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What happened in February 1933?

The banking crisis suddenly accelerated.

During the 1920s, Benito Mussolini's Fascist Party

became more nationalistic and militaristic.

A resumption in the movie-going habits of Americans in the 1930s was in part due to the fact that movies were

becoming more appealing.

In response to the Depression, Hoover urged which of the following?

businesses to maintain production labor leaders to forego some demands

Which of the following helped ensure that most movies in the 1930s remained safely uncontroversial?

censors employed by the industry the studio system

Which of the following types of programs were among the staples of radio broadcasting during the 1930s?

comedies adventures soap operas

The Depression ______ America's traditional "success ethic."

did not destroy

Movie attendance in the United States

dropped during the early 1930s but had recovered by the middle of the decade.

Which of the following best describes the conditions of the Dust Bowl?

drought and heat

As a result of the world financial crisis, many new governments came to power that were committed to

expansion

Prior to entering the White House, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was

governor of New York.

After mid-1931, Hoover was

less willing to increase spending, and more worried about maintaining a balanced budget.

In the mid-1930s, the American Communist Party ______ Franklin Roosevelt.

reduced its criticism of

In the period between Roosevelt's election and his inauguration, he

refused Hoover's demands.

By 1931, the world financial crisis had which of the following effects?

rising nationalism in Europe and Japan

During the Great Depression, American social values

seemed to change very little.

The American Communist Party ______ the Popular Front.

was strongly tied to

Which of the following films offered social commentary on the United States during the Great Depression?

Our Daily Bread The Grapes of Wrath Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

True or false: During the 1930s, leading magazines focused almost exclusively on the social conditions of the nation.

False

True or false: The 1929 "Black Tuesday" crash of the stock market was the main cause of the Great Depression.

False

What was Hoover's position with regard to European war debts?

He refused to cancel war debts to the United States.

Founded in 1936, ______ quickly won more readers than any other publication in the United States (with the exception of Reader's Digest).

Life

True or false: Rising nationalism and the elevation of many powerful, belligerent governments across the world was the beginning of a process that ultimately led to war.

True

What happened in the elections of 1932?

Roosevelt beat Hoover in a landslide, and the Democrats won majorities in both houses of Congress.

During the Great Depression, agricultural migrant workers from Dust Bowl states had which of the following characteristics?

They moved from farm to farm in search of work. They picked crops at starvation wages.

During the 1930s, listening to radio was usually ______ experience.

a community

The Popular Front was a broad coalition of ______ groups.

antifascist

The commercial films of the 1930s were most often

musicals or comedies.

The "Black Tuesday" crash of October 29, 1929,

occurred when all efforts to save the stock market failed.

Director Frank Capra was particularly noted for his

populist films with muted social messages.

Hoover first responded to the Depression by

trying to restore confidence in the economy.