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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective did T.C. Crawford use repeatedly to describe Appalachians within his book about Appalachia?
(a) Barbaric.
(b) Savage.
(c) Vacuous.
(d) Apathetic.

2. Catte discusses which president's extensive campaigning within Appalachia as a factor in the negative portrayals of Appalachians?
(a) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(b) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(c) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

3. Catte claims that Harry Caudil's work drew attention away from what other important cause?
(a) The Women's Suffrage movement.
(b) The Women's Liberation movement.
(c) The Gay Rights movement.
(d) The Civil Rights movement.

4. Catte states that the Moynihan Report had been of little use to the United States government after which group of people denounced the report?
(a) Civil rights activists.
(b) Poor white Appalachians.
(c) Wealthy coal mine owners.
(d) Public school educators.

5. About how many people live within the region of Appalachia?
(a) 50 million.
(b) 25 million.
(c) 10 million.
(d) 15 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Kentucky succeed in terminating "the funding for many anti-poverty workers" (102)?

2. In what year did Harry Caudill pass away?

3. Arthur Rothstein was known for documenting the lives of those evicted from their homes as a result of what construction project?

4. Catte asserts that "Harvard University paid just $2.82 in annual property taxes on 11, 182 acres of land" (13) in what year?

5. What work by Karl Marx was found in the raid on the home of Karen and Joseph Mulloy?

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