Chapter 15 Quiz
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| Who helped organize resistance to discrimination in the Southwest? | Josephine Fierro de Bright
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| Who wrote about a prosperous utopia in the mountains of Tibet? | James Hilton
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| Who received blame for the development of shantytowns? | Herbert Hoover
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| Who wrote the Sound and the Fury? | William Faulkner
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| Who presented the American dream as a nightmare in Miss Lonelyhearts? | Nathanael West
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| Who believed businesses should deal with the depression without government help? | Andrew Mellon
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| Who organized Unemployed Leagues to demand work? | A.J. Muste
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| Who was a social reformer and great political asset to her husband? | Eleanor Roosevelt
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| Who promised a "new deal" during his election campaign? | Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| Who wrote the Studs Lonigan trilogy? | James T. Farrell
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| What did NOT describe the U.S. economy before the depression? | a Bear Market (falling market)
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| What resulted in the worst economic crisis for banks? | Borrowers defaulting on bank loans
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| What was NOT a cause of the Great Depression? | The rising stock market
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| What dis farmers NOT have during the depression? | High demand for their products
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| Who believed that capitalism was to blame for the Great Depression? | Socialists & Communists
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| In 1932 Congress passed a bonus bill that aided WWI veterans. | FALSE
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| FDR came from a wealthy and prestigious family. | TRUE
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| Republicans won decisive majorities in both houses of Congress in 1932 | FALSE
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| The "Scottsboro Boys" were aided by the Communist Party. | TRUE
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| Some economists believe depressions are a normal part of the business cycle. | TRUE
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| Immigration to the U.S. greatly increased during the depression. | FALSE
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| The percentage of women in the workforce increased in the 1930's | TRUE
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| Southern cotton farmers faced food shortages during the depression | TRUE
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| The number of radios greatly increased during the 1930's | TRUE
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