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Which of the following presented the greatest challenges to the United States after World War I? a. The economy slowed after the war. b. The war brought to light the differences among Americans. c. Women refused to leave the workforce. d. The war had left the United States deeply in debt.

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b

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African Americans who served in World War I returned home to find a. discrimination and race riots. b. new appreciation for their patriotism. c. greater access to jobs when they showed their discharge papers. d. less racism from whites than before the war.

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a

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Which of the following statements characterizes race relations in the aftermath of World War I? a. The Great Migration of blacks out of the South was quickly reversed after the war. b. Racial confrontations did not involve black soldiers, who were lauded in the South. c. African Americans continued to follow the advice of Booker T. Washington. d. At least 120 blacks were killed in racial violence in the United States by 1919.

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d

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In which of the following cities was the prosperous Greenwood district burned down in racial riots in 1921? a. Charlotte, North Carolina b. Boston, Massachusetts c. Detroit, Michigan d. Tulsa, Oklahoma

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d

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Which of the following factors contributed to the incredible number of militant strikes that occurred during 1919? a. Employers sought to reinstitute the ten-hour workday. b. Employers tried to root out labor unions after the war. c. Public support for labor unions made strikes more acceptable. d. American companies fired wartime workers and hired returning soldiers.

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b

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Which of the following politicians won tremendous political support during the strikes of 1919, when he claimed, "There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, anytime"? a. Herbert Hoover b. Warren Harding c. Woodrow Wilson d. Calvin Coolidge

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d

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Welfare capitalism emerged in the 1920s in part to a. improve workers' productivity. b. ensure workers' health. c. win government pensions for the elderly. d. stop unionization.

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d

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Which of the following statements characterizes the Red Scare of 1919-1921? a. The American Communist Party posed a direct threat to the stability of American society. b. A series of 1919 bombings led Americans to associate radical political groups with violence. c. The Socialist Party threatened to foment violent revolution. d. The American public and press blamed labor conflict on the American Federation of Labor.

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b

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Which prominent politician fanned fears of domestic radicalism after a bomb exploded outside his home in 1919? a. Warren G. Harding b. Henry Cabot Lodge c. Mitchell Palmer d. Calvin Coolidge

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c

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Which of the following facts regarding Sacco and Vanzetti clearly biased the jury against them? a. They were Italian immigrants. b. Both were illegal immigrants. c. They were communists. d. Both had criminal histories.

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c

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Which of the following statements describes the proceedings against Sacco and Vanzetti? a. Their acquittal reflected the waning of the Red Scare hysteria. b. Scholars still debate their guilt, but most agree that they did not receive a fair trial. c. Despite the high emotions aroused by their case, Sacco and Vanzetti received a fair trial. d. Their quick trial and execution in 1921 exemplified antiradical hysteria.

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b

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Which of the following is true regarding the Sheppard-Towner Federal Maternity and Infancy Act of 1921? a. The act excluded working-class women. b. The National Woman's Party opposed its passage. c. It was the first federally funded, health-care legislation. d. It prohibited midwives and home births.

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c

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Why did the newly organized Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) come under attack in the 1920s? a. It articulated an explicitly anticapitalist message. b. Socialist women were among its members. c. The WILPF proposed social justice measures. d. The group supported feminist goals.

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b

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterized women's political participation during the 1920s? a. Women did not vote as a bloc, as politicians had expected. b. Women had little success in political lobbying and no formal organizations of their own. c. Due to their political inexperience, few women sought public office. d. Women were most effective as members of political parties' committees.

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a

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Harding campaigned on the platform of returning to "normalcy," which meant a. a strong probusiness stance and conservative cultural values. b. putting Republicans back in office. c. continuing the Progressive Era reforms. d. he would be a common man in government rather than an intellectual.

