17-3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
01. Though the New Deal helped the economy, it hit a major recession in which year?
1937
02. What was one of the major causes of the 1937 recession since it reduced the amount of money being spent?
Social Security Payroll Deductions
03. What reduction of what by FDR had a major impact on causing the recession of 1937?
Government Programs
04. Who was the main figure that convinced FDR to reestablish suspended programs in 1938?
Harry Hopkins
05. Which event actually ended the Great Depression?
World War II
06. What does AFL stand for?
American Federation of Labor
07. Who created a subgroup in the AFL that included unskilled workers?
John L. Lewis
08. John L. Lewis was associated with which group prior to his activities associated with the AFL?
United Mine Workers
09. What name was given to the subgroup in the AFL that included unskilled workers?
CIO
10. What did CIO stand for when it was a subgroup in the AFL?
Committee of Industrial Organizations
11. The CIO recruited heavily within which three industries?
Auto/Steel/Textile
12. The CIO welcomed workers regardless of which three items?
Sex/Color/Skill
13. The AFL did what to weaken the CIO in 1936?
Suspended Them
14. What did CIO stand for when they formed their own union in 1938?
Congress of Industrial Organizations
15. What was the immediate impact of the Wagner Act?
Strikes
16. What name is given when workers stopped working and refused to leave the premises?
Sit-Down Strikes
17. What do union members call substitute workers during a strike?
Scabs
18. What was formed by labor to stop scabs when entering the workplace?
Picket Line
19. The most famous sit-down strike took place where in 1937-1938?
Flint, Michigan
20. Which union carried out the Flint sit-down strike?
UAW
21. What does UAW stand for?
United Auto Workers
22. The Flint strike took place at which manufacturing plant?
General Motor Fisher Body
23. What two actions were taken by management to stop the Flint sit-down strike?
Heat turned off/Blocked food from being delivered/Police to stop picket lines
24. Who came to the support of the workers at the Flint strike after police were brought in?
Women
25. Name the group, formed by women, to support the picket lines.
Women’s Emergency Brigade
26. Who was the Governor of Michigan during the Flint strike?
Frank Murphy
27. Murphy and FDR refused to use what to stop the Flint strike?
Militia
28. Who “won” the Flint strike?
Labor
29. Which owner used force to beat individuals to discourage them from joining a union?
Henry Ford
30. Which novel focused on a tale about dust-bowl victims who traveled to California?
The Grapes of Wrath
31. Who authored The Grapes of Wrath?
John Steinbeck
32. Name the novel that was a fictional recreation of the Old South.
Gone With the Wind
33. The novel Gone With the Wind was written by whom?
Margaret Mitchell
34. Who authored Let Us Now Praise Famous Men?
James Agee
35. Who produced the photos for Let Us Now Praise Famous Men?
Walker Evans
36. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men focused on which group of people?
Sharecroppers
37. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men was based on people within which state?
Alabama
38. What was the name of Hurston’s book published during the Great Depression?
Their Eyes were Watching God
39. Name the four most famous comedians of the Thirties.
Jack Benny—Fred Allen—George Burns—Gracie Allen
40. How long was a soap opera on the radio?
15 Minutes
41. Which comedic brothers’ team was famous during the Thirties?
Marx Brothers
42. The greatest box-office hits during the Thirties had what theme?
Escapism
43. Under the WPA, historians gained information about local government records and what?
Former Slaves
44. Name four individuals that launched famous careers as part of the FTP.
Burt Lancaster/Arthur Miller/John Houseman/Orson Welles
45. The FTP was considered a propaganda machine for what?
International Communism
46. Which group eventually investigated the FTP?
HUAC
47. What did HUAC stand for?
House Un-American Activities Committee
48. Name four of the government agencies, created as part of the New Deal, which continued after the Great Depression.
TVA—FDIC—SEC—Social Security
49. Social Security, unlike all other social security systems in the world with the exception of South Africa, did not include what?
