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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.

The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck's Depression-era novel, chronicles the lives of ________.

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  1. Mexican migrant farm workers.

  2. displaced Dust Bowl farmers.

  3. Southern sharecroppers.

  4. coal miners from West Virginia.

  5. unemployed autoworkers from Michigan.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck's Depression-era novel, chronicles the lives of  displaced Dust Bowl farmers.

Which of the following is true of the 1935 Works Progress Administration?

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  1. It was struck down by the Supreme Court on the grounds that it gave legislative power to the executive branch.

  2. It oversaw the building of massive hydroelectric plants along the Tennessee River, which brought electricity to many parts of the rural South.

  3. It established legal protections for workers organizing unions and listed unfair labor practices that employers could not use.

  4. It rapidly created jobs in fields as varied as airport construction and mural painting.

  5. It provided emergency assistance to banks, railroad companies, life insurance companies, and other large businesses.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

It rapidly created jobs in fields as varied as airport construction and mural painting.

The most significant change in voting patterns in the 1930s was the _________________.

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  1. decrease in the percentage of women who voted.

  2. shift among African American voters from the Republican to the Democratic Party.

  3. large percentage of voters registered to the Communist Party in presidential elections.

  4. overall decrease in the number of people who voted at all.

  5. large number of recent immigrants who registered with the Republican Party.

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Correct Option: B