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d

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As secretary of commerce under Warren Harding, Herbert Hoover a. worked to extend the power of the War Industries Board and War Labor Board. b. led a renewed campaign of trust-busting to restore competition in the business world. c. sought to eliminate any type of government intervention in business. d. believed that voluntary cooperation between government and business could replace regulation.

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d

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Which major scandal in Harding's administration was named after the national oil reserves it involved? a. Crédit Mobilier b. Sinclair Oil c. North Shore Oil d. Teapot Dome

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d

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Which of the following was one of Calvin Coolidge's political virtues at the time he became president after Harding's death in 1923? a. Reticence, which ensured the confidentiality of his administration b. A reputation for nonpartisanship c. Imaginative foresight and problem-solving abilities d. Austere morality, which contrasted with Harding's cronyism

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d

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Which of the following occurred at the Democratic Party convention in 1924? a. After 103 ballots, it nominated William G. McAdoo for the presidency. b. The delegates could not agree on the nomination of a presidential candidate. c. Conflicts showed that the party was deeply split between rural and urban interests. d. Democrats chose a vice presidential candidate to attract rural southern voters.

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c

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Which of the following statements characterized U.S. foreign policy during the 1920s? a. The newly powerful United States overwhelmed other countries in the League of Nations. b. The nation ended its use of military intervention in Latin America to protect U.S. investments. c. The United States was strongly isolationist, retreating from involvement in world affairs. d. The United States actively sought to facilitate American economic expansion abroad.

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d

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During the 1920s, the U.S. military intervened in or occupied a. Bolivia. b. El Salvador. c. Cuba. d. Nicaragua.

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d

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The culture wars of the 1920s were due in part to a. political battles between Democrats and Republicans throughout the decade. b. a backlash against big business as many poorer Americans struggled economically. c. the tremendous growth of cities from immigration and rural migration. d. the change in foreign policy from isolation to internationalism.

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c

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Which of the following is correct about the Scopes trial? a. John Scopes was found not guilty. b. The American Civil Liberties Union challenged the constitutionality of the trial. c. Clarence Darrow defended the right to teach evolution in schools. d. William Jennings Bryan defended Scopes in the trial.

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c

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Which of the following statements characterizes the Scopes "monkey trial" of 1925? a. The trial resulted in a hung jury unable to decide whether Scopes was innocent or guilty. b. The trial quickly became a media circus. c. The American Civil Liberties Union supported the Tennessee ban on teaching evolution. d. The jury acquitted John Scopes, and modern science claimed victory over religion.

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b

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The emergency immigration restrictions in 1921 were made more restrictive with the a. American Civil Liberties Union. b. National Origins Act. c. Jones Act. d. Dillingham Commission.

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b

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How did the U.S. government change immigration restrictions during the 1920s? a. To meet the need for cheap labor, the 1929 Immigration Act reversed the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act. b. The National Origins Act set immigration quotas at 2 percent of each nationality as measured by the 1890 census. c. The 1929 Immigration Act relaxed quotas for Europeans but tightened those for Latin Americans. d. The 1921 Emergency Immigration Bill set quotas at 10 percent of each nationality as measured by the 1900 census.

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b

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The rise of the Ku Klux Klan and the National Origins Act represented a resurgence of a. religious revival. b. jingoism. c. nativism. d. fundamentalism.

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c

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How did the rejuvenated Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s differ from its Reconstruction-era form? a. The group targeted Catholics and Jews as well as blacks. b. The new Klan found most of its support in the rural South. c. It abandoned violence in favor of economic boycotts. d. It was a patriotic group, not a racist one.

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a

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Which of the following describes Governor Alfred E. Smith, the Democratic presidential candidate in 1928? a. Smith was a product of Chicago's influential Irish political machine. b. He lost the election because he failed to carry the heavily industrialized states in the urban Northeast. c. He was the first major-party presidential candidate to reflect the aspirations of the urban working class. d. Smith had a speaking voice ideally suited to the new medium of radio.

