Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A)  the Socialist Party. 
B)  the Federation of Labor. 
C)  the Communist Party. 
D)  the Progressive Party. 
E)  Americans for Democratic Action. 
A)  the Socialist Party. 
B)  the Federation of Labor. 
C)  the Communist Party. 
D)  the Progressive Party. 
E)  Americans for Democratic Action.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

During the 1930s,the American Communist Party

Accepted Answer

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. 
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.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The "Dust Bowl" in the 1930s

Accepted Answer

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. 
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.

Question 7

The ________ Tariff of 1930 dramatically raised tariff rates.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

During the Great Depression,Asian Americans

Accepted Answer

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. 
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.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of In 1921,Franklin Roosevelt was stricken with ________,and...

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

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. 
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.

Question 13

During the 1930s,the left in the United States

Accepted Answer

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. 
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.

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

The stock market crash of October 1929,

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

The American people, including men, wome

Question 17

The Grapes of Wrath was written by ________.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

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 19

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 20

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

Exam 23: The Great Depression

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

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

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

During the 1930s,the American Communist Party

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

The "Dust Bowl" in the 1930s

The ________ Tariff of 1930 dramatically raised tariff rates.

During the Great Depression,Asian Americans

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

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

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

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

During the 1930s,the left in the United States

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

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

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

The Grapes of Wrath was written by ________.

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

In response to the Great Depression,many Mexican Americans

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

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

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