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

2. What does Wilbur Kane still dislike about Roosevelt?
(a) He stayed in office past two full terms.
(b) He tried to pack the Supreme Court.
(c) He did away with the NRA.
(d) He waited too long to take on Hitler.

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

4. What was the name of the private relief organization that Dr. Martin Bickham worked with in the 1930's?
(a) Relief Alternatives.
(b) Philanthropists Agglomerated.
(c) Helping Hands.
(d) United Charity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In whose administration was David Kennedy the Secretary of the Treasury?

2. What was Paul Draper's occupation during the 1930's?

3. What happened to Orrin Kelly after the incident with the Iowa judge?

4. According to Max Shachtman, what international event ended credibility for Communism in the United States?

5. What does Edward Burgess discuss buying at the beginning of his interview in Merely Passing Through?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What strange dichotomy exists in Stanley Kell's interview in Honor and Humiliation?

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

5. What did Hiram Sherman do after The Cradle Will Rock?

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

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

8. How did The Cradle Will Rock become a lightning rod of controversy?

9. How were the prisons affected by the Depression?

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

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