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

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  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

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Workers' rights to organize unions.

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

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  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

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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)?

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  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

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

To insure bank deposits up to $5,000.

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

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  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.

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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

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  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

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Correct Option: E

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

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  1. Congress of Industrial Organizations

  2. Knights of Labor

  3. Industrial Workers of the World

  4. American Federation of Labor

  5. Communist Party

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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?

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  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

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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 ___________.

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  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

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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 ____________.

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  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.

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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 __________.

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  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.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

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