Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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| 1. | The
proper term describing the U.S. economy after the depression is A. | easy
credit. | C. | margin
buying. | B. | low interest. | D. | bear market. | | | | |
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| 2. | Food
was given to the needy in A. | shantytowns. | B. | breadlines. | C. | El Congreso. | D. | the Department
of Food and Agriculture. | | |
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| 3. | The
bill to establish a Federal Emergency Relief Board was A. | passed by
Congress. | B. | supported by Hoover. | C. | not
passed. | D. | suggested by a columnist for the New York
Times. | | |
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| 4. | The
President’s Committee for Unemployment Relief A. | found jobs for
the unemployed. | B. | encouraged donations to private relief
agencies. | C. | distributed surplus crops. | D. | handed out aid
to states to administer. | | |
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| 5. | Congress and state governments funded several public-works projects A. | at the request
of the Communist Party. | B. | at the request of taxpayers. | C. | at the request
of businesses. | D. | at Hoover’s request. | | |
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| 6. | Who
gathered the jobless into Unemployed Leagues to demand work? A. | A. J.
Muste | C. | John Nance
Garner | B. | Franklin D. Roosevelt | D. | Marvel Cooke | | | | |
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| 7. | Farmers banded together to save farms from A. | low interest
rates. | C. | foreclosure
sales. | B. | falling crop prices. | D. | the Smoot-Hawley Tariff. | | | | |
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| 8. | Some
economists felt the depression was caused by A. | unequal distribution of wealth. | C. | high import taxes. | B. | crop
failures. | D. | too few goods
for sale. | | | | |
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| 9. | Many
economists said the depression was A. | a result of import
restrictions. | C. | the fault of the
unions. | B. | a product of scientific
management. | D. | part of the
business cycle. | | | | |
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| 10. | At
the height of the depression the number of unemployed workers reached about A. | 1
million. | C. | 50
million. | B. | 15 million. | D. | 100 million. | | | | |
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| 11. | How
many people of Mexican descent were pressured into leaving the country? A. | 500,000 | C. | 825,000 | B. | 250,000 | D. | 100,000 | | | | |
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| 12. | Which
of the following was not an effect of the depression? A. | divorce rate
rose | C. | more marriages
took place | B. | birthrate declined | D. | there were more suicides | | | | |
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| 13. | Among
the most popular films of the era were A. | gangster movies. | C. | silent films. | B. | newsreels. | D. | historic
re-creations. | | | | |
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| 14. | Nathanael West presented the American dream as a nightmare in A. | The Sound and
the Fury. | C. | Studs
Lonigan. | B. | Miss Lonelyhearts. | D. | As I Lay Dying. | | | | |
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| 15. | Who
promised to put the political and economic system “at the service of the
people”? A. | Herbert
Hoover | C. | Franklin D.
Roosevelt | B. | Andrew Mellon | D. | A. J. Muste | | | | |
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Matching
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Match each item with the correct statement. A. | Josefina Fierro
de Bright | L. | shantytowns | B. | rugged individualism | M. | Lost Horizon | C. | Bonus
Army | N. | Franklin D.
Roosevelt | D. | Bronx Slave Market | O. | Smoot-Hawley Tariff | E. | Walt
Disney | P. | El
Congreso | F. | Herbert Hoover | Q. | James Hilton | G. | Great
Depression | R. | business
cycle | H. | stock speculation | S. | Black Tuesday | I. | William
Faulkner | T. | margin
buying | J. | Andrew Mellon | U. | bull market | K. | Black
Thursday | V. | mutualistas | | | | |
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| 16. | thought government should let business get out of the depression on its
own
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| 17. | an
upward trend in the stock market
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| 18. | author of As I Lay Dying
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| 19. | the
practice of buying stocks with borrowed money
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| 20. | playing the market
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| 21. | October 29, 1929
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| 22. | deep
economic downturn lasting from 1929 to the 1940s
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| 23. | the
regular ups and downs of business
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| 24. | faced
blame for shantytowns
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| 25. | mutual aid societies
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| 26. | makeshift shelters
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| 27. | fought for Mexican American rights
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| 28. | a
novel about a lost utopia in Tibet
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| 29. | the
idea that success comes from individual effort
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| 30. | offered the American public a “new deal”
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| 31. | World
War I veterans who protested in Washington, D.C.
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| 32. | the
highest tariff in U.S. history
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| 33. | poor
African American women on corners hoping for a day’s work
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| 34. | organized Hispanic migrants to resist oppression
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| 35. | brightened the 1930s with cartoons
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