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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. Why was Hiram Sherman removed from Equity leadership?
(a) He performed The Cradle Will Rock.
(b) He was branded a communist.
(c) He quit acting.
(d) He voted to disband the union.

2. Besides attempting to change the makeup of the Supreme Court, what Roosevelt decision does James Farley say alienated people in the administration?
(a) Not revealing his health problems to the public.
(b) Entering World War II.
(c) Creating the NRA.
(d) Running for a third term.

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

4. What marked Long's second-in-command Gerald Smith regarding his speeches?
(a) His stutter.
(b) His lack of clarity.
(c) His vulgarity.
(d) His anti-Semitism.

5. What was different about a teachers' strike in the 1930's?
(a) They left town for fear of violent reprisal.
(b) They continued to teach throughout.
(c) They protested in private, writing letters.
(d) They protested at City Hall, not the schools.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of his interview, Horace Cayton discusses why black Americans never joined what group en masse?

2. What was the principal desire driving black protest in the 1930's according to Horace Cayton?

3. What is Stanley Kell's community organization trying to prevent at the time he is interviewed?

4. What is the name of the sketch programs Neil Schaffner performed in troupes across the country?

5. Why did Ray Wax flee his parents home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Max Shachtman explain the decline of Communism's popularity in America?

2. In the Depression-era Midwest, how did corn prices lead to corn being burned and pigs being slaughtered?

3. What was Dr. Townsend's contribution to the Depression-era discourse?

4. How did Jack Kirkland become famous during the Depression?

5. Describe Harry Hartman's experiences repossessing belongings in the Depression.

6. How did Neil Schaffner's theatre troupe have to change their business model after the Crash 1929?

7. What safety concerns pervaded mines in the 1930's?

8. What was Edward Burgess's experience of the 1930's?

9. What was the most controversial component of the New Deal?

10. How did Ray Wax's life disillusion him to the idea of strive-and-succeed?

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