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Which of the following represents an attempt by the Hoover administration to combat the effects of the Great Depression?

  1. The McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill

  2. The coining of silver

  3. The lowering of interest rates

  4. The encouragement of margin buying on Wall Street

  5. The public-works construction of the Boulder Dam


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The public-works construction of the Boulder Dam- serious attempt made by Hoover administration.

By the early 1930s, the U.S. film industry had made which of the following major changes?

  1. From silent films to talking pictures

  2. From black-and-white to colour film

  3. From a studio system to an independent film industry

  4. From filming primarily in Hollywood to filming on location all over the country

  5. From Cinemascope to Kinescope


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

From silent films to talking pictures.

The United States adopted neutrality laws in the 1930s as a response to the rise of which form of government in Europe?

  1. Anarchy

  2. Autocracy

  3. Communism

  4. Monarchy

  5. Fascism


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The rise of Fascism led America towards Neutrality.

Which one of the following men did NOT succeed to the presidency when the president under whom he served was assassinated?

  1. Theodore Roosevelt

  2. Franklin D. Roosevelt

  3. Lyndon B. Johnson

  4. Andrew Johnson

  5. Chester A. Arthur


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

He was re-elected in a landslide victory in 1936. He also won the 1944 election and thus served as the President of the United States from 1933 till his death on April 12, 1945. The two term convention was made into a law after Roosevelt. FDR remains the longest serving US President.

Which of the following measures taken by President Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration brought aid to a rural area plagued by flooding, malnutrition, and poverty?

  1. National Recovery Act

  2. Works Progress Administration

  3. Tennessee Valley Authority

  4. Public Works Administration

  5. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Tennessee Valley Authority is a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter on May 18, 1933, to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation,

The stock market crash of October 29, 1929, had all the following effects except:

  1. Shareholders were forced to sell their stocks at huge losses.

  2. Businesses failed when banks called in loans they could not repay immediately.

  3. Brokers demanded immediate payment of money owed to them for stocks purchased on margin.

  4. Borrowers began defaulting on their loan payments to banks, triggering widespread bank failures.

  5. More and more people began buying on credit because there was a shortage of cash.


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

More people were taking credit rather than on cash.

In The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck describes the fortunes of a family forced out of Oklahoma by the ravages of the ______.

  1. New Deal

  2. War Department

  3. Great Society

  4. Dust Bowl

  5. Potato famine


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck describes the fortunes of a family forced out of Oklahoma by the ravages of the Dust Bowl.

The usual reaction of the stock market to a political crisis is _____.

  1. For the Stock Exchange to close for a week

  2. A rise in stock prices and an increase in buying

  3. The stoppage of payment on government bonds

  4. A fall in stock prices and an increase in selling

  5. An increase in foreign investment


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Political crisis leads to increase in selling and fall of stock prices.

All the following are included in the "Four Freedoms" President Franklin D. Roosevelt described to Congress in 1941 except:

  1. Freedom to worship in one's own way

  2. Freedom from fear

  3. Freedom of speech and expression

  4. Freedom to overthrow a tyrannical government

  5. Freedom from want


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Four Freedoms" President Franklin D. Roosevelt  except Freedom to overthrow a tyrannical government.

The maintenance of the peace and safety of the United States was the stated aim of the _____.

  1. XYZ Affair

  2. Alien and Sedition Acts

  3. Bill of Rights

  4. Federalist Papers

  5. Louisiana Purchase


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The of the peace and safety of the United States was the stated aim of the Alien and Sedition Acts.

All the following photographers created important visual records of aspects of U.S. history except:

  1. Jacob Riis

  2. Matthew Brady

  3. Dorothea Lange

  4. Jessie Tarbox Beals

  5. Ansel Adams


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Ansel Easton Adams was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. Adams helped found Group f/64, an association of photographers advocating "pure" photography that favored sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range of a photograph.

In Powell v. Alabama, the Supreme Court revoked the death sentences of the "Scottsboro boys" on the grounds that _________.

  1. the police had forced the defendants to confess their guilt

  2. the defendants had been denied the right to a trial by jury

  3. the defendants had alibis from eyewitnesses who had not been allowed to testify

  4. the defendants had been denied the right to due process

  5. the defendants had been framed for crimes committed by other people


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The defendants had been denied the right to due process.

