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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which movement sought to replace the American Federation of Labor in the 1930's?
(a) The Communists.
(b) The Wobblies.
(c) The Catholic Workers.
(d) The CIO.

2. What did Arthur Robinson do before entering the financial markets?
(a) He was an actor.
(b) He was a school teacher.
(c) He was a war correspondent.
(d) He was a tobacco picker.

3. According to a quotation in the Introduction, what was the typical response to receiving a pink slip during the beginning of the Depression?
(a) Shame.
(b) Bemusement.
(c) Pride.
(d) Numbness.

4. Where did some vets stay in Washington, DC during the Bonus March besides the Hoovervilles?
(a) They occupied federal buildings.
(b) They set up tents in the National Mall.
(c) They slept in train stations.
(d) The slept in front of the White House.

5. What was Bob La Follette before he ran for President?
(a) A Republican governor of Wisconsin.
(b) The owner of a chain of delis.
(c) A military advisor to Hoover.
(d) The Secretary of Education.

6. What about modern America mystifies Diana Morgan?
(a) America's involvement with Vietnam.
(b) The election of Richard Nixon.
(c) The widespread use of drugs.
(d) Those who ignore poverty.

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

8. How does E.D. Nixon's campaign to unionize the sleeping car porters end?
(a) They are all fired.
(b) The porters are given a vote and they vote against the union.
(c) The union is instituted.
(d) Only NIxon's train line is unionized.

9. What did the Wagner Act outlaw?
(a) Violent removal of striking workers.
(b) Employer firings of unionizing workers.
(c) Government money going to unions.
(d) Union organizers on private property.

10. What inversion of racial relationships happened regarding Robin Langston's father during the Depression?
(a) He was allowed to join the pipe-fitters' union.
(b) He began hiring white workers.
(c) He was invited to move into a whites-only neighborhood.
(d) White neighbors hocked their radios to him.

11. According to Doc Graham, what was the public's attitude toward figures like Machine Gun Kelly and John Dillinger in the 1930's?
(a) They were folk heroes.
(b) They were commodities to be sold.
(c) They were barely talked about.
(d) They were boogeymen.

12. How does Diana Morgan describe herself at the beginning of her interview?
(a) A southern belle.
(b) A lost cause.
(c) A woman of ill repute.
(d) A habitual instigator.

13. Where did Blackie Gold spend his childhood?
(a) A military post.
(b) Canada.
(c) An orphanage.
(d) A boarding school.

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

15. How old was Ed Paulson when he took to the road?
(a) 14.
(b) 20.
(c) 40.
(d) 33.

Short Answer Questions

1. What recollection does Diana Morgan have that draws tears from her?

2. What is Cesar Chavez best known as?

3. What term best describes the nature of the changes that happened after the 1929 Crash, from Terkel's perspective?

4. What strange job does Terkel get right after college?

5. What did Slim Collier's father do before the Depression?

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