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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jane Yoder consider a luxury during the Depression?
(a) A bed.
(b) A new sweater.
(c) A hot meal.
(d) A trip to the movies.

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

3. What industry did Jose Yglesia attempt to unionize?
(a) Pickers.
(b) Newspaper printers.
(c) Cigar rollers.
(d) Steelworkers.

4. In Hard Travelin', Peggy Terry says that America teaches people that poverty is what?
(a) A mark of holiness.
(b) A sin.
(c) A birthright.
(d) A personal failing.

5. In his interview, Doc Graham says that in the 1930's he was the country's best what?
(a) Pitch man.
(b) Door-to-door salesman.
(c) Bootlegger.
(d) Con man.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Doc Graham, what was the only good thing Roosevelt did?

2. Where did Blackie Gold spend his childhood?

3. Why would hobos put marks on people's houses with chalk?

4. In Hard Travelin', what does Peggy Terry think would happen if another Depression happened today?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Doc Graham's attitude toward Franklin Roosevelt?

2. How did the effects of the Crash become apparent in Terkel's parents' business?

3. How did the "southern belle" Diane Morgan become socially conscious in the 1930's?

4. What does Slim Collier's discussion of her father say about the effect unemployment has on men?

5. How did the Bonus March end?

6. How did hobos get by during the Depression?

7. How did blues and alcohol play a defining role in Terkel's college years?

8. How was Dr. Lewis Andreas converted to union support in 1937?

9. How did Blackie Gold end up maintaining national forests in the 1930's?

10. How did a small community develop around the Ford plant strike in Detroit?

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