In order to match these items, determine their significance.

In order to match these items, determine their significance.

– a. b. c. d. e.

Alain Locke

– a. b. c. d. e.

Marcus Garvey

– a. b. c. d. e.

Langston Hughes

– a. b. c. d. e.

James Weldon Johnson

– a. b. c. d. e.

Zora Neale Hurston

a.

This scholar is noted for coining the term �New Negro� in reference to the rising cultural progression of African Americans.

b.

Poet whose prose inspired an expression of racial pride, no matter how greater society acted.

c.

This charismatic personality inspired the controversial UNIA and its most public role in society: the Black Star Line.

d.

Novelist, whose volumes include Their Eyes Were Watching God.

e.

Notable author, famous for passing along folktales of the Old South in God�s Trombones.

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20 points

Question 2

In order to match these items, determine their significance.

– a. b. c. d. e.

Charlie Chaplin

– a. b. c. d. e.

Jack Dempsey

– a. b. c. d. e.

William Faulkner

– a. b. c. d. e.

Sinclair Lewis

– a. b. c. d. e.

John Steinbeck

a.

Boxer who lived a real-life �Rocky� story; rising from a brawler to become the �people�s champ�

b.

His library of novels follow the intertwining lives of persons in a make-believe county of rural Mississippi, illustrating the issues related to poverty, race, and corruption.

c.

Among his most notable characters were the misadventures of the Wistful Little Tramp.

d.

His novels, including Main Street, boast the less than progressive experiences in the American Midwest at the turn of the 20th century.

e.

His most noted volume, The Grapes of Wrath, describes the perils of the Dust Bowl with a backdrop of suffering during the Depression.

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20 points

Question 3

In order to match these items, determine their significance.

– a. b. c. d. e.

Civilian Conservation Corp. (CCC)

– a. b. c. d. e.

United States Housing Authority (USHA)

– a. b. c. d. e.

Federal Farm Mortgage Corp. (FFMC)

– a. b. c. d. e.

Agricultural Adjustment Admin. (AAA)

– a. b. c. d. e.

Reorganization Act (RA)

a.

This program worked to improve the horrible living conditions within cities by loaning money to states for urban construction.

b.

One of the last parts of the New Deal, this somewhat controversial plan increased the efficiency and influence of the Executive Branch.

c.

One of the more simplistic deals, this was an early attempt to employ basic everyday labor for preservation projects.

d.

As farmers were among the hardest hit by the Depression, this program loaned money to agricultural workers.

e.

To help inspire a higher cost for common foods, this program paid farmers to reduce crop production in order to decrease supply and increase demand.

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20 points

Question 4

In order to match these items, determine their significance.

– a. b. c. d. e.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC)

– a. b. c. d. e.

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

– a. b. c. d. e.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

– a. b. c. d. e.

Social Security Administration (SSA)

– a. b. c. d. e.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

a.

A regular part of the nightly news cast, this agency continues to regulate the stock exchange and protect investors.

b.

Still a major part of the national infrastructure, this program oversees and supplies hydro-electric power to the middle part of the nation.

c.

Often a punchline for programs considered too outrageous for certain demographics, this program still regulates all non-government media.

d.

Though the amount of incentives has kept pace with the times, this program still insures commercial banks and patrons today.

e.

Perhaps one of the most controversial programs in the New Deal, this federal stipend provides assistance to persons unable to work.

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20 points

Question 5

In order to match these items, determine their significance.

– a. b. c. d. e.

Henry Ford

– a. b. c. d. e.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

– a. b. c. d. e.

Margaret Sanger

– a. b. c. d. e.

Harold Grange

– a. b. c. d. e.

Ernest Hemingway

a.

One of the first true all-stars, this “Galloping Ghost” was the major draw for one of professional football’s first teams: the Chicago Bears.

b.

Known for his vices as much as his literary contributions, this author’s method of describing the human condition, in volumes such as The Sun Also Rises, continue to make him a bestseller.

c.

This American icon is credited with the construction of the first major industrial assembly line.

d.

Arguably the most celebrated author of the era, his masterpiece The Great Gatsby remains a staple of required reading, but his This Side of Paradise spoke of a disillusioned generation.

e.

Outspoken feminist and pro-choice advocate whose efforts put the once taboo topic of contraception into the public sphere for discussion.

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20 points

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