National Health Insurance
50. What was the difference between the three “R’s”?
Relief—Immediate Help
Recovery—Help Through Difficult Times
Reform—Permanent Change
1937
02. What was one of the major causes of the 1937 recession since it reduced the amount of money being spent?
Social Security Payroll Deductions
03. What reduction of what by FDR had a major impact on causing the recession of 1937?
Government Programs
04. Who was the main figure that convinced FDR to reestablish suspended programs in 1938?
Harry Hopkins
05. Which event actually ended the Great Depression?
World War II
06. What does AFL stand for?
American Federation of Labor
07. Who created a subgroup in the AFL that included unskilled workers?
John L. Lewis
08. John L. Lewis was associated with which group prior to his activities associated with the AFL?
United Mine Workers
09. What name was given to the subgroup in the AFL that included unskilled workers?
CIO
10. What did CIO stand for when it was a subgroup in the AFL?
Committee of Industrial Organizations
11. The CIO recruited heavily within which three industries?
Auto/Steel/Textile
12. The CIO welcomed workers regardless of which three items?
Sex/Color/Skill
13. The AFL did what to weaken the CIO in 1936?
Suspended Them
14. What did CIO stand for when they formed their own union in 1938?
Congress of Industrial Organizations
15. What was the immediate impact of the Wagner Act?
Strikes
16. What name is given when workers stopped working and refused to leave the premises?
Sit-Down Strikes
17. What do union members call substitute workers during a strike?
Scabs
18. What was formed by labor to stop scabs when entering the workplace?
Picket Line
19. The most famous sit-down strike took place where in 1937-1938?
Flint, Michigan
20. Which union carried out the Flint sit-down strike?
UAW
21. What does UAW stand for?
United Auto Workers
22. The Flint strike took place at which manufacturing plant?
General Motor Fisher Body
23. What two actions were taken by management to stop the Flint sit-down strike?
Heat turned off/Blocked food from being delivered/Police to stop picket lines
24. Who came to the support of the workers at the Flint strike after police were brought in?
Women
25. Name the group, formed by women, to support the picket lines.
Women’s Emergency Brigade
26. Who was the Governor of Michigan during the Flint strike?
Frank Murphy
27. Murphy and FDR refused to use what to stop the Flint strike?
Militia
28. Who “won” the Flint strike?
Labor
29. Which owner used force to beat individuals to discourage them from joining a union?
Henry Ford
30. Which novel focused on a tale about dust-bowl victims who traveled to California?
The Grapes of Wrath
31. Who authored The Grapes of Wrath?
John Steinbeck
32. Name the novel that was a fictional recreation of the Old South.
Gone With the Wind
33. The novel Gone With the Wind was written by whom?
Margaret Mitchell
34. Who authored Let Us Now Praise Famous Men?
James Agee
35. Who produced the photos for Let Us Now Praise Famous Men?
Walker Evans
36. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men focused on which group of people?
Sharecroppers
37. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men was based on people within which state?
Alabama
38. What was the name of Hurston’s book published during the Great Depression?
Their Eyes were Watching God
39. Name the four most famous comedians of the Thirties.
Jack Benny—Fred Allen—George Burns—Gracie Allen
40. How long was a soap opera on the radio?
15 Minutes
41. Which comedic brothers’ team was famous during the Thirties?
Marx Brothers
42. The greatest box-office hits during the Thirties had what theme?
Escapism
43. Under the WPA, historians gained information about local government records and what?
Former Slaves
44. Name four individuals that launched famous careers as part of the FTP.
Burt Lancaster/Arthur Miller/John Houseman/Orson Welles
45. The FTP was considered a propaganda machine for what?
International Communism
46. Which group eventually investigated the FTP?
HUAC
47. What did HUAC stand for?
House Un-American Activities Committee
48. Name four of the government agencies, created as part of the New Deal, which continued after the Great Depression.
TVA—FDIC—SEC—Social Security
49. Social Security, unlike all other social security systems in the world with the exception of South Africa, did not include what?
National Health Insurance
50. What was the difference between the three “R’s”?
Relief—Immediate Help
Recovery—Help Through Difficult Times
Reform—Permanent Change