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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: Concerning the New Deal, An Unreconstructed Populist, Peroration.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what war did the Bonus marchers fight?
(a) World War I.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Crimean War.
(d) The Spanish American War.

2. In Man and Boy, what does Clifford Burke credit with black men's survival in the Depression?
(a) The government.
(b) Their faith.
(c) Charity organizations.
(d) Their wives.

3. Why did Martin DeVries hate Roosevelt?
(a) Roosevelt got America into World War II.
(b) Roosevelt tried to pack the court.
(c) Roosevelt attacked the free market system.
(d) Roosevelt came from money.

4. Why does Robin Langston think his family was unaffected by the Depression?
(a) They never bought on credit.
(b) Black communities were not affected by the Depression.
(c) Theirs was the most popular restaurant in town.
(d) They never had money to begin with.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Phyllis Mortimer's brother feel about her working in the 1930's?

2. What young officer assisted MacArthur in dispersing the Bonus Marchers?

3. What was the occupational community of which Jimmy Partland was a part, that lent back and forth regularly?

4. How does Diana Morgan describe herself at the beginning of her interview?

5. Who was the head of the red-baiting committee that investigated New Deal administrators in the 1930's?

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