Chapter 23 - PT 1 MC Great Depression pg 640 - 655

29. During the 1930s, the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union A. sought to organize the rural poor across racial lines. B. was formed by the American Communist Party. C. concerned the federal government as a powerful force of rural radicalism. D. both sought to organize the rural poor across racial lines, and concerned the federal government as a powerful force of rural radicalism.

A

7. During the Great Depression in the rural United States, A. one-third of all farmers lost their land. B. farm income dropped by twenty-five percent. C. 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.

A

3. In the late 1920s, the European demand for agricultural and manufacturing goods from the United States was A. rising. B. steady. C. declining. D. chronically unstable. E. essentially nonexistent.

C

12. In the 1930s, the largest Japanese American and Chinese American populations were found in A. Oregon. B. Arizona. C. Washington. D. Hawaii. E. California.

E

1. Beginning in February 1928 and lasting through most of 1929, the American stock market A. saw the number of shares traded daily soar. B. saw the average price of stocks rise slightly. C. slowly declined in value. D. rapidly lost value. E. saw brokerage firms restrict credit to those buying stocks.

A

20. The long-time censor of Hollywood films in the 1920s and 1930s was A. Frank Capra. B. Pare Lorentz. C. King Vidor. D. James Agee. E. Will Hays.

E

5. The severity of the Depression increased in 1931 when the Federal Reserve Board A. closed all financially-ailing banks. B. declared bankruptcy. C. weakened the value of the dollar. D. expanded the money supply. E. raised interest rates.

E

10. In the 1931 Scottsboro court case, A. black teenagers were accused of rape by two white women. B. a Georgia jury convicted all of the black youths. C. the Supreme Court reaffirmed the death penalty convictions. D. eight of the convicted youths were executed for crimes they did not commit. E. All these answers are correct.

A

15. During the Great Depression, A. the divorce rate declined. B. the marriage rate increased. C. the birth rate increased. D. both the marriage rate and the birth rate increased. E. All these answers are correct.

A

22. The 1930s films of director Frank Capra typically displayed 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.

A

23. During the 1930s, American literature A. offered a greater degree of social commentary than did either radio or movies. B. saw most popular books and magazines focus on the Great Depression. C. saw photographic magazines lose much of their readership due to the high cost of each issue. D. faced censorship laws that suppressed criticisms of American politics and culture. E. adopted a more pessimistic, although no less radical, approach to society in the later 1930s.

A

11. In response to the Great Depression, many Mexican Americans 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.

B

14. The economic pressures caused by the Great Depression 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. led the federal government to make it illegal for married women to work outside the home. E. affected service and clerical positions held by women more than they affected jobs in heavy industry.

B

19. Erskine Caldwell's ________, which later became a long-running Broadway play, was an exposé of poverty in the rural South. A. Native Son B. Tobacco Road C. Waiting for Lefty D. The Grapes of Wrath E. How to Win Friends and Influence People

B

21. In the 1930s, all of the following films offered social commentary on the United States and the Great Depression, EXCEPT A. Our Daily Bread. B. It Happened One Night. C. The Grapes of Wrath. D. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. E. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.

B

26. The Abraham Lincoln Brigade is associated with A. the radical right. B. the Spanish Civil War. C. veterans of World War I. D. the "bonus marchers." E. the Civilian Conservation Corps.

B

9. During the 1930s, southern rural blacks who moved to northern urban areas A. faced blatant discrimination, much as they had in the South. B. generally experienced conditions that were in most respects little better than in the South. C. could easily find domestic service jobs that no whites wanted. D. joined the NAACP in large numbers. E. None of these answers is correct.

B

13. During the Great Depression, Asian Americans 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.

C

16. As a result of the Great Depression, social values in the United States A. saw Americans embrace nearly any idea that was new or nontraditional. B. saw a majority of Americans question the future of democracy. C. seemed to change relatively little. D. saw most Americans turn against the traditional "success ethic." E. saw the idea of individual initiative fall into disrepute.

C

25. During the 1930s, the most important group within the Popular Front was A. the Socialist Party. B. the Federation of Labor. C. the Communist Party. D. the Progressive Party. E. Americans for Democratic Action.

C

18. During the 1930s, regarding radio, 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.

D

2. All the following factors contributed to the Great Depression EXCEPT A. an unstable European economy. B. a lack of diversification in the United States economy. C. a maldistribution of purchasing power. D. conservative banking policies that restricted the availability of loans. E. weak consumer demand.

D

28. In 1939, after the Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact with Nazi Germany, the American Communist Party A. reduced its criticism of the United States. B. formed an American Nazi Party. C. broke from the Soviet Union. D. lost a significant portion of its membership. E. disbanded.

D

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

D

6. In 1932, the unemployment rate in Toledo, Ohio was one of the worst in the nation, at A. 40 percent. B. 60 percent. C. 70 percent. D. 80 percent. E. 95 percent.

D

17. In the 1930s, Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People A. claimed community togetherness was the best way to combat hard times. B. argued the best way to end the Depression was to have working-class men and women run for office. C. asserted that a strong faith in Christianity would best help one through hard times. D. gave financial advice and offered tips for when going to a job interview. E. taught that individual initiative could help people to restore themselves financially.

E

24. In the 1930s, all the following books offered criticism of American society EXCEPT A. U.S.A. by John Dos Passos. B. Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathaniel West. C. Studs Lonigan by James T. Farrell. D. The Disinherited by Jack Conroy. E. Anthony Adverse by Hervey Allen.

E

27. During the 1930s, the American Communist Party 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.

E

30. During the 1930s, the left in the United States 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.

E

8. The "Dust Bowl" in the 1930s 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.

E