)  the Supreme Court reaffirmed the death penalty convictions. 
D)  eight of the convicted youths were executed for crimes they did not commit. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 15

After Democrats won control of Congress in the 1930 elections, President Herbert Hoover

Accepted Answer

A)  criticized voters for abandoning the economic principles of the Republican Party. 
B)  told reporters that his economic recovery policies had not been successful. 
C)  urged the new Congress to construct "Hoovervilles" to shelter the unemployed. 
D)  refused to support a more vigorous public spending program for relief. 
E)  deferred to their economic agenda of relief and public spending programs. 
A)  criticized voters for abandoning the economic principles of the Republican Party. 
B)  told reporters that his economic recovery policies had not been successful. 
C)  urged the new Congress to construct "Hoovervilles" to shelter the unemployed. 
D)  refused to support a more vigorous public spending program for relief. 
E)  deferred to their economic agenda of relief and public spending programs.

Question 16

During the Depression, probably because it was too expensive in those troubled times, the ________ rate declined.

Accepted Answer

The answer of During the Depression, probably because it was...

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

In the 1930s, Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People

Accepted Answer

A)  claimed community togetherness was the best way to combat hard times. 
B)  argued the best way to end the Depression was to have working-class men and women run for office. 
C)  asserted that a strong faith in Christianity would best help one through hard times. 
D)  gave financial advice and offered tips for when going to a job interview. 
E)  taught that individual initiative could help people to restore themselves financially. 
A)  claimed community togetherness was the best way to combat hard times. 
B)  argued the best way to end the Depression was to have working-class men and women run for office. 
C)  asserted that a strong faith in Christianity would best help one through hard times. 
D)  gave financial advice and offered tips for when going to a job interview. 
E)  taught that individual initiative could help people to restore themselves financially.

Question 19

The automobile and construction industries were both experiencing economic declines prior to the stock market crash.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

In the 1930s, all of the following films offered social commentary on the United States and the Great Depression, EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  Our Daily Bread. 
B)  It Happened One Night. 
C)  The Grapes of Wrath. 
D)  Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. 
E)  Mr. Deeds Goes to Town. 
A)  Our Daily Bread. 
B)  It Happened One Night. 
C)  The Grapes of Wrath. 
D)  Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. 
E)  Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.

Exam 23: The Great Depression

Accurately characterize the depth and breadth of the Great Depression.

The power of censors in the film industry declined as the Depression progressed.

The federal government's response to the "Bonus Army" included

The Socialist Party of America in the 1930s was led by ________.

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

President Herbert Hoover responded to the onset of the Great Depression by

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

In response to the Great Depression, many Mexican Americans

Prior to his inauguration, Franklin Roosevelt promised outgoing President Hoover that he would not create more debt in the federal budget.

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

As the Depression progressed, popular literature and journalism came to be dominated by a group of writers who openly challenged the American way of life.

The infamous ________ case saw the arrest and conviction of nine likely innocent black teenagers in Alabama in 1931.

During the 1930s, American literature

In the 1931 Scottsboro court case,

After Democrats won control of Congress in the 1930 elections, President Herbert Hoover

During the Depression, probably because it was too expensive in those troubled times, the ________ rate declined.

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

In the 1930s, Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People

The automobile and construction industries were both experiencing economic declines prior to the stock market crash.

In the 1930s, all of the following films offered social commentary on the United States and the Great Depression, 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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