Question 1

What does the story of the Binga Bank tell us about blacks during the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

A)  Some blacks were financially ruined through their attempts to help their community and other blacks. 
B)  Some black businesses were able to succeed even with the difficulties of the Great Depression. 
C)  Some blacks would turn on each other during the crisis for their own economic gain. 
D)  Black owned businesses could be very corrupt. 
A)  Some blacks were financially ruined through their attempts to help their community and other blacks. 
B)  Some black businesses were able to succeed even with the difficulties of the Great Depression. 
C)  Some blacks would turn on each other during the crisis for their own economic gain. 
D)  Black owned businesses could be very corrupt.

Question 2

What does the story of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company tell us about blacks during the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

A)  Some blacks were financially ruined through their attempts to help their community and other blacks. 
B)  Some black businesses were able to succeed even with the difficulties of the Great Depression. 
C)  Some blacks would turn on each other during the crisis for their own economic gain. 
D)  Black owned businesses could be very corrupt. 
A)  Some blacks were financially ruined through their attempts to help their community and other blacks. 
B)  Some black businesses were able to succeed even with the difficulties of the Great Depression. 
C)  Some blacks would turn on each other during the crisis for their own economic gain. 
D)  Black owned businesses could be very corrupt.

Question 3

What was a problem with the Civilian Conservation Corps?

Accepted Answer

A)  It only employed whites. 
B)  It employed few blacks in segregated camps. 
C)  It paid whites and blacks the same amount, and provoked violent riots among many white workers. 
D)  Many workers were made sick because of the focus on urban, industrial work in the CCC. 
A)  It only employed whites. 
B)  It employed few blacks in segregated camps. 
C)  It paid whites and blacks the same amount, and provoked violent riots among many white workers. 
D)  Many workers were made sick because of the focus on urban, industrial work in the CCC.

Question 4

Who was the first black Democrat to ever win a House of Representatives seat?

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

What was a problem with the administration of the Works Progress Administration?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was limited completely to whites, as a compromise to southern congressmen. 
B)  It never had any money to spend on jobs programs, and was limited by a small staff. 
C)  The WPA was limited to only about 1000 jobs for those who had been upper middle class before the Depression. 
D)  The WPA was actually administered far more equally than previous programs. It helped many black families. 
A)  It was limited completely to whites, as a compromise to southern congressmen. 
B)  It never had any money to spend on jobs programs, and was limited by a small staff. 
C)  The WPA was limited to only about 1000 jobs for those who had been upper middle class before the Depression. 
D)  The WPA was actually administered far more equally than previous programs. It helped many black families.

Question 6

Which of the following is true about farming during the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

A)  Consumer demand fell, but production rose, generating great drops in prices. 
B)  Consumer demand for some products rose, but farmers were unable to produce more. 
C)  Farmers were not hit very hard during the Depression, since they were self-sufficient. 
D)  Farmers actually saw their income rise over the course of the Depression. 
A)  Consumer demand fell, but production rose, generating great drops in prices. 
B)  Consumer demand for some products rose, but farmers were unable to produce more. 
C)  Farmers were not hit very hard during the Depression, since they were self-sufficient. 
D)  Farmers actually saw their income rise over the course of the Depression.

Question 7

What was Houston's legal focus?

Accepted Answer

A)  He wanted to file cases to completely eliminate segregation directly. 
B)  He wanted to gain an amendment to the constitution allowing black women to vote. 
C)  He tried to force the South to equalize facilities, especially in education. 
D)  Houston wanted to allow segregation, but force whites to allow economic progress. 
A)  He wanted to file cases to completely eliminate segregation directly. 
B)  He wanted to gain an amendment to the constitution allowing black women to vote. 
C)  He tried to force the South to equalize facilities, especially in education. 
D)  Houston wanted to allow segregation, but force whites to allow economic progress.

Question 8

Which of the following was not a program of the WPA?

Accepted Answer

A)  a program to employ black writers and actors 
B)  giving food to hungry blacks and whites 
C)  a program to help collect stories of slavery 
D)  a program to put people to work building roads, hospitals, and other public buildings 
A)  a program to employ black writers and actors 
B)  giving food to hungry blacks and whites 
C)  a program to help collect stories of slavery 
D)  a program to put people to work building roads, hospitals, and other public buildings

Question 9

How did the AAA benefit blacks?

Accepted Answer

A)  It did not-it generally only benefited white landowners. 
B)  It poured huge amounts of money into the area in which many were employed. 
C)  It provided food for blacks in the cities. 
D)  It helped to reopen banks after the crisis, and get savings returned to black investors. 
A)  It did not-it generally only benefited white landowners. 
B)  It poured huge amounts of money into the area in which many were employed. 
C)  It provided food for blacks in the cities. 
D)  It helped to reopen banks after the crisis, and get savings returned to black investors.

