The classic novel that sympathetically portrayed the plight of the Depression "Dust Bowl" farmers was
a. All the King's Men.
b. The Good Earth.
c. The Grapes of Wrath.
d. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men.
e. Gone With the Wind.
c
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Known as an advocate of armed self-defense, racial pride and militancy, ________ was elected as the new chair of SNCC in June 1967
A) Eldridge Cleaver B) H. Rap Brown C) Stokely Carmichael D) Bobby Seale
The Bureau of Motion Pictures
A. decided to produce westerns, musicals, and other genres that were not subject to government censorship and did not need to promote wartime goals. B. encouraged studios that showed the United States and its allies in a positive light-except for the Soviet Union because of its oppressive communist dictatorship. C. resisted government censorship and guidelines for making movies. D. was an agency of the Office of War Information that encouraged movie studios to produce prowar films and censored any that cast the war effort or the country in a negative light.
In 1948, the Americans for Democratic Action
A. supported Henry A. Wallace for president. B. supported Strom Thurmond for president. C. tried to draft Dwight D. Eisenhower for president. D. formed as a coalition of conservative Democrats. E. was the major support group for President Harry Truman.
The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947
A. permitted the "closed shop." B. prohibited states from passing "right-to-work" laws. C. expanded the Wagner Act. D. was supported by President Truman. E. permitted the "union shop."