Exam 23: The Great Depression

The 1930s films of director Frank Capra typically displayed

Traditional patterns of segregation and disenfranchisement in the South were not significantly challenged during the Great Depression.

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, two films that provided romanticized depictions of small town American people and values, were directed by ________.

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

During the 1920s, most American banks were quite conservative, but some major banks were quite reckless in their stock market investments.

During the Great Depression, Asian Americans

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

It is accurate to state that filmmaker Frank Capra admired the American people and praised the capitalist marketplace.

What are the major interpretations regarding the causes of the Great Depression? Why is there little historical consensus regarding the causes?

In the late 1920s, the European demand for agricultural and manufacturing goods from the United States was

American social values were changed dramatically by the Great Depression.

General ________ led the military mission to eject the "Bonus Army" from Washington,D.C., in 1932.

The "Dust Bowl" in the 1930s

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

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

In 1932, the Farmers' Holiday Association

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

In 1932, President Hoover sought to lift business out of the Depression through the ________ Corporation.

What were the popular cultural similarities and differences in the 1930s among radio programs, the movies, and literature?

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