View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 114-132.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Catte disparages a Vanity Fair essay in which writer John Saward visits what state in order to "understand Donald Trump" (22)?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) West Virginia.

2. The saboteurs who ambushed the Round Mountain Coal Company inflicted just under how many dollars in damage?
(a) 1 million.
(b) 7 million.
(c) 30 million.
(d) 11 million.

3. In what decade does Catte note an increase in hostility toward organized labor?
(a) The 1890s.
(b) The 1930s.
(c) The 1990s.
(d) The 1980s.

4. In what decade was the FSA created in the United States?
(a) The 1930s.
(b) The 1920s.
(c) The 1950s.
(d) The 1880s.

5. Catte states that what entities own the majority of the land on Blair Mountain?
(a) Banks.
(b) Coal companies.
(c) Land trusts.
(d) The U.S. government.

Short Answer Questions

1. The FSA was created in an attempt to combat a particular societal ill by resettling whom?

2. In what state did private detectives hired by a negotiating coal company terrorize women and children with machine gun fire?

3. Catte makes the claim that "white Appalachians became persona non grata after" (83) what event?

4. In what state capital did The United Mine Workers gather in order to present the governor with a list of demands?

5. In what year did Murray and Vance host a talk at the American Enterprise Institute?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 236 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample