Chapter 11 American Culture in the 1930s

Question 1

People in the Depression could listen to music for freeon the ____.

Accepted Answer

radio

Question 2

What is a dictator?

Accepted Answer

a ruler with total power over a country

Question 3

The author of Gone With the Wind was from ______.

Accepted Answer

Atlanta

Question 4

Which of the following does not describe Duke Ellington?

Accepted Answer

poet

Question 5

Which agency planted trees in the Chattahoochee National Forest?

Accepted Answer

CCC

Question 6

Who wrote the Grapes of Wrath?

Accepted Answer

John Steinbeck

Question 7

What agency hired artists topaint murals and build sculptures?

Accepted Answer

WPA

Question 8

Which state was not part of the TVA's 7-state region?

Accepted Answer

South Carolina

Question 9

Who helped construct the Appalachian Trail?

Accepted Answer

CCC

Question 10

Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals during the 1936 Olympics in ___, Germany.

Accepted Answer

Berlin

Question 11

Which New Deal program built dams to control floods?

Accepted Answer

TVA

Question 12

The Chancellor of Germany was __ __, when Jesse Owens went to the 1936 Olympics.

Accepted Answer

Adolf Hitler

Question 13

What was The Grapes of Wrath about?

Accepted Answer

the "Dust Bowl"

Question 14

Which agency built public buildings, airports, and parks?

Accepted Answer

WPA

Question 15

Gone With the Wind tells the story of ____ ____ andher struggles during the CivilWar.

Accepted Answer

Scarlett O'Hara

Question 16

Gone With the Wind was set during the ----- -----.

Accepted Answer

Civil War

Question 17

Which agency of the "New Deal" had men plant trees and use soil conservation?

Accepted Answer

CCC

Question 18

In the 1930s jazz evolved into a kind of dance music called _____.

Accepted Answer

swing

Question 19

What sport did Jesse Owens represent?

Accepted Answer

track-and-field

Question 20

What state was Margaret Mitchell from?

Accepted Answer

Georgia

Question 21

Who played a type of music called swing?

Accepted Answer

Duke Ellington

Question 22

----- ----- wrote Gone With the Wind.

Accepted Answer

Margaret Mitchell

Question 23

What president helped the U.S. come out of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Chapter 11 American Culture in the 1930s

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Chapter 11 American Culture in the 1930s

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