HY 104 CH 23 SB
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.