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

A) True
B) False

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

A) True
B) False

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As Herbert Hoover began his presidency,he


A) feared a depression.
B) called for voluntary guidelines to stabilize the stock market.
C) renounced his earlier policy of associationalism.
D) considered the country's economic future bright.
E) assumed the economy might suffer a mild recession.

F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

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

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

A) True
B) False

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The Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)


A) was created to provide federal loans to troubled banks and businesses.
B) was created in the first year of Herbert Hoover's administration.
C) included a $1.5 billion public works budget.
D) All these answers are correct.
E) included a $1.5 billion public works budget, and was created to provide federal loans to troubled banks and businesses.

F) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

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The economic pressures caused by the Great Depression


A) weakened the notion that a woman's proper place was in the home.
B) led the federal government to make it illegal for married women to work outside the home.
C) affected service and clerical positions held by women more than they affected jobs in heavy industry.
D) saw men move into jobs traditionally held by professional women.
E) forced most women out of the labor force.

F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

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Franklin Roosevelt's victory over Herbert Hoover in 1932


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

F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

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The "Dust Bowl" in the 1930s


A) experienced years of heavy rainfall.
B) stretched from Kansas to California.
C) was created by grasshoppers.
D) was created by the national economic collapse.
E) was a product of changing environmental conditions.

F) A) and E)
G) None of the above

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

A) True
B) False

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


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

F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

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Both the Agricultural Marketing Act and the Hawley-Smoot Tariff provided significant help to American farmers.

A) True
B) False

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


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

F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

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


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

F) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

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


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

F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

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


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

F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

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