Question 1

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Franklin Roosevelt won in a landslide in 1932,but it was not clear what he would do as president.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Much of the money lent by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation went to large banks and corporations.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

When a live radio broadcaster,overcome with emotion,cried out "Oh the humanity!" on the air in 1937,he was referring to the crash of the ________.

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Question 5

How was the American family affected by the Great Depression?

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The American family was significantly af...

Question 6

At the end of the 1930s,a higher percentage of black women were employed than were white women.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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

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

Question 8

In the 1930s,the director Frank Capra typically displayed in his films

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A)  a populist admiration for ordinary Americans.
B)  the cultural backwardness of small towns in America.
C)  praise for the "rugged individualism" of American business.
D)  the grasping materialism of most Americans.
E)  a harsh critique of the heartlessness of capitalism.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 9

During the Great Depression,in the rural United States

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A)  one-third of all farmers lost their land.
B)  farm income dropped by 25 percent.
C)  the economic conditions were slightly better than in industrial cities.
D)  the farm economy could not keep up with consumer demand.
E)  farmers enjoyed several unusually fertile growing seasons.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 10

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

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

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The stock market crash of October 1929, ...

Question 12

During the 1930s,regarding radio,

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A)  the largest proportion of programming was devoted to news.
B)  most programs were increasingly prerecorded.
C)  around half of all American homes owned a radio.
D)  listening was often a community experience.
E)  radio sets were basically unusable in rural areas without electricity.F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 13

Those Americans who went to Spain to fight against General Franco and fascism created the ________ Brigade.

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Question 14

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Following the "great crash," the Federal Reserve system lowered interest rates in an effort to revive the American economy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

In the year prior to its crash,the stock market had been soaring upward.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

For women,the economic pressures caused by the Great Depression

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A)  weakened the notion that a woman's proper place was in the home.
B)  saw men move into jobs traditionally held by professional women.
C)  forced most women out of the labor force.
D)  saw the federal government make it illegal for married women to work outside the home.
E)  affected service and clerical positions held by women more than they did jobs in heavy industry.F) C) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 19

American social values were changed dramatically by the Great Depression.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

During the drought of the 1930s,the Great Plains were called the ________.

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Exam 23: The Great Depression

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

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For women,the economic pressures caused by the Great Depression

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

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Franklin Roosevelt won in a landslide in 1932,but it was not clear what he would do as president.

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How was the American family affected by the Great Depression?

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In the year prior to its crash,the stock market had been soaring upward.

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

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At the end of the 1930s,a higher percentage of black women were employed than were white women.

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Much of the money lent by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation went to large banks and corporations.

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During the Great Depression,in the rural United States

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Following the "great crash," the Federal Reserve system lowered interest rates in an effort to revive the American economy.

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American social values were changed dramatically by the Great Depression.

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

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Those Americans who went to Spain to fight against General Franco and fascism created the ________ Brigade.

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

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When a live radio broadcaster,overcome with emotion,cried out "Oh the humanity!" on the air in 1937,he was referring to the crash of the ________.

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During the drought of the 1930s,the Great Plains were called the ________.

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

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During the 1930s,regarding radio,

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In the 1930s,the director Frank Capra typically displayed in his films

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