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Hard Times; an Oral History of the Great Depression Quiz

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1)

What was Bob La Follette's signature issue in the 1928 election? (from Book 1: Bonnie Laboring Boy, Three Strikes)

Wall Street reform.
Military isolation.
Anti-union legislation.
Worker's rights.
2)

How is Reed's father trying to affect his trip destination decision after graduation? (from Epilogue)

Threatening to enroll him in summer classes.
Offering to pay for the trip.
Threatening not to allow use of his car.
Offering to allow him an extra week of time off.
3)

How does Diana Morgan describe herself at the beginning of her interview? (from Book 2: Old Families, Member of the Chorus, High Life)

A southern belle.
A habitual instigator.
A lost cause.
A woman of ill repute.
4)

Who were the "service department" of Detroit? (from Book 1: Bonnie Laboring Boy, Three Strikes)

The government officers who were on the company payroll.
The strike organizers.
The series of vendors who provided food for strikers.
Hired thugs working for management.
5)

What dubious art did Jerome Zerbe develop in the 1930's? (from Book 2: Old Families, Member of the Chorus, High Life)

Hardcore pornography.
Bootlegging.
Celebrity photography.
Muzak.
6)

According to Gardiner Means, what ended with the Depression? (from Book 3: Concerning the New Deal, An Unreconstructed Populist, Peroration)

The Gold Standard.
Laissez-faire.
Federal intervention.
Personal freedom.
7)

Where does Reed's father want Reed to go for his post-graduate vacation? (from Epilogue)

Mexico.
Japan.
The Caribbean.
Europe.
8)

To what biblical figure does Virginia Durr compare herself in her interview? (from Epilogue)

Peter.
Lazarus.
Saul.
Moses.
9)

According to Emma Teiller, why did armed men enter a relief house in her neighborhood? (from Book 2: At the Clinic, Sixteen Ton, The Farmer Is the Man, Editor and Publisher)

To stop mobs threatening to burn it down.
To keep Japanese Americans out of it.
To keep an eye out for union organizers.
To ensure that blacks were being fairly served.
10)

What recollection does Diana Morgan have that draws tears from her? (from Book 2: Old Families, Member of the Chorus, High Life)

Her father's death.
Having to stand on line for a job.
Interviewing her former maid for relief.
Losing her house.
11)

How were the actors able to perform the opening night of The Cradle Will Rock? (from Book 5: The Fine and Lively Arts)

They recorded a performance and broadcast it.
They performed it in Spanish.
They performed on the street.
They performed from the audience.
12)

What was Dorothea Lange's profession? (from Book 3: Concerning the New Deal, An Unreconstructed Populist, Peroration)

Photographer.
Nurse.
Economist.
Newspaper columnist.
13)

According to Doc Graham, what was the public's attitude toward figures like Machine Gun Kelly and John Dillinger in the 1930's? (from Book 2: Old Families, Member of the Chorus, High Life)

They were boogeymen.
They were folk heroes.
They were barely talked about.
They were commodities to be sold.
14)

What does the young man in the final interview of Arrests and Other Running Sores do for a living? (from Book 5: Public Servant - The City, Evictions, Arrests and Other Running Sores)

Repo man.
Convenience store clerk.
Student.
Public defender.
15)

How did strike organizers in Detroit finally stop scabs from coming? (from Book 1: Bonnie Laboring Boy, Three Strikes)

They burned a scab's house down.
They nailed shut the factory doors.
They paid scabs not to go to work.
They shut down the highway.
16)

To whom did Myrna Loy send her infamous wire? (from Book 4: Merely Passing Through, Three o'Clock in the Morning, A Cable)

A Czech dissident.
Churchill.
Trotsky.
A Soviet defector.
17)

According to Samuel A. Heller, what did police often do with arraigned people awaiting trial in the 1930's? (from Book 5: Public Servant - The City, Evictions, Arrests and Other Running Sores)

Pawn them off to construction crews.
Have them sing for their entertainment.
Have them shine their shoes.
Beat them for fun.
18)

According to historian Christopher Lasch, what was never a serious possibility in the Depression? (from 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)

Loss of personal freedom.
Annexation by Canada.
Revolution.
A right-wing reaction.
19)

What does Emma Tiller say in her interview is as important as money? (from Book 5: Honor and Humiliation, Strive and Succeed)

Companionship.
Dignity.
Faith.
Work.
20)

Of what does Virginia Durr say the Depression cured her? (from Epilogue)

Her racism.
Her naivete.
Her love of country.
Her conservatism.
21)

What happened to Orrin Kelly after the incident with the Iowa judge? (from Book 2: At the Clinic, Sixteen Ton, The Farmer Is the Man, Editor and Publisher)

He interviewed the leaders of the mob.
He became judge of the county.
He had to flee town.
He was arrested.
22)

According to Scoop Lankford, when did conditions finally improve in the prison? (from Book 4: Merely Passing Through, Three o'Clock in the Morning, A Cable)

When the war started.
When the rioting started.
When Truman took office.
When the WPA started.
23)

In whose administration was David Kennedy the Secretary of the Treasury? (from Book 3: Concerning the New Deal, An Unreconstructed Populist, Peroration)

Kennedy.
Eisenhower.
Nixon.
Roosevelt.
24)

Who does Myrna Loy suspect of being the force behind her inability to meet FDR? (from Book 4: Merely Passing Through, Three o'Clock in the Morning, A Cable)

Louis B. Mayer.
Harry Truman.
Eleanor Roosevelt.
Martin Dies.
25)

Where does the sit in of Three Strikes take place? (from Book 1: Bonnie Laboring Boy, Three Strikes)

A Ford auto plant.
A locally owned cloth factory.
A Rockefeller steel mill.
A cigarette manufactuing plant.
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