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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what sixties-era organization is Robert A. Baird's son Peter a member?
(a) The Yippies.
(b) The Weathermen.
(c) VISTA.
(d) The Hari-Krishnas.

2. What does Edward Burgess say he never saw in Chicago in the 1930's?
(a) Speakeasy raids.
(b) Apple carts.
(c) Union strikes.
(d) Bread lines.

3. What was the principal desire driving black protest in the 1930's according to Horace Cayton?
(a) Integration.
(b) Societal acceptance.
(c) Jobs.
(d) Voting rights.

4. What did Hiram Sherman do in The Cradle Will Rock?
(a) He was a stagehand.
(b) He wrote it.
(c) He directed it.
(d) He was an actor.

5. As described in The Farmer Is the Man, how did a mob respond to a judge who was foreclosing on homes in Iowa?
(a) They tarred and feathered him.
(b) They burned down his house.
(c) They lynched him.
(d) They lobbied to have him removed.

6. What was Huey Long's central message in his nationally broadcast speeches?
(a) Redistibution of wealth.
(b) Establishing a national bank.
(c) Entering World War II.
(d) Segregation.

7. What was Dorothea Lange's profession?
(a) Photographer.
(b) Economist.
(c) Newspaper columnist.
(d) Nurse.

8. What shocking information did General Smedley Butler report to Congress in the 1930's?
(a) A group of right wing military men attempted a coup.
(b) Roosevelt knew about Pearl Harbor ahead of time.
(c) Hoover was absent for most meetings regarding the Depression.
(d) There were Communists in the Roosevelt administration.

9. In whose administration was David Kennedy the Secretary of the Treasury?
(a) Roosevelt.
(b) Nixon.
(c) Kennedy.
(d) Eisenhower.

10. What did the Chicago Worker's Alliance protect against?
(a) Employer intimidation.
(b) Relief fraud.
(c) Health violations.
(d) Evictions.

11. What controversial action did the Rural Rehabilitation Division undertake in the 1930's?
(a) It nationalized the dairy industry.
(b) It combined farms under a federal banner.
(c) It tried to buy out General Mills.
(d) It slaughtered thousands of cows.

12. At the end of his interview, Horace Cayton discusses why black Americans never joined what group en masse?
(a) The Unions.
(b) The Communists.
(c) The Republicans.
(d) The Wobblies.

13. What was the name of the private relief organization that Dr. Martin Bickham worked with in the 1930's?
(a) Relief Alternatives.
(b) Philanthropists Agglomerated.
(c) United Charity.
(d) Helping Hands.

14. How were the actors able to perform the opening night of The Cradle Will Rock?
(a) They recorded a performance and broadcast it.
(b) They performed it in Spanish.
(c) They performed from the audience.
(d) They performed on the street.

15. Corn farmers often switched to what agricultural product in the midst of the Depression?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Barley.
(d) Tobacco.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country did William Patterson study economics for a time?

2. What does Wilbur Kane remember most vividly about Franklin Roosevelt?

3. In Three o'Clock in the Morning, Wilbur Kane's mother was bitter about the invasion of what?

4. How does Dr. Martin Bickham recommend his employers help struggling Americans during the Depression?

5. What safety practice do coal companies refuse to implement for fear of slowing production in the 1930's?

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