The Tennessee Valley Authority of 1933
A. was one of the costliest failures of the Roosevelt administration.
B. was headed by former electricity magnate Samuel Insull.
C. saw private farmers and business leaders dominate its planning process.
D. was the most controversial program of the early New Deal.
E. was an experiment in regional planning by the federal government.
Answer: E
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A. True B. False
In the aftermath of several days of street violence in which mobs of white men attacked certain MexicanAmerican gang members, the city of Los Angeles
a. attempted to heal racial divisions by inviting First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to the city to meet with MexicanAmerican leaders. b. passed a law requiring that military personnel wear their uniforms when on leave. c. banned the sale of alcoholic beverages to Mexican Americans and to American sailors and soldiers. d. outlawed the wearing of zoot suits.
Which of the following is NOT an example of popular culture like festivals?
a. collective activity b. Carnival c. feast days of local patron saints d. heavy consumption of food and drink e. salacious theater mocking nobility.
What event prompted Lincoln to announce the Emancipation Proclamation?
a) the Battle of Antietam b) the fall of Fort Sumter c) his reelection in 1864 d) the Battle of Gettysburg