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Nation of Nations: A Concise Narrative of the American Republic, 3/e

James West Davidson, Historian
William E. Gienapp, Harvard University
Christine Leigh Heyrman, University of Delaware
Mark H. Lytle, Bard College
Michael B. Stoff, University of Texas, Austin

The Great Depression and the New Deal (1929-1939)

Multiple Choice


1	Especially early in the Great Depression, most Americans put the blame for their economic troubles on:
		A)	their stockbrokers.
		B)	themselves.
		C)	the federal government.
		D)	capitalism.


2	The term "Okie" came to mean:
		A)	Mexican-Americans.
		B)	anyone who fled the Dust Bowl.
		C)	those who mocked President Hoover's statement that the economy was "okay."
		D)	refugees who fled California and headed for Oklahoma.


3	For African-Americans, the Depression:
		A)	slowed migration from the rural South to the urban North.
		B)	increased migration from the rural South to the urban North.
		C)	sparked a reverse migration from northern cities to the rural South.
		D)	did not cause as much unemployment as it did among white Americans.


4	The Scottsboro Boys were:
		A)	African-Americans accused of raping two white women.
		B)	southern whites accused of raping two African-American women.
		C)	black college students who staged the first sit-ins.
		D)	unemployed black mill workers.


5	In dealing with the Depression, President Hoover:
		A)	showed his sympathy for the unemployed by closing the White House and living in a smaller house in Washington.
		B)	believed that too much government action would undermine initiative and freedom.
		C)	advocated a socialist revolution as the only long-term cure to the crisis.
		D)	refused to support any legislation to deal with the economic crisis.


6	The Bonus Army marched on Washington, D.C. in 1932 to:
		A)	protest pay cuts to U.S. military personnel.
		B)	offer support for Herbert Hoover.
		C)	seek early payment of a bonus promised to World War I veterans.
		D)	attempt the overthrow of the U.S. government.


7	First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt did all of the following EXCEPT:
		A)	serve as Secretary of Labor for nearly six years.
		B)	support anti-lynching and anti-poll tax measures.
		C)	write a newspaper column and hold press conferences.
		D)	travel extensively throughout the country.


8	The Civilian Conservation Corps:
		A)	was the least successful New Deal program.
		B)	sought principally to reduce poverty among Mexican-Americans.
		C)	combined Roosevelt's concern for the environment with his compassion for youth.
		D)	brought elementary education to poor regions.


9	The National Recovery Administration was:
		A)	the New Deal's principal relief agency.
		B)	an attempt to promote economic order by controlling competition.
		C)	a commission that uncovered underlying causes of the Great Depression.
		D)	successful in finding Americans short-term work.


10	The Second New Deal differed from the First in that it:
		A)	provided greater regulation of business, broader relief, and bolder long-term reforms.
		B)	sought closer cooperation with businessmen.
		C)	reduced many of the original New Deal programs.
		D)	sought to avoid creating a limited "Welfare State."


11	Supporters of Dr. Francis Townsend sought to help:
		A)	Native Americans.
		B)	the elderly.
		C)	Mexican-American migrant workers.
		D)	sharecroppers and tenant farmers in the South.


12	During the New Deal era:
		A)	the first federal anti-lynching law was enacted.
		B)	African-Americans moved increasingly to the Democratic Party.
		C)	the federal government placed civil rights near the top of its agenda.
		D)	the number of African-Americans working for the federal government actually declined.


13	By 1940:
		A)	union membership had become almost negligible.
		B)	roughly one-third of workers belonged to a union.
		C)	over one-half of workers belonged to a union.
		D)	over 90 percent of workers belonged to a union.

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