Which of the following proposed a 1930s relief program in which money would be taken from the wealthy and given to the poor?

  1. Harold Ickes

  2. Huey Long

  3. John Nance Garner

  4. Alf Landon

  5. Father Charles Coughlin


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Huey Long.

Congress passed the National Recovery Act in 1933 to do all the following except:

  1. Stabilize prices

  2. Create jobs through public-works projects

  3. Allow industries to regulate themselves

  4. Raise wages

  5. Enforce antitrust laws


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

There are three main ways in which the Federal antitrust laws are enforced: Criminal and civil enforcement actions brought by the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. Civil enforcement actions brought by the Federal Trade Commission. Lawsuits brought by private parties asserting damage claims.

The Federal Securities Act created which of the following in an effort to reform business and guard against another stock market crash?

  1. The Agricultural Adjustment Administration

  2. The Civilian Conservation Corps

  3. The Federal Emergency Relief Administration

  4. The Securities and Exchange Commission

  5. The National Industrial Recovery Act


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent federal government agency responsible for protecting investors, maintaining fair and orderly functioning of the securities markets, and facilitating capital formation.

The impact of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930 was _______.

  1. A reduction of the tariff on imports from Germany that caused public outrage

  2. A lower duty on Canadian goods that caused hard times in the Great Lakes states

  3. High tariffs that contributed to a global economic downturn in the 1930s

  4. An export tax on tobacco

  5. Higher salaries for senators


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The impact of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930 was High tariffs that contributed to a global economic downturn in the 1930s.

All the following are major photojournalists of the Great Depression EXCEPT:

  1. Margaret Bourke-White

  2. Walker Evans

  3. Althea Gibson

  4. Dorothea Lange

  5. Gordon Parks


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Althea Gibson.

National Industrial Recovery Act and the Wagner Act dealt with the issue of ________.

  1. The government's right to set price controls

  2. Employers' rights to exclude women from their workforce

  3. Workers' rights to organize unions

  4. States' rights to regulate interstate trade

  5. Corporations' rights to cooperate in setting industrywide standards


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Workers' rights to organize unions.

In response to the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931, the United States __________.

  1. issued a document refusing to recognize Japanese actions as legitimate

  2. called a special session of the League of Nations

  3. sent General MacArthur to command U.S. forces in the Pacific

  4. engaged in a policy of watchful waiting

  5. sent the Panay, a naval vessel, to the coast of Japan


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In response to the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931, the United States issued a document refusing to recognize Japanese actions as legitimate.

Which of the following explains the original purpose of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?

  1. To force poor people to deposit their income tax returns

  2. To force employers to insure workers against injury

  3. To insure corporations exploring for mineral deposits

  4. To insure bank deposits up to $5,000

  5. To protect banks against securities fraud


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

To insure bank deposits up to $5,000.

The novel It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis _________.

  1. warned Americans in the 1920s that excessive buying on credit could lead to an economic crisis.

  2. described what the United States would look like if communists led a successful revolution in the 1950s.

  3. imagined a fascist takeover in the United States in the 1930s.

  4. addressed the danger of nuclear war in the 1960s.

  5. woke Californians up in the 1970s to the dangers of a devastating earthquake.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The novel It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis imagined a fascist takeover in the United States in the 1930s.

Matches the artist and the cultural product he or she created:
X) John Steinbeck                      1) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Y) Frank Capra                         2) The Good Earth
Z) Margaret Mitchell                3) The Grapes of Wrath
                                                  4) Gone With the Wind
                                                  5) Waiting for Lefty

  1. X-2, Y-4, Z-5

  2. X-3, Y-2, Z-4

  3. X-5, Y-2, Z-1

  4. X-3, Y-4, Z-1

  5. X-3, Y-1, Z-4


Correct Option: E

Which of the following organizations, born in the 1930s, focused on organizing unskilled workers?

  1. Congress of Industrial Organizations

  2. Knights of Labor

  3. Industrial Workers of the World

  4. American Federation of Labor

  5. Communist Party


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Congress of Industrial Organizations.

Why the Sit-down strikes proved to be a successful strategy for some unions in the 1930s?

  1. They were enthusiastically supported by the Roosevelt administration

  2. They prevented damage to company property

  3. They prevented the factory owners from carrying on production with strikebreakers

  4. They tended to gain public sympathy

  5. They were protected by federal legislation


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

They prevented the factory owners from carrying on production with strikebreakers.

