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Short Quiz / Exit Slip: Culture in the 1930s
Part A: Multiple Choice: Options: Choose the option that answers the question or completes the sentence.
1. _____________________________ was hired in FDR’s administration to serve in the National
Youth Administration.
a. Zora Neale Hurston
b. Vivien Lay
c. Mary Bethune
d. Gracie Allen
2. Which option below describes Eleanor Roosevelt’s feelings toward African American Civil
Rights?
a. Hostile
b. Neutral
c. Supportive
d. Cautious
3. Who wrote The Grapes of Wrath?
a. Grant Wood
b. George Burns
c. Orson Welles
d. John Steinbeck
4. What option below explains why many in the USA flocked to the movies despite the fact that the
economy was suffering from the Great Depression?
a. Movies tickets were cheap
b. Many people had extra cash they wanted to spend
c. The movies served as an escape from hard times
d. All of the above
5. What was the goal of Wagner Act?
a. To form FDR’s Black Cabinet
b. To make unions and collective bargaining legal
c. To assert that only states could form anti-lynching laws
d. To form the National Youth Administration
Part B: Short Answer: Instructions: Answer the question below.
1. On the one hand, FDR’s administration saw modest gains in supporting Civil Rights for African
Americans. On the other hand, many argued his administration did not go far enough to bring
equality to African Americans. In what ways did FDR improve Civil Rights? In what ways did
many assert FDR did not go far enough to help with Civil Rights?
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ANSWERS:
Short Quiz / Exit Slip: Culture in the 1930s
Part A: Multiple Choice: Options: Choose the option that answers the question or completes the sentence.
1. _____________________________ was hired in FDR’s administration to serve in the National
Youth Administration.
a. Zora Neale Hurston
b. Vivien Lay
c. Mary Bethune
d. Gracie Allen
2. Which option below describes Eleanor Roosevelt’s feelings toward African American Civil
Rights?
a. Hostile
b. Neutral
c. Supportive
d. Cautious
3. Who wrote The Grapes of Wrath?
a. Grant Wood
b. George Burns
c. Orson Welles
d. John Steinbeck
4. What option below explains why many in the USA flocked to the movies despite the fact that the
economy was suffering from the Great Depression?
a. Movies tickets were very cheap
b. Many people had extra cash they wanted to spend
c. The movies served as an escape from hard times
d. All of the above
5. What was the goal of Wagner Act?
a. To form FDR’s Black Cabinet
b. To make unions and collective bargaining legal
c. To assert that only states could form anti-lynching laws
d. To form the National Youth Administration
Part B: Short Answer: Instructions: Answer the question below.
1. On the one hand, FDR’s administration saw modest gains in supporting Civil Rights for African
Americans. On the other hand, many argued his administration did not go far enough to bring
equality to African Americans. In what ways did FDR improve Civil Rights? In what ways did
many assert FDR did not go far enough to help with Civil Rights?
In support of Civil Rights, FDR appointed many African Americans to serve in
government positions. Mary Bethune, an African American, was hired to serve in the
National Youth Administration to help African American Youth. Bethune also helped
create the “Black Cabinet.” This group assisted FDR on issues dealing with minorities.
While the Roosevelt administration saw some improvement with Civil Rights, many
offered criticism as well. For instance, FDR refused to sign a federal anti-lynching law,
saying it was a “states matter.” The New Deal Programs that created jobs also
discriminated against African Americans and even paid some workers less than whites.
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