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Which of the following represents an attempt by the Hoover administration to combat the effects of the Great Depression?

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  1. The McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill

  2. The coining of silver

  3. The lowering of interest rates

  4. The encouragement of margin buying on Wall Street

  5. The public-works construction of the Boulder Dam

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The public-works construction of the Boulder Dam- serious attempt made by Hoover administration.

By the early 1930s, the U.S. film industry had made which of the following major changes?

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  1. From silent films to talking pictures

  2. From black-and-white to colour film

  3. From a studio system to an independent film industry

  4. From filming primarily in Hollywood to filming on location all over the country

  5. From Cinemascope to Kinescope

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

From silent films to talking pictures.

The United States adopted neutrality laws in the 1930s as a response to the rise of which form of government in Europe?

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  1. Anarchy

  2. Autocracy

  3. Communism

  4. Monarchy

  5. Fascism

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The rise of Fascism led America towards Neutrality.

Which one of the following men did NOT succeed to the presidency when the president under whom he served was assassinated?

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  1. Theodore Roosevelt

  2. Franklin D. Roosevelt

  3. Lyndon B. Johnson

  4. Andrew Johnson

  5. Chester A. Arthur

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

He was re-elected in a landslide victory in 1936. He also won the 1944 election and thus served as the President of the United States from 1933 till his death on April 12, 1945. The two term convention was made into a law after Roosevelt. FDR remains the longest serving US President.

Which of the following measures taken by President Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration brought aid to a rural area plagued by flooding, malnutrition, and poverty?

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  1. National Recovery Act

  2. Works Progress Administration

  3. Tennessee Valley Authority

  4. Public Works Administration

  5. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Tennessee Valley Authority is a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter on May 18, 1933, to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation,

The stock market crash of October 29, 1929, had all the following effects except:

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  1. Shareholders were forced to sell their stocks at huge losses.

  2. Businesses failed when banks called in loans they could not repay immediately.

  3. Brokers demanded immediate payment of money owed to them for stocks purchased on margin.

  4. Borrowers began defaulting on their loan payments to banks, triggering widespread bank failures.

  5. More and more people began buying on credit because there was a shortage of cash.

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

More people were taking credit rather than on cash.

In The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck describes the fortunes of a family forced out of Oklahoma by the ravages of the ______.

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  1. New Deal

  2. War Department

  3. Great Society

  4. Dust Bowl

  5. Potato famine

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck describes the fortunes of a family forced out of Oklahoma by the ravages of the Dust Bowl.

The usual reaction of the stock market to a political crisis is _____.

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  1. For the Stock Exchange to close for a week

  2. A rise in stock prices and an increase in buying

  3. The stoppage of payment on government bonds

  4. A fall in stock prices and an increase in selling

  5. An increase in foreign investment

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Political crisis leads to increase in selling and fall of stock prices.

All the following are included in the "Four Freedoms" President Franklin D. Roosevelt described to Congress in 1941 except:

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  1. Freedom to worship in one's own way

  2. Freedom from fear

  3. Freedom of speech and expression

  4. Freedom to overthrow a tyrannical government

  5. Freedom from want

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Four Freedoms" President Franklin D. Roosevelt  except Freedom to overthrow a tyrannical government.

The maintenance of the peace and safety of the United States was the stated aim of the _____.

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  1. XYZ Affair

  2. Alien and Sedition Acts

  3. Bill of Rights

  4. Federalist Papers

  5. Louisiana Purchase

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The of the peace and safety of the United States was the stated aim of the Alien and Sedition Acts.