The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 was an attempt to increase farm prices by ___________.

  1. restricting farm production through voluntary cooperation by farmers

  2. increasing farm production to meet growing demand

  3. reducing farm production by paying farmers to plant fewer crops

  4. lowering the tariffs to increase the sale of agricultural products abroad

  5. teaching farmers industrial skills so that they could leave the land


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 was an attempt to increase farm prices by reducing farm production.

One reason President Franklin D. Roosevelt was not a strong advocate of civil rights for African Americans was that he ____________.

  1. believed that the separation of the races was in the best interests of all concerned.

  2. resented the fact that African Americans voted for the Republican Party in 1936.

  3. believed the role of the federal government in society should be minimal.

  4. believed that Progressive-era reformers had successfully addressed the problem of segregation.

  5. feared losing the support of the Southern Democrats in Congress.


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

One reason President Franklin D. Roosevelt was not a strong advocate of civil rights for African Americans was that he feared losing the support of the Southern Democrats in Congress.

The Stimson Doctrine of 1932 called for __________.

  1. an economic boycott of all German goods by the allied nations

  2. a pledge by the allied nations to respect the territorial integrity of China

  3. a cease-fire in China

  4. a condemnation by the United States of Japan's actions in Manchuria

  5. a call for an end to Italy's aggressive policies in Africa.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Stimson Doctrine of 1932 called for a condemnation by the United States of Japan's actions in Manchuria.

The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck's Depression-era novel, chronicles the lives of ________.

  1. Mexican migrant farm workers.

  2. displaced Dust Bowl farmers.

  3. Southern sharecroppers.

  4. coal miners from West Virginia.

  5. unemployed autoworkers from Michigan.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck's Depression-era novel, chronicles the lives of  displaced Dust Bowl farmers.

Which of the following is true of the 1935 Works Progress Administration?

  1. It was struck down by the Supreme Court on the grounds that it gave legislative power to the executive branch.

  2. It oversaw the building of massive hydroelectric plants along the Tennessee River, which brought electricity to many parts of the rural South.

  3. It established legal protections for workers organizing unions and listed unfair labor practices that employers could not use.

  4. It rapidly created jobs in fields as varied as airport construction and mural painting.

  5. It provided emergency assistance to banks, railroad companies, life insurance companies, and other large businesses.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

It rapidly created jobs in fields as varied as airport construction and mural painting.

The most significant change in voting patterns in the 1930s was the _________________.

  1. decrease in the percentage of women who voted.

  2. shift among African American voters from the Republican to the Democratic Party.

  3. large percentage of voters registered to the Communist Party in presidential elections.

  4. overall decrease in the number of people who voted at all.

  5. large number of recent immigrants who registered with the Republican Party.


Correct Option: B

The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 and the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 are similar in that they both ____________________.

  1. were struck down by the Supreme Court.

  2. put into practice the theory of laissez-faire.

  3. were aimed at limiting the power of the railroad companies.

  4. extended the power of government into the regulation of business.

  5. recognized the right of workers to form unions.


Correct Option: D

President Franklin D. Roosevelt's actions were noteworthy because he ________________________________.

  1. simplified the operations of the federal government.

  2. implemented a sweeping civil rights program.

  3. extended the direct influence of the government into the lives of the people.

  4. succeeded in being elected five times to the presidency.

  5. successfully concluded World War II.


Correct Option: C

The period between 1918 in 1941 is best known for the development of which of the following art forms?

  1. Transcendental poetry

  2. Jazz music

  3. Impressionist painting

  4. Post modern architecture

  5. Folk music


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime. Jazz is seen by many as "America's classical music.

In accordance with his belief that the New Deal had not  accomplished its  goals,  Francis Townsend proposed  a  plan to _______________.

  1. Use nonviolent civil disobedience to oppose racial segregation.

  2. Send aid to antifascist groups in Europe.

  3. Force all "subversive" groups to register with the government.

  4. Ban women from working outside the home until all able-bodied men had work.

  5. Provide a monthly stipend to everyone in the United States over 60 years old.


Correct Option: E

Identify the correct statement about the novel "It Can't Happen Here" written by Sinclair Lewis.

