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CHAPTER EIGHT IN WHO BUILT AMERICA– On Monday, April 4th, there will be a timed quiz on ten of the following questions. Make sure you can answer all the questions.

1. The Smoot-Hawley Tariff (1930):

A. Raised tariffs to their highest point ever. B. Raised tariffs, but only moderately. C. Lowered tariffs to their lowest point ever. D. Lowered tariffs, but only moderately.

2. Scottsboro, Alabama became infamous in the 1930s because of:

A. The Dust Bowl. B. The Bonus Army. C. Trumped up rape charges against black defendents. D. Encampments of unemployed workers. E. A string of bank failures.

3. General Douglas MacArthur launched a tank and cavalry attack in July, 1932 against:

A. The Bonus March. B. Coxey’s Army. C. The Ford Hunger March. D. Dust Bowl farmers. E. The Sharecroppers Union.

4. When Franklin D. Roosevelt ran for President in the 1932, he pledged to:

A. Increase federal spending and balance the federal budget. B. Increase federal spending and embark on deficit spending (an unbalanced budget). C. Decrease federal spending and balance the federal budget.  D. Decrease federal spending and embark on deficit spending (an unbalanced budget).

5. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) provided women:

A. Equal access with men to its job programs. B. More jobs than men. C. Some jobs, but fewer than men. D. No jobs.

6. Under the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA), the government paid farmers to:

A. Reduce crops,. B. Increase crops. C. Maintain crops at the same level.

7. The main purpose of the AAA and the national Industrial Recovery Act (NRA) was to:

A. Increase production and decrease prices. B.. Increase production and increase prices. C. Decrease production and decrease prices. D. Decrease production and increase prices.

8. Section 7A of the NRA codes (voluntary agreed to by participating industries):

A. Gave employees the right to organize and bargain collectively. B. Gave businesses the right to abolish unions in return for higher wages. C. Gave employees unemployment insurance paid for by their employers. D. Gave companies in participating industries the right to fix production and prices.

9. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) did NOT provide or promote which of the following:

A. Interest-free loans. B. Recreational facilities. C. Cheap Electricity. D. Flood Control. E. Industrial Development.

10. The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934:

A. Promoted individual land allotment. B. Broke up tribal lands. C. Banned Native American religious practices. D. Promoted the re-consolidation of tribal lands under tribal authority.

11. The proportion (percentage) of foreign-born labor in the workforce was lowest:

A. Just before World war one. B. In the 1920s. C. In the 1930s.

12. In which city did a wave of strikes in the early 1930s escalate into a general strike?

A. Toledo, Ohio. B. Minneapolis, Minnesota. C. San Francisco, California.

13. Which of the following represented a defeat for labor in the wave of 1933-1934 strikes?

A. Auto workers in Toledo. B. Teamsters in Minneapolis. C. Longshoremen in San Francisco. D. Agricultural workers in California.

14. Southern textile workers:

A. Won major wage gains in the 1930s. B. Lost a bitter 1934 strike. C. Won collective bargain-ing rights throughout the South. D. Refused to strike in the face of owner "stretch-outs" in 1934.

15. Schecter v United States declared __________ unconstitutional.

A. New Deal. B. NIRA. C. AAA. D. CCC. E. TVA.

16. Which critic of Roosevelt organized "share the wealth clubs" in his home state.

A. Upton Sinclair. B. Francis Townsend. C. Charles Coughlin. D. Andrew Mellon. E. Huey Long.

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