Why were many artists and intellectuals attracted to the Communist Party during the Depression years?

What will be an ideal response?


Key Points: radicalism; influence of Marxist analysis; search for alternatives to the American system; appeal of communism for African American writers and thinkers; the rise of fascism

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____________________ was the first genuine city in the American South

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The development of a national railway system ________

A) provided needed jobs for an overabundant labor supply B) had little effect on economic changes in the late nineteenth century C) led to an integrated national economic system D) had little help from the political system E) was not completed until the early twentieth century

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In Mesopotamia, prisoners of war, convicted criminals, and heavily indebted individuals were the three main sources for

A. indentured priests. B. dependent clients. C. mercenary soldiers. D. slaves. E. indentured servants.

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Which Egyptian kings built the great pyramids at Giza?

a. Khufu b. Khafre c. Menkaure d. Djoser e. Tuthankamun

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