Question 10

Which of the following was not a New Deal welfare program?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Civilian Conservation Corps 
B)  the Civil Works Administration 
C)  the National Labor Relations Act 
D)  the Federal Emergency Relief Administration 
A)  the Civilian Conservation Corps 
B)  the Civil Works Administration 
C)  the National Labor Relations Act 
D)  the Federal Emergency Relief Administration

Question 11

What did many blacks think the role of social sciences was during the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

A)  Many thought it should provoke additional research and thought only, but stay away from political issues. 
B)  Many intellectuals thought that they might improve race relations. 
C)  Blacks refused to get into social sciences during the Great Depression, as it was dominated by racist whites. 
D)  The social sciences would prove that racism, and the inferiority of blacks, was an accurate view. 
A)  Many thought it should provoke additional research and thought only, but stay away from political issues. 
B)  Many intellectuals thought that they might improve race relations. 
C)  Blacks refused to get into social sciences during the Great Depression, as it was dominated by racist whites. 
D)  The social sciences would prove that racism, and the inferiority of blacks, was an accurate view.

Question 12

What did the NAACP's fight over the Terrell law demonstrate?

Accepted Answer

A)  That racism was so entrenched in Texas that public schools could be completely shut down rather than accept black children. 
B)  That lynching could be legalized in several southern states. 
C)  That local and community involvement in NAACP activities was very important. 
D)  That whites would refuse to accept limits on the KKK's activities. 
A)  That racism was so entrenched in Texas that public schools could be completely shut down rather than accept black children. 
B)  That lynching could be legalized in several southern states. 
C)  That local and community involvement in NAACP activities was very important. 
D)  That whites would refuse to accept limits on the KKK's activities.

What does the story of the Binga Bank tell us about blacks during the Great Depression?

What does the story of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company tell us about blacks during the Great Depression?

What was a problem with the Civilian Conservation Corps?

Who was the first black Democrat to ever win a House of Representatives seat?

What was a problem with the administration of the Works Progress Administration?

Which of the following is true about farming during the Great Depression?

What was Houston's legal focus?

Which of the following was not a program of the WPA?

How did the AAA benefit blacks?

Which of the following was not a New Deal welfare program?

What did many blacks think the role of social sciences was during the Great Depression?

What did the NAACP's fight over the Terrell law demonstrate?

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Black People in Colonial North America

Rising Expectations: African Americans and the Struggle for Independence

African Americans in the New Nation, 1783-1820

Life in the Cotton Kingdom

Free Black People in Antebellum America

Opposition to Slavery

Let Your Motto Be Resistance

And Black People Were at the Heart of It

Liberation: African Americans and the Civil War

The Meaning of Freedom: the Promise of Reconstruction

The Meaning of Freedom: the Failure of Reconstruction, 1868-1877

White Supremacy Triumphant: African Americans in the South in the Late Nineteenth Century

Black Southerners Challenge White Supremacy

Conciliation, Agitation, and Migration: African Americans in the Early Twentieth Century

African Americans and the 1920s

Meanings of Freedom: Culture and Society in the 1930s and 1940s

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The Freedom Movement

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Exam 18: Black Protests, the Great Depression, and the New Deal

What does the story of the Binga Bank tell us about blacks during the Great Depression?

What does the story of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company tell us about blacks during the Great Depression?

What was a problem with the Civilian Conservation Corps?

Who was the first black Democrat to ever win a House of Representatives seat?

What was a problem with the administration of the Works Progress Administration?

Which of the following is true about farming during the Great Depression?

What was Houston's legal focus?

Which of the following was not a program of the WPA?

How did the AAA benefit blacks?

Which of the following was not a New Deal welfare program?

What did many blacks think the role of social sciences was during the Great Depression?

What did the NAACP's fight over the Terrell law demonstrate?

Africa

Middle Passage

Black People in Colonial North America

Rising Expectations: African Americans and the Struggle for Independence

African Americans in the New Nation, 1783-1820

Life in the Cotton Kingdom

Free Black People in Antebellum America

Opposition to Slavery

Let Your Motto Be Resistance

And Black People Were at the Heart of It

Liberation: African Americans and the Civil War

The Meaning of Freedom: the Promise of Reconstruction

The Meaning of Freedom: the Failure of Reconstruction, 1868-1877

White Supremacy Triumphant: African Americans in the South in the Late Nineteenth Century

Black Southerners Challenge White Supremacy

Conciliation, Agitation, and Migration: African Americans in the Early Twentieth Century

African Americans and the 1920s

Meanings of Freedom: Culture and Society in the 1930s and 1940s

The World War Ii Era and the Seeds of a Revolution, 1936-1948

The Freedom Movement

Black Nationalism, Black Power, Black Arts, 1965-1976

African Americans at the Millennium

The Triumph of Black Politics: 1980 to the Present

Filters