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c

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Which of the following statements characterizes the Republican victory in the 1928 election? a. Hoover attracted the votes of many immigrant Catholic women. b. Hoover, a political unknown in comparison to Smith, picked up votes by attacking Smith's reputation as a progressive. c. Hoover carried all the heavily industrialized states and large cities. d. Given America's prosperity, it was unlikely that any Democrat could have defeated Herbert Hoover.

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d

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Which of the following concepts championed black racial pride and cultural identity in the 1920s? a. Jazz Age b. Back to Africa movement c. Harlem Renaissance d. Lost Generation

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c

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Which of the following statements was true of the Harlem Renaissance? a. The most visible part of the Harlem Renaissance to most whites was jazz music. b. Most of its participants had no significant appeal outside the black community. c. For generations, critics dismissed the participants' work as race-based and old-fashioned. d. Most participants were not Americans by birth, but hailed from Trinidad and Jamaica.

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a

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Which of the following describes 1920s jazz? a. It was popular among black southerners but failed to gain acceptance among white northerners. b. Jazz represented a synthesis of African American music forms such as ragtime and the blues. c. It expressed, among other things, black Americans' desire to assimilate with the white population. d. Jazz was rarely recorded or performed publicly because of discriminatory laws against African Americans.

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b

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The most celebrated jazz soloist of the 1920s was the trumpeter a. Duke Ellington. b. Louis Armstrong. c. Bix Beiderbecke. d. Zora Neale Hurston.

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b

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The Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) recommended that black Americans a. work more aggressively through the court system to end segregation. b. pressure Congress to set aside a state for a black separatist society. c. return to Africa to obtain the justice unavailable to them in the United States. d. resort to violence if necessary to achieve racial justice.

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c

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What was the significance of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in the 1920s? a. It left a legacy of activism among working-class blacks. b. It was the only biracial organization of its day. c. The UNIA created the Harlem Renaissance. d. It represented a major black artistic movement.

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a

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The growing pan-Africanism movement that began to emerge among blacks during the 1920s was spurred in part by a. the anticolonial movements that had transformed Africa. b. nativist whites' efforts to deport blacks. c. the dismal American economy of the 1920s. d. black men's military service during World War I.

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d

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Which of the following terms did American writer Gertrude Stein use to describe Americans who had experienced World War I firsthand? a. The Lost Generation b. The Silent Generation c. The Greatest Generation d. Baby Boomers

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a

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Which of the following statements describes the American literary figures of the 1920s, such as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald? a. These white authors deeply resented the rise of the Harlem Renaissance. b. These authors promoted a "rags to riches" vision of American individualism. c. They rejected American materialism, complacency, and anti-intellectualism. d. They were strong boosters of America's victory in World War I and in the country's prosperity.

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c

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Throughout the 1920s, the sector of the American economy in the worst shape was a. coal. b. railroads. c. agriculture. d. manufacturing.

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c

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Which of the following statements characterizes American business during the 1920s? a. Family-run businesses, rather than oligopolies or monopolies, became the norm. b. The two hundred largest corporations controlled almost half of the national nonbanking wealth. c. American businesses concentrated their marketing efforts exclusively in the United States. d. The number of mergers dwindled to almost nothing as businesses stopped consolidating.

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b

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Which of the following sectors of American society saw the greatest amount of improvement in the 1920s? a. Race relations b. Working conditions c. The distribution of income d. Industrial output

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d

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A major weakness of the 1920s economy was the a. lack of cooperation between business and government. b. lack of credit. c. unequal distribution of wealth. d. soaring cost of farm products.

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c

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Which of the following industries drove the creation of American consumer culture in the 1920s? a. Fashion b. Advertising c. Film d. Railroads

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b

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Which of the following statements characterizes consumer spending during the 1920s? a. Higher incomes discouraged borrowing. b. Americans emphasized thrift. c. Installment buying boosted consumerism. d. Credit cards fueled spending.

