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What caused the stock market to crash in October 1929? Could this crash have been avoided?

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During the 1930s, the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union


A) sought to organize the rural poor across racial lines.
B) was formed by the American Communist Party.
C) concerned the federal government as a powerful force of rural radicalism.
D) both sought to organize the rural poor across racial lines, and concerned the federal government as a powerful force of rural radicalism.
E) All these answers are correct.

F) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

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During the drought of the 1930s, the Great Plains were called the "________."

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The Abraham Lincoln Brigade is associated with


A) the radical right.
B) the Spanish Civil War.
C) veterans of World War I.
D) the "bonus marchers."
E) the Civilian Conservation Corps.

F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

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During the 1930s, the American Communist Party


A) distanced itself from the Soviet Union.
B) excluded most minorities from its ranks.
C) supported Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War.
D) both distanced itself from the Soviet Union and excluded most minorities from its ranks.
E) None of these answers is correct.

F) A) and C)
G) C) and E)

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Between his election in 1932 and the inauguration in 1933, Franklin Roosevelt


A) declared he would dramatically increase government spending.
B) promised to maintain a balanced federal budget.
C) made no public statements.
D) refused to make any agreements on the economic direction of the country with the outgoing president, Herbert Hoover.
E) established the Works Progress Administration.

F) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

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During the 1930s, the American Communist Party was always under the close supervision of the Soviet Union.

A) True
B) False

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The Hoover administration addressed the economic situation of American farmers with the


A) Agricultural Marketing Act.
B) Soil Conservation Act.
C) Agricultural Adjustment Act.
D) Farm Security Administration.
E) Rural Electrification Administration.

F) D) and E)
G) C) and E)

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Under the Popular Front, American Communists softened their criticism of capitalism.

A) True
B) False

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