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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 97-113.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state did Dan Gibson use "armed resistance to route bulldozers off his family land" (100)?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Alabama.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Kentucky.

2. Both Murray and Vance are said to claim what ancestry?
(a) Welsh.
(b) Greek.
(c) French.
(d) Scots-Irish.

3. The FSA was created in an attempt to combat what social ill?
(a) Divorce.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Malnutrition.

4. How many dollars did Hugh O'Connor pay the young miner for the use of the miner's image?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 2.

5. In what year did private detectives hired by the owners of the Paint Creek mine terrorize the families of the workers in a particular state?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1957.

Short Answer Questions

1. What attitude are the coal companies said to have exhibited toward organized labor unions?

2. In what year were convictions of several members of the Hatfield and McCoy families secured?

3. In what year was Carl Braden arrested and convicted of sedition against the government for helping to purchase a home for an African American family?

4. William Shockley worked as a scientist at what institution when he emerged as a leader within a particular movement?

5. Catte asserts that "the Mulloys and McSurelys were indeed attempting to help poor individuals in the mountains seize power from" (98) whom?

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