Question 1

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

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A)  the use of six tanks to rout the veterans from Washington.
B)  General Douglas MacArthur exceeding his orders to remove the veterans.
C)  the injuring of over 100 marchers.
D)  both the use of six tanks to rout the veterans from Washington,and the injuring of over 100 marchers.
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 2

Franklin Roosevelt's victory over Herbert Hoover in 1932

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A)  saw Roosevelt carry every state.
B)  was disputed in several states.
C)  was a convincing mandate.
D)  was decided only in the final days of the election.
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 3

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

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A)  claimed community togetherness was the best way to combat hard times.
B)  argued the best way to end the Depression was for working-class men and women to 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 when going to a job interview.
E)  taught that individual initiative could help people to restore themselves financially.

Question 4

In response to the Great Depression,many Mexican Americans

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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.

Question 5

In 1932,President Hoover sought to lift business out of the Depression through the ________ Corporation.

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Question 6

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

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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.

Question 7

Despite hard economic times in the United States,few Hispanics left the United States for Mexico during the Great Depression.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The ________ Tariff of 1930 was an attempt to protect American farmers from international competition.

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Question 9

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

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A)  rising.
B)  steady.
C)  declining.
D)  chronically unstable.
E)  essentially nonexistent.

Question 10

Those blacks who migrated to northern cities during the Great Depression found conditions little better than in the South.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The automobile and construction industries were both experiencing economic declines prior to the stock market crash.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

In 1928,Herbert Hoover predicted that the end to poverty in America was near.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Depression-era literature,for the most part,was escapist and romantic.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation

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A)  was intended to provide federal loans to troubled banks and businesses.
B)  was created in the last year of Herbert Hoover's administration.
C)  included a $1.5 billion public works budget.
D)  both included a $1.5 billion public works budget,and was intended to provide federal loans to troubled banks and businesses.
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 15

One of the best-selling books of the 1930s was How to Win Friends and Influence People by ________.

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Question 16

What influence did the philosophy of "rugged individualism," which developed in the late nineteenth century,have on both Herbert Hoover and the American population at large between 1929 and 1932?

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Question 17

In the 1930s,listening to the radio was often a family or community experience.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The "Bonus Army" of 1932 demanded that Congress make an early payment of a promised "bonus" for World War I veterans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

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

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A)  an unstable European economy.
B)  a lack of diversification in the United States economy.
C)  a misdistribution of purchasing power.
D)  conservative banking policies that restricted the availability of loans.
E)  weak consumer demand.

Question 20

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

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A)  were denied all forms of public relief assistance.
B)  generally experienced better economic conditions.
C)  could still find domestic service jobs no whites wanted.
D)  were denied all forms of public relief assistance,but could find domestic service jobs no whites wanted.
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Exam 23: The Great Depression

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In the 1930s,listening to the radio was often a family or community experience.

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In response to the Great Depression,many Mexican Americans

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The ________ Tariff of 1930 was an attempt to protect American farmers from international competition.

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The automobile and construction industries were both experiencing economic declines prior to the stock market crash.

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

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In 1928,Herbert Hoover predicted that the end to poverty in America was near.

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

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The "Bonus Army" of 1932 demanded that Congress make an early payment of a promised "bonus" for World War I veterans.

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Depression-era literature,for the most part,was escapist and romantic.

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

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