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c

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Which of the following statements describes the role of automobiles in the American economy of the 1920s? a. The car industry bankrupted the railroads during the 1920s. b. Cheap gasoline spurred Americans to migrate to the West. c. Cars' affordability meant that most Americans could buy them. d. The auto industry played a major role in stimulating prosperity.

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d

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The flapper, an icon of American culture, represented a. the emancipated woman of the 1920s. b. the lifestyle of most women in the United States. c. a return to traditional, prewar values. d. an effort by women to emulate Mary Pickford.

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a

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What was the outcome of the stock market crash of October 1929? a. The federal government paid billions of dollars to bank customers who lost their deposits. b. Many middle-class Americans without stock investments lost their life savings when banks failed. c. Only high-rolling Wall Street investors actually lost money during the months that followed the crash. d. Unemployment fell as more and more people entered the workforce to earn extra money.

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b

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How did American consumers respond to the economic situation in the early 1930s? a. Falling production rates meant that few goods were available for Americans to purchase. b. The drop in prices stimulated a major buying spree for middle-class spenders. c. Facing the possibility of hard times and unemployment, most Americans cut back. d. Many increased their spending in hopes of stimulating the faltering economy.

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c

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How did the Great Depression affect women's participation in the workforce in the early 1930s? a. Traditional women's jobs went to men, driving women out of the workforce. b. Despite bans on women's employment, their workforce participation increased. c. White women were unemployed at a much greater rate than black women. d. Prohibitions on hiring women led to falling rates of women's employment.

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b

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"The 1920s were characterized by strong hostility to government. . . . Antistatist sentiment permeated the decade; newspapers, journals, and congressional debates reverberated with stories of the evils of federal government expansion. Critics of federal power emphasized bureaucracy . . . to invoke images of a pervasive . . . presence that strangled local and individual initiative. These critics linked federal regulatory boards . . . federal highway programs, agricultural extension, women's suffrage, and prohibition as parts of a ubiquitous trend of encroaching federal power. Reflecting both the heritage of the war and the Red Scare, they argued that at worst this trend would lead to . . . Bolshevism, at best to bureaucratic paternalism that would . . . rob individuals of their freedom and self-reliance." — Lynn Dumenil, historian, The Modern Temper: American Culture and Society in the 1920s, 1995 The development described in the excerpt was a direct reaction against which of the following phenomena? a. The American Socialist Party b. The practice of welfare capitalism c. The United States's unilateral foreign policy d. The reforms associated with progressivism

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d

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"The 1920s were characterized by strong hostility to government. . . . Antistatist sentiment permeated the decade; newspapers, journals, and congressional debates reverberated with stories of the evils of federal government expansion. Critics of federal power emphasized bureaucracy . . . to invoke images of a pervasive . . . presence that strangled local and individual initiative. These critics linked federal regulatory boards . . . federal highway programs, agricultural extension, women's suffrage, and prohibition as parts of a ubiquitous trend of encroaching federal power. Reflecting both the heritage of the war and the Red Scare, they argued that at worst this trend would lead to . . . Bolshevism, at best to bureaucratic paternalism that would . . . rob individuals of their freedom and self-reliance." — Lynn Dumenil, historian, The Modern Temper: American Culture and Society in the 1920s, 1995 The ideas described in the excerpt were most similar to those promoted by which of the following groups from an earlier period of U.S. history? a. The Antifederalists of the 1780s and 1790s b. The Republican Party during the 1860s and 1870s c. The Whig Party of the 1830s and 1840s d. The Populist Party of the 1890s

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a

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Between 1929 and 1932, U.S. gross domestic production fell by No answer provided a. one-third. b. one-quarter. c. one-half. d. two-thirds.

