Chapter 23 "The Great Depression"

In the 1930s, all of the following books offered criticism of American society EXCEPT

"Anthony Adverse" by Hervey Allen

During the Great Depression, in the rural United States

1/3 of all farmers lost their land

During the Great Depression, unemployment in the United States peaked at an estimated

25%

In 1932, the unemployment rate Toledo, Ohio was one of the worst in the nation at

80%

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

A populist admiration for ordinary Americans

The 1931 Scottsboro court case saw

Black teenagers accused of rape by two white women

In the 1930s, the largest Japanese-and Chinese-American populations were found in

California

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

Communist Party

All of the following factors were causes of the Great Depression EXCEPT!

Conservative banking policies that restricted the availability of loans

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

Declining

During the 1930s, the radical left in the United States

Found broad acceptance among both the working class and intellectuals, experienced intense government hostility, saw a widening of the ideological range of mainstream art and politics

As the depression deepened, President Herbert Hoover

Grew less willing to increase federal spending

During the lat 1930s, the American Communist Party

Non of the above

During the 1930s, southern rural blacks who moved to northern urban areas

None of the above

In 1931, the severity of the depression increased when the Federal Reserve Board

Raised interest rates

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

Refused to alter the payment schedule of debts owned by European nations to America

Between his election in 1932 and the inauguration in 1933, Franklin Roosevelt

Refused to make any agreements with the outgoing president, Herbert Hoover

As a result of the Great Depression, the social values in the United States

Seemed to change relatively little

in the 1930s, Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People"

Taught that individual initiative could help people to restore themselves financially

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

Urging voluntary cooperation from business leaders

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)

Was to provide federal loans to troubled banks and businesses, was created in the last year of Herbert Hoover's administration, included a $1.5 billion public works budget.

The long-time censor of Hollywood films in the 1920s and 1930s was

Will Hays

During the Great Depression, Asian Americans

had trouble competing for jobs with poor white migrants from the Midwest.

In response to the Great Depression, many Mexican Americans

left the United States entirely

In 1932, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation

lent funds only to financial institutions with sufficient collateral

During the 1930s, in regards to radio,

listening was often a community experience.

On October 29, 1929, the American stock market

lost all the gains of the previous year

In 1932, Franklin Roosevelt's promise of a "new deal" for America included a commitment to

none of the answers are correct

During the 1930s, American literature

offered a greater degree of social commentary than did either radio or movies.

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

the "Army" demanded Congress create relief programs for World War I veterans

The Hoover administration addressed the economics situation of American farmers with

the Agriculture Marketing Act

The "Abraham Lincoln Brigade" is to be associated with

the Spanish Civil War

During the Great Depression

the divorce rate declined

In the 1930s, Hollywood films

typically portrayed women as wives and mothers

In the 1930's the "Dust Bowl"

was a product of changing environmental conditions

In 1932, the Farmers' Holiday Association

was essentially a farmers strike

In the 1930s, all of the following films offered social commentary on the United States and the Great Depression EXCEPT

"It Happened One Night"

In 1939, after the Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact with Nazi Germany, the American Communist Party

Lost a significant portion of its members

The Hawley-Smoot Tariff of 1930

None of these answers is correct.

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

Refused to support a more vigorous public spending program for relief

For women, the economic pressures caused by the Great Depression

Saw men move into jobs traditionally held by professional women

Erskine Caldwell's Tobacco Road and Richard Wright's Native Son chronicled

Social injustice in the rural South and the urban North

During the 1930s, the Southern Tenant Farmers Union

Sought to organize the rural poor across racial lines

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

The use of six tanks to rout the veterans from Washington, General Douglas MacArthur exceeding his orders to remove the veterans, the injuring of over 100 marchers

Prior to 1932, Franklin Roosevelt had been all of the following EXCEPT

Vice president of the United States

Franklin Roosevelt's victory over Herbert Hoover in 1932

Was a convincing mandate

As Herbert Hoover began his presidency, he

considered the country to have a bright economic future.

Throughout 1928, the American stock market

saw the number of shares traded daily soar