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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: Scarlet Banners and Novenas, The Doctor, Huey and Mr. Smith, The Circuit Rider, The Gentleman from Kansas, A View of the Woods, Campus Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Bob La Follette's signature issue in the 1928 election?
(a) Military isolation.
(b) Anti-union legislation.
(c) Wall Street reform.
(d) Worker's rights.

2. According to Dr. David J. Rossman, what did psychoanalysis not acknowledge regarding patient distress in the 1930's?
(a) Anxiety attacks.
(b) External stimuli.
(c) Parental fixations.
(d) Schizophrenia.

3. With what assertion does David Kennedy say he disagrees regarding Roosevelt?
(a) His programs stemmed suffering.
(b) He bought his elections.
(c) He saved America.
(d) He was a Communist.

4. According to Buddy Blankenship in Sixteen Ton, what did coal companies often pay instead of money?
(a) IOUs.
(b) Food rations.
(c) Company vouchers.
(d) Coal.

5. What young officer assisted MacArthur in dispersing the Bonus Marchers?
(a) Dwight Eisenhower.
(b) George Patton.
(c) John Kennedy.
(d) Curtis LeMay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What controversial action did the Rural Rehabilitation Division undertake in the 1930's?

2. Peggy Terry says in Hard Travelin' that what disappeared from her life during the Depression?

3. According to Doc Graham, what was the public's attitude toward figures like Machine Gun Kelly and John Dillinger in the 1930's?

4. What promise did Upton Sinclair make to his supporters during his run for governor of California?

5. Which of the following is not a periodical mentioned by Terkel in the Introduction?

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