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c

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Question 2 What percentage of the U.S. labor force was unemployed by 1933? No answer provided a. Ten percent b. Twenty-five percent c. Five percent d. Fifty percent

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b

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Question 3 Which of the following countries was the first to fall into a depression at the end of the 1920s? No answer provided a. Sweden b. Norway c. Germany d. The Soviet Union

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c

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Question 4 Which of the following rendered the international monetary supply inflexible in the Great Depression during the 1930s? No answer provided a. The outflow of capital b. The trade deficit c. The gold standard d. Rising prices

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c

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Question 5 Which of the following American philosophies influenced Herbert Hoover's initial response to the economic downturn in the early 1930s? No answer provided a. Businesses have a responsibility to take care of the needs of their loyal workers. b. The market is self-regulating and government should not intervene during a downturn. c. Government should provide an economic safety net for the poorest of Americans. d. The legislative branch, not the executive branch, should take responsibility for the economy.

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b

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Question 6 Herbert Hoover asked Americans to do which of the following in response to the economic downtown in 1929? No answer provided a. Tighten their belts and work hard. b. Ask not what their country could do for them, but what they could do for their country. c. Fear nothing but fear itself. d. Live a moral and righteous life.

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a

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Question 7 Which tariff, passed in 1930, raised rates to an all-time high, further deepening the worldwide depression? No answer provided a. Mellon-Hoover b. Kellogg-Briand c. National Recovery d. Smoot-Hawley

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d

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Question 8 Which of the following organizations did President Hoover create in 1931 to stimulate the economy through federal loans to major businesses in 1931 and 1932? No answer provided a. Works Progress Administration b. National Industrial Recovery Act c. The Economic Recovery Association d. Reconstruction Finance Corporation

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d

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Question 9 Hoover was hated during the Depression, partially because of the public perception that he No answer provided a. was insensitive to people's suffering and was a do-nothing president. b. had caused the stock market crash through his fiscal policies. c. refused to give the federal government a role in stabilizing agriculture. d. led the nation deeply into debt.

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a

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Question 10 In the Bonus Army incident in Washington, D.C., in 1932, federal troops No answer provided a. joined in sympathy with the gathered World War I veterans. b. arrested the demonstrators who burned their bonus checks to protest Hoover's inaction. c. forcefully evicted the assembled veterans and burned their encampment. d. beat the veterans who rioted and tried to march on the White House property.

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c

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Question 11 Which of these protests caused Hoover's popularity to plunge dramatically in 1932? No answer provided a. Farm holiday protests b. Rent riots c. Hunger marches d. Bonus Army

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d

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Question 12 Which American ideal caused many Americans to blame themselves for their plight? No answer provided a. The self-made man b. Democracy c. Republicanism d. Protestant work ethic

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a

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Question 13 During the 1932 presidential campaign, Franklin Roosevelt promised No answer provided a. "a chicken in every pot." b. bold, persistent experimentation. c. a government takeover of the banks. d. the firing of all radicals in government.

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b

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Question 14 Ratified in 1933, the Twentieth Amendment No answer provided a. allowed for the direct election of senators. b. set subsequent inaugurations for January 20. c. ended Prohibition. d. created Social Security.

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b

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Question 15 President Roosevelt differed from President Hoover because of No answer provided a. his personal charisma and willingness to experiment. b. his belief in the basic morality of a balanced budget. c. his commitment to maintaining the nation's basic institutions. d. a belief in the value of hard work, cooperation, and sacrifice.

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a

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Question 16 Who were Harold Ickes and Bernard Baruch? No answer provided a. Photographers who chronicled the faces of the Depression b. Union activists who lobbied Congress for reform c. New Deal congressional representatives who worked diligently with Roosevelt d. Two of Franklin Roosevelt's chief Brains Trust advisors

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d

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Question 17 What was the first action Roosevelt took to address the nation's economic crisis? No answer provided a. Put people to work in the WPA b. Closed all banks in a banking holiday c. Gave states money for relief d. End Prohibition

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b

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Question 18 The Emergency Banking Act of 1933 No answer provided a. created a national banking system of savings and loan associations. b. forced all banks to join the Federal Reserve System. c. permitted banks with sufficient cash reserves to reopen. d. put U.S. banks under temporary federal control.

