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

2. What controversial action did the Rural Rehabilitation Division undertake in the 1930's?
(a) It tried to buy out General Mills.
(b) It combined farms under a federal banner.
(c) It slaughtered thousands of cows.
(d) It nationalized the dairy industry.

3. At the beginning of The Fine and Lively Arts, Hiram Sherman speaks glowingly of drinking covert gin out of what?
(a) Flasks.
(b) Teacups.
(c) Bowls.
(d) Soda bottles.

4. How does Dr. Martin Bickham recommend his employers help struggling Americans during the Depression?
(a) Contribute to governmental efforts.
(b) Develop work programs.
(c) Organize bread lines.
(d) Issue relief through churches.

5. According to Buddy Blankenship in Sixteen Ton, what was the state of coal miners before the Depression?
(a) Absurdly prosperous.
(b) Moderately well-to-do.
(c) A normal middle-class community.
(d) The same as during the Depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Gardiner Means, what ended with the Depression?

2. What did the prison where Scoop Lankford was held in the 1930's try to feed the inmates at the worst times?

3. As described in The Farmer Is the Man, how did a mob respond to a judge who was foreclosing on homes in Iowa?

4. What accusation was made against Dr. Francis Townsend in his time?

5. What marked Long's second-in-command Gerald Smith regarding his speeches?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What role did Elsa Ponselle play in the forming of the Teacher's Union?

3. According to James Farley, how did Roosevelt alienate members of his own administration?

4. How did Wilbur Kane experience the Joe Louis fight against Max Schmeling?

5. How much power did coal companies have in the towns they inhabited?

6. According to Elizabeth Wood, how did public housing develop the stigma it has today?

7. How does Christopher Lasch explain the possibility of a socialist revolt in the 1930's?

8. How does Alf Landon recall his 1936 campaign against Roosevelt in the book?

9. According to Horace Cayton, why did black Americans not join the Communists en masse?

10. What does Dr. Martin Bickham discover about the American drive to work through his relief work in the 1930's?

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