  1. It warned Americans in the 1920s that excessive buying on credit could lead to an economic crisis.

  2. It described what the United States would look like if communists led a successful revolution in the 1950s.

  3. It imagined a fascist takeover in the Europe in the 1930s.

  4. It addressed the danger of nuclear war in the 1960s.

  5. It woke Californians up in the 1970s to the dangers of a devastating earthquake.


Correct Option: C

During which of the following case, the constitutionality of the Bank of the United States was upheld in the Supreme Court decision?

  1. McCulloh v. Maryland

  2. Marbury v.Madison

  3. Plessy v. Ferguson

  4. Dred Scott v. Sanford

  5. Brown . Board of Education of Topeka


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316, was a U.S. Supreme Court decision from 1819 that defined the scope of the U.S. Congress's legislative power and how it relates to the powers of American state legislatures. The dispute in McCulloch involved the legality of the national bank and a tax that the state of Maryland imposed on it.

ALL BUT WHICH of the following were factors that contributed to the repeal of the Prohibition Amendment by 1933? 

  1. Many Americans continued to drink alcoholic beverages despite the law.

  2. The law was weakly enforced by the Federal government.

  3. It had become apparent that Prohibition was a major cause of The Great Depression.

  4. Tax revenue could be collected from legalized alcoholic beverages.

  5. Organized crime syndicates had grown too large and violent.


Correct Option: A

The growth of the Communist Party in the United States in the 1930s was not due to the _____________________.

  1. The Communist Party tapped into many people's doubts the efficacy of the capitalist system during the Great Depression

  2. The Communist Party, as part of its Popular Front strategy,avoided talks of impending revolution and advocated forming alliances with anti-fascist liberals

  3. The Communist Part's work on behalf of African Americans as is evident in the Scottsboro case, won it many adherents

  4. The Communist Party's espionage work on behalf of the Soviet Union created an aura of dedication and audacity

  5. The large number of Eastern European immigrants who had supported communism back home gravitated toward the Communist Party in the United States


Correct Option: D

Which of the following best describes the differences that existed between the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the 1930s?

  1. The AFL had a huge membership, while the CIO never developed a mass following.

  2. The AFL had its strength east of the Mississippi River, while the CIO was strongest west of the Mississippi.

  3. The AFL was more cautious in its approach to conflicts with management, while the CIO was willing to use more militant tactics, such as the sit-down strike.

  4. The AFL was actually a coalition of "company unions," organized by management to placate worker resentment, while the CIO was composed of actual worker organizations.

  5. The AFL was dominated by Communist Party members, while the CIO, fearing government reprisals, excluded Communists from leadership positions.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The AFL was more cautious in its approach to conflicts with management, while the CIO was willing to use more militant tactics, such as the sit-down strike.

Ordinary dust storm took the form of the Black Blizzard in U.S. plains in 1930 because _________________.

  1. The entire ploughed landscape was stripped of all grass which earlier held the land together

  2. There was no rainfall in the region for a very long time

  3. The whole plain was an arid zone without much vegetation

  4. The area faced heavy flooding

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ordinary dust storm took the form of the Black Blizzard in U.S. plains in 1930 because entire landscape was stripped of all grass that held land together. Grass holds the soil together.

The Social Security Act of 1935 was important in that it _________.

  1. offered direct relief to eligible unemployed and disabled individuals.

  2. reformed the existing federal unemployment insurance system.

  3. created a new agency to monitor investment in the securities industry.

  4. provided relief for businesses in financial trouble as a result of the Depression.

  5. succeeded in relieving the problems of the banking system.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 They are offered direct relief to eligible unemployed and disabled individuals.

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the growth of the Communist Party in the United States in the 1930s?

  1. The Communist Party tapped into many people's doubts about the efficacy of the capitalist system during the Great Depression.

  2. The Communist Party, as part of its Popular Front strategy, avoided talk of impending revolution and advocated forming alliances with anti-fascist liberals.

  3. The Communist Party's work on behalf of African Americans, as is evident in the Scottsboro case, won it many adherents.

  4. The Communist Party's espionage work on behalf of the Soviet Union created an aura of dedication and audacity.

  5. The large number of Eastern European immigrants who had supported communism back home gravitated toward the Communist Party in the United States.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Communist Party's espionage work on behalf of the Soviet Union created an aura of dedication and audacity..

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