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c

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Question 19 To avert further banking panics, during which accountholders raced to withdraw funds, the New Deal No answer provided a. created the Home Owners Loan Corporation in 1933. b. declared a bank holiday in 1933. c. passed the Glass-Steagall Act in 1933. d. created the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1934.

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c

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Question 20 The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) No answer provided a. provided federal subsidies to farmers who cut farm production. b. increased farm production to aid the hungry. c. froze the prices of farm products. d. required new, higher income taxes on wealthy businesspeople.

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a

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Question 21 For southern black sharecroppers, the New Deal's AAA often meant that No answer provided a. they received significant federal support. b. more were able to farm. c. they were pushed off their land. d. they received more land to farm.

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c

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What was Franklin Roosevelt's attitude toward the federal government's provision of welfare payments to the unemployed? a. He opposed it vigorously and saw to it that New Deal programs never involved direct cash subsidies. b. He had strong reservations about it, preferring to provide federally funded jobs over cash subsidies. c. He was indifferent to the means by which those who needed it received help, whether by cash subsidies or by work relief. d. He welcomed it as an opportunity to help those in need and to ensure their votes for the Democratic Party.

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b

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Question 23 The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) No answer provided a. displaced as many as two hundred thousand black tenant farmers from their land. b. hired 250,000 young men to perform reforestation and conservation work. c. enlisted equal numbers of young men and young women for its projects. d. provided labor for the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA's) projects.

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b

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Question 24 By the time Congress recessed in June 1933, it had No answer provided a. founded agencies that were models of efficiency. b. established policies that were supported by all. c. halted the downward spiral of the economy. d. broke the grip of the depression.

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c

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Question 25 What was the purpose of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which Roosevelt Congress empowered in 1934? No answer provided a. To protect radicals and immigrants from unfair investigation and deportation b. To regulate and rationalize the U.S. stock market c. To oversee the process of taking the United States off the gold standard d. To provide oversight for the Federal Reserve System

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b

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Question 26 In 1934, the Liberty League was organized by No answer provided a. liberals and moderate Republicans who favored the rights of labor. b. civil libertarians who wished to protect freedom of speech. c. business leaders and conservative Democrats who opposed New Deal reforms. d. radicals who thought that the New Deal needed to be pushed farther to the left.

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c

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Question 27 On what basis did the U.S. Supreme Court strike down the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) in the Schechter v. United States decision? No answer provided a. The NIRA illegally regulated commerce within individual states. b. It used taxpayer money to benefit one interest group over others. c. The program acted as a trust administered and funded by the federal government. d. It violated the age-old moral and legal codes set for businesses.

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a

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Question 28 Deciding that Roosevelt had not done enough to alleviate suffering, Francis Townsend called for No answer provided a. an old-age revolving pension plan. b. taking money from the rich and giving it to the poor. c. bringing electricity to rural areas. d. public works programs.

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a

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Question 29 Senator Huey Long from Louisiana became a major political threat to Roosevelt when he called for No answer provided a. a national Share Our Wealth movement to redistribute income fairly. b. Roosevelt's impeachment on the basis that the New Deal was communistic. c. more government funding to provide jobs for the unemployed. d. a revival of the Populist Party and its demands.

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a

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Question 30 Which New Deal program offered tremendous encouragement and support to the labor union movement? No answer provided a. National Industrial Recovery Act, especially Section 7(a) b. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation c. Tennessee Valley Authority's hiring practices d. Securities and Exchange Commission

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a

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Question 31 Why did Roosevelt drop a provision for national health insurance from the Social Security Act in 1935? No answer provided a. He did not support national health care. b. He proposed an additional bill to expand health care to all people. c. The bill's compulsory pension and unemployment were already controversial. d. He did not want to give satisfaction to his opponents, who supported national health insurance.

