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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When were the collectivized camps outside of urban centers closed?
(a) When America entered World War II.
(b) When the stock market crashed.
(c) The seventies.
(d) When Roosevelt died.

2. According to Buddy Blankenship in Sixteen Ton, what did coal companies often pay instead of money?
(a) IOUs.
(b) Company vouchers.
(c) Coal.
(d) Food rations.

3. What does Wilbur Kane remember most vividly about Franklin Roosevelt?
(a) His cufflinks.
(b) His smile.
(c) His voice.
(d) His tailcoats.

4. At the beginning of The Fine and Lively Arts, Hiram Sherman speaks glowingly of drinking covert gin out of what?
(a) Flasks.
(b) Teacups.
(c) Soda bottles.
(d) Bowls.

5. Why did Huey Long not run for president in 1936?
(a) He was embroiled in scandals.
(b) He became Roosevelt's Chief of Staff.
(c) He was assassinated.
(d) He chose to retire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emma Tiller say in her interview is as important as money?

2. Why did C. Wright Patman push for the impeachment of Hoover's Treasury Secretary?

3. What two roles did Henry Wallace play in the Roosevelt administration?

4. According to Scoop Lankford, when did conditions finally improve in the prison?

5. With what assertion does David Kennedy say he disagrees regarding Roosevelt?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Horace Cayton, why did black Americans not join the Communists en masse?

2. According to James Farley, how did Roosevelt alienate members of his own administration?

3. Who was Martin Dies?

4. How did Neil Schaffner's theatre troupe have to change their business model after the Crash 1929?

5. How did Jack Kirkland become famous during the Depression?

6. What strange and dangerous episode regarding congressional testimony does C. Wright Patman make?

7. What safety concerns pervaded mines in the 1930's?

8. How did Wilbur Kane experience the Joe Louis fight against Max Schmeling?

9. How much power did coal companies have in the towns they inhabited?

10. What was Edward Burgess's experience of the 1930's?

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