This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer

Author Question: In the 1930s, all of the following films offered social commentary on the United States and the ... (Read 47 times)

meagbuch

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 568

Question 1

In the 1930s, Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People
 
  A. claimed community togetherness was the best way to combat hard times.
 
  B. taught that individual initiative could help people to restore themselves financially.
 
  C. gave financial advice and offered tips for going to a job interview.
 
  D. asserted that a strong faith in Christianity would best help one through hard times.
 
  E. argued the best way to end the Depression was to have working-class men and women run for office.

Question 2

During the 1930s, regarding radio,
 
  A. most programs were increasingly prerecorded.
 
  B. listening was often a community experience.
 
  C. radio sets were basically unusable in rural areas without electricity.
 
  D. around half of all American homes owned a radio.
 
  E. the largest proportion of programming was devoted to news.

Question 3

The long-time censor of Hollywood films in the 1920s and 1930s was
 
  A. Frank Capra.
 
  B. King Vidor.
 
  C. James Agee.
 
  D. Will Hays.
 
  E. Pare Lorentz.

Question 4

The 1930s films of director Frank Capra typically displayed
 
  A. a harsh critique of the heartlessness of capitalism.
 
  B. praise for the rugged individualism of American business.
 
  C. the grasping materialism of most Americans.
 
  D. a populist admiration for ordinary Americans.
 
  E. the cultural backwardness of small towns in America.

Question 5

In the 1930s, all of the following films offered social commentary on the United States and the Great Depression, EXCEPT
 
  A. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.
 
  B. Our Daily Bread.
 
  C. The Grapes of Wrath.
 
  D. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
 
  E. It Happened One Night.



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

micaelaswann

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 314

Answer 1

B

Answer 2

B

Answer 3

D

Answer 4

D

Answer 5

E




meagbuch

  • Member
  • Posts: 568
Reply 2 on: Sep 21, 2019
Great answer, keep it coming :)


hramirez205

  • Member
  • Posts: 345
Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

Did you know?

Long-term mental and physical effects from substance abuse include: paranoia, psychosis, immune deficiencies, and organ damage.

Did you know?

Most strokes are caused when blood clots move to a blood vessel in the brain and block blood flow to that area. Thrombolytic therapy can be used to dissolve the clot quickly. If given within 3 hours of the first stroke symptoms, this therapy can help limit stroke damage and disability.

Did you know?

Interferon was scarce and expensive until 1980, when the interferon gene was inserted into bacteria using recombinant DNA technology, allowing for mass cultivation and purification from bacterial cultures.

Did you know?

Acute bronchitis is an inflammation of the breathing tubes (bronchi), which causes increased mucus production and other changes. It is usually caused by bacteria or viruses, can be serious in people who have pulmonary or cardiac diseases, and can lead to pneumonia.

Did you know?

When blood is deoxygenated and flowing back to the heart through the veins, it is dark reddish-blue in color. Blood in the arteries that is oxygenated and flowing out to the body is bright red. Whereas arterial blood comes out in spurts, venous blood flows.

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library