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c

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Question 32 Which of the following was enacted by Democrats in order to disable Francis Townsend's support? No answer provided a. Job creation programs b. Implementation of Keynesian economic policies c. The Good Neighbor Policy d. Creation of the Social Security Administration

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d

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Question 33 By the 1960s, what part of Social Security had become the most controversial? No answer provided a. Compensation for unemployed workers b. Aid to Families with Dependent Children c. Financial assistance for the blind, deaf, and disabled d. Payments to widowed mothers

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b

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Question 34 As a result of Roosevelt's embrace of the economic policies of John Maynard Keynes and the need for social welfare legislation, the term liberalism came to be associated with No answer provided a. strong businesses that provide services to ensure workers' welfare. b. strong government and state ownership of industry. c. weak government and an unregulated free market. d. government intervention to guarantee citizens' basic welfare.

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d

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Question 35 Between 1935 and 1943, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) No answer provided a. spent more than $100 billion on extravagant luxuries for political insiders. b. reached 90 percent of the unemployed, easing their suffering. c. paid civilians to build bridges, public buildings, parks, and airports. d. supplied federal grants to hundreds of relief programs run by the states.

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c

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Question 36 Roosevelt's Democratic coalition included No answer provided a. business and organized labor. b. black northerners and white southerners. c. the National Association of Manufacturers and American communists. d. black and white voters in the South.

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b

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Question 37 In the 1936 presidential election, Franklin D. Roosevelt No answer provided a. won by a small margin. b. was unopposed. c. won by a landslide. d. lost.

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c

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Question 38 Which of the following was Roosevelt's initial response to the Supreme Court's declaration that the NRA, the AAA, and other New Deal legislation were unconstitutional? No answer provided a. He ignored it and moved on, making sure subsequent laws were worded more carefully. b. He asked Congress to impeach several justices. c. Roosevelt attempted to pack the Court with his own nominees. d. He attempted to change those parts of the legislation the Court found objectionable.

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c

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Question 39 Why did New Deal legislation pass scrutiny by the Supreme Court more easily in Roosevelt's second term? No answer provided a. Congress and the states passed some important amendments to the Constitution. b. President Roosevelt succeeded in temporarily enlarging the Court to fifteen justices. c. Conservatives on the Court altered their views of the Constitution. d. Liberals replaced several elderly conservative justices who retired.

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d

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Question 40 Which of the following caused the severe recession in 1937 and 1938? No answer provided a. The Federal Reserve made it easier for Americans to borrow money. b. Congress increased funds for the WPA. c. Roosevelt embraced deficit spending. d. Roosevelt, Congress, and the Federal Reserve cut spending and attempted to balance the budget.

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d

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Question 41 Roosevelt heeded John Maynard Keynes's advice and No answer provided a. balanced the budget. b. improved the Federal Reserve. c. created the Good Neighbor Policy. d. practiced deficit spending.

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d

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Question 42 Which of the following groups greatly benefitted from the reforms of the New Deal? No answer provided a. Single mothers b. Tenant farmers c. Domestic workers d. The unemployed

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d

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Question 43 Which of the following social movements grew tremendously as a result of the New Deal? No answer provided a. Industrial unionism b. The movement for immigration reform c. Feminism d. The civil rights movement

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a

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Question 44 Who was the first woman cabinet member, who served as Secretary of Labor? No answer provided a. Mary McLeod Bethune b. Frances Perkins c. Marion Anderson d. Jane Addams

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b

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Question 45 Which New Deal agency was the most accommodating to women? No answer provided a. The Civilian Conservation Corps b. The Civil Works Administration c. The National Recovery Administration d. The Works Progress Administration

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d

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Question 46 Which of the following was true of minorities during the New Deal? No answer provided a. Discrimination was not allowed in New Deal programs. b. African Americans outside the South shifted their voting to the Democrats. c. Mexican Americans increasingly clung to their heritage and refused to Americanize. d. New Deal programs treated women and men equally.

