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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event discussed earlier in the book does Harry Norgard think was destructive to society?
(a) The Chicago teachers' strike.
(b) The Bank Holiday.
(c) The Cradle Will Rock premiere.
(d) The Detroit sit-in.

2. Dr. Francis Townsend's ideas eventually became the groundwork for what?
(a) Social Security.
(b) The New Deal.
(c) Medicaid.
(d) The Civil Rights Movement.

3. What moment excited Wilbur Kane to the point of mocking his German neighbors?
(a) Joe Louis's victory over Schmeling.
(b) Jesse Owens' win in the Berlin Olympics.
(c) America entering the War.
(d) The death of Adolf Hitler.

4. What memory makes Elsa Ponselle laugh during her interview in Public Servant-The City?
(a) Her family accusing her of being a Bolshevik.
(b) The debates that led to the creation of the teacher's union.
(c) The fear millionaires had during the Depression.
(d) The propaganda posters the government put out.

5. What does Edward Burgess discuss buying at the beginning of his interview in Merely Passing Through?
(a) A yacht.
(b) A pair of Florsheim shoes.
(c) A Studebaker.
(d) A rack of lamb.

6. Why did C. Wright Patman push for the impeachment of Hoover's Treasury Secretary?
(a) He failed to address the stock market crash.
(b) He was not an American citizen.
(c) He promoted market speculation.
(d) He stopped the World War I bonuses.

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

8. How did some states begin paying public school teachers in the 1930's?
(a) With store vouchers.
(b) With food.
(c) With IOU's.
(d) With Canadian money.

9. In what country did William Patterson study economics for a time?
(a) Germany.
(b) The USSR.
(c) England.
(d) China.

10. Why did Huey Long not run for president in 1936?
(a) He chose to retire.
(b) He became Roosevelt's Chief of Staff.
(c) He was embroiled in scandals.
(d) He was assassinated.

11. During the Depression, why did farmers systematically stop corn deliveries?
(a) To feed locals.
(b) The avoid the spread of colic.
(c) To highlight their struggle to survive.
(d) To boost the price.

12. What accusation was made against Dr. Francis Townsend in his time?
(a) Womanizing behavior.
(b) Aspiring to the Presidency.
(c) Stealing from the elderly.
(d) Being a Communist.

13. 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.

14. What is the name of the sketch programs Neil Schaffner performed in troupes across the country?
(a) Penny entertainments.
(b) Repertoire.
(c) Acts.
(d) Country-stories.

15. According to Max Shachtman, what international event ended credibility for Communism in the United States?
(a) The Hitler-Stalin Pact.
(b) Pearl Harbor.
(c) The Cultural Revolution.
(d) Stalin's purges.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shocking information did General Smedley Butler report to Congress in the 1930's?

2. What did Hiram Sherman do in The Cradle Will Rock?

3. What public figure publicly raved about Jack Kirkland's play?

4. What was different about a teachers' strike in the 1930's?

5. What writer did Ray Wax take as his model during the Depression?

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