Quiz for Reading the American Past, Chapter 24

Quiz for Reading the American Past, Chapter 24

Question

1. Which of the following best characterizes the way the North Carolina textile workers described President Franklin Roosevelt to reporter Martha Gellhorn? (See Document 24-1: Martha Gellhorn Reports on Conditions in North Carolina in 1934)

A.
B.
C.
D.
Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is The answer is c. The North Carolina textile workers described President Roosevelt to reporter Martha Gellhorn with reverence and admiration, almost a god-like figure.

Question

2. What did all of the letter writers to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins have in common? (See Document 24-2: Working People's Letters to New Dealers)

A.
B.
C.
D.
Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is The answer is a. What all of the letter writers to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins had in common was that they were hard-working but poor Americans.

Question

3. What inspired Huey Long to launch the Share Our Wealth Society? (See Document 24-3: Huey Long Proposes Redistribution of Wealth)

A.
B.
C.
D.
Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is The answer is b. Huey Long had supported Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency but felt disappointed with the New Deal, prompting him to launch the Share Our Wealth Society.

Question

4. According to Jose Flores, why were migrant farmworkers in the FSA camp at El Rio? (See Document 24-4: A Mexican American Farmworker Describes the Importance of Sticking Together)

A.
B.
C.
D.
Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is The answer is d. Migrant farmworkers went to the FSA camp at El Rio, according to Flores, because their company camps had kicked them out when they tried to strike for a pay increase.

Question

5. Where did most of the ideas of the New Deal come from, according to Herbert Hoover? (See Document 24-5: Conservatives Criticize the New Deal)

A.
B.
C.
D.
Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is The answer is d. Hoover described the New Deal programs as manifestations of the ideas of John Maynard Keynes, Karl Marx, American radicals, and Roman despots.

Question

6. How would the subjects of Martha Gellhorn's report have responded to Minnie Hardin's claims that people on relief were "human parasites" and "pampered poverty rats"? (See Document 24-1: Martha Gellhorn Reports on Conditions in North Carolina in 1934 and Document 24-5: Conservatives Criticize the New Deal)

A.
B.
C.
D.
Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is The answer is c. The people Martha Gellhorn reported on would have protested Minnie Hardin's description and sentiment of people on relief as "human parasites" and "pampered poverty rats."

Question

7. What did Huey Long and Herbert Hoover's opinions on the New Deal have in common? (See Document 24-3: Huey Long Proposes Redistribution of Wealth and Document 24-5: Conservatives Criticize the New Deal)

A.
B.
C.
D.
Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is The answer is a. Both Herbert Hoover and Huey Long were disappointed with the New Deal but for different reasons.