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b

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Question 47 The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 No answer provided a. significantly improved the economic status of Native Americans. b. dismantled reservations and forced Native Americans to assimilate. c. intensified efforts to persuade Native Americans to assimilate into white society. d. reversed the Dawes Severalty Act and promoted tribal self-government.

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d

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Question 48 The Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1934 No answer provided a. limited immigration from the Philippines to fifty thousand per year. b. rescinded the Chinese Exclusion Act. c. granted independence to the Philippines. d. granted citizenship to all legal Filipino residents in the United States prior to 1934.

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c

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Question 49 The largest New Deal project in the West was the construction of the No answer provided a. Grand Coulee Dam. b. Hoover Dam. c. Blue Ridge Parkway. d. canals of San Antonio.

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a

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Question 50 What was the significance of the New Deal? No answer provided a. The policies made the United States the largest creditor nation in the world. b. It saved the nation's institutions from extinction. c. The programs expanded the federal government's presence both in the economy and in people's lives. d. It ended the Jazz Age.

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c

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"What made the depression so catastrophic for Chicago's working-class families was not simply the loss of a job, home, or insurance. It was that these losses called into question the sustaining institutions of the 1920s, threatening the patterns of loyalty that working people had taken for granted, in their families . . . communities, and at work. . . . [C]hurches, banks . . . stores . . . employers, and paternalistic families . . . could no longer sustain the . . . support on which people had relied. For workers . . . loss of faith in these traditional organizations and authority figures . . . created a crisis. . . . [I]n the course of the depression, workers would look in new directions for . . . security." — Lizbeth Cohen, historian, Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939, published in 1990 The trend Cohen describes in the excerpt led to which of the following developments? a. Large-scale outbreaks of anti-immigrant riots b. The destruction of urban political machines c. Workers' abandonment of labor movement organizations d. Widespread support for the expansion of federal power

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d

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Question 52 The following questions refer to the following excerpt. "What made the depression so catastrophic for Chicago's working-class families was not simply the loss of a job, home, or insurance. It was that these losses called into question the sustaining institutions of the 1920s, threatening the patterns of loyalty that working people had taken for granted, in their families . . . communities, and at work. . . . [C]hurches, banks . . . stores . . . employers, and paternalistic families . . . could no longer sustain the . . . support on which people had relied. For workers . . . loss of faith in these traditional organizations and authority figures . . . created a crisis. . . . [I]n the course of the depression, workers would look in new directions for . . . security." — Lizbeth Cohen, historian, Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939, published in 1990 Which of the following developments most directly supports the argument Cohen makes above? No answer provided a. World War I veterans' formation of the Bonus Army in 1932 b. The growing strength of the Ku Klux Klan during the 1930s c. Franklin D. Roosevelt's attempt to enlarge the U.S. Supreme Court d. Herbert Hoover's efforts to mount a federal response to the crisis

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a

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"What made the depression so catastrophic for Chicago's working-class families was not simply the loss of a job, home, or insurance. It was that these losses called into question the sustaining institutions of the 1920s, threatening the patterns of loyalty that working people had taken for granted, in their families . . . communities, and at work. . . . [C]hurches, banks . . . stores . . . employers, and paternalistic families . . . could no longer sustain the . . . support on which people had relied. For workers . . . loss of faith in these traditional organizations and authority figures . . . created a crisis. . . . [I]n the course of the depression, workers would look in new directions for . . . security." — Lizbeth Cohen, historian, Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939, published in 1990 The developments described in the excerpt were most similar to which of the following developments in earlier periods of U.S. history? a. Southern states' secession from the Union after Lincoln's election in 1860 b. Americans' creation of the Populist Party in Nebraska in 1892 c. Colonial protests against Britain's imperial policies in the 1760s and 1770s d. English Puritans' creation of Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630

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b

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