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

2. In what scant costume did Sally Rand enter the Beaux Arts ball?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Eve.
(c) Messalina.
(d) Lady Godiva.

3. What safety practice do coal companies refuse to implement for fear of slowing production in the 1930's?
(a) Ventilating mines.
(b) Switching out workers every 8 hours.
(c) Offering medical examinations.
(d) Spraying down shafts.

4. What is Cesar Chavez best known as?
(a) A labor organizer.
(b) A poet.
(c) A priest.
(d) An entertainer.

5. What unorthodox job did Phyllis Mortimer take when her family fell short of money in the 1930's?
(a) Chorus diver in movies.
(b) Door girl for a speakeasy.
(c) Card girl at boxing matches.
(d) Switchboard operator for an advertising firm.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the collectivized camps outside of urban centers closed?

2. According to Max Shachtman, what international event ended credibility for Communism in the United States?

3. Which movement sought to replace the American Federation of Labor in the 1930's?

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

5. What was Bob La Follette's signature issue in the 1928 election?

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