MUNM-287 Part 3 Exam questions and
verified answers graded A+
There were two distinct folk music revivals in the 20th Century. The first grew out of the
tradition from this ethnicity and region: - correct answer ✔✔Scots-Irish Appalachia
The beginning of the work of Folk Musicologists included the work by John and Alan Lomax
along with: - correct answer ✔✔Charles Seeger
Organized labor began with the formation of this organization: - correct answer ✔✔Industrial
Workers of the World (IWW)
There were a variety of causes that led to the Great Depression. The leading cause was: - correct
answer ✔✔Market Speculation
This depression era folk singer wore the slogan "this machine kills fascists" on his guitar: -
correct answer ✔✔Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie's song "This Land is Your Land" was inspired by this song as performed by Kate
Smith: - correct answer ✔✔God Bless America
This group was less interested in recording than in appearing at Union functions and anti-war
protests: - correct answer ✔✔The Almanac Singers
The one person who was the link between the Almanac Singers was: - correct answer ✔✔Pete
Seeger
, This group found themselves blacklisted during the HUAC Trials of the McCarthy era: - correct
answer ✔✔The Weavers
This songwriter is best known as the author or co-author of "Where Have All the Flowers
Gone?", "If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)", and "Turn, Turn, Turn!": - correct answer
✔✔Pete Seeger
The first "hit" group in the second folk music revival was: - correct answer ✔✔The Kingston Trio
The "bridge" artist who connected the first and second folk music revivals was: - correct answer
✔✔Pete Seeger
This 1963 event featured some of the most influential performers of the time including Joan
Baez, Bob Dylan, Mahalia Jackson, Peter, Paul, and Mary and Josh White. - correct answer
✔✔The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
In the early 1960s, this artist moved to the forefront of the American folk-music revival.
Increasingly, her personal convictions - peace, social justice, anti-poverty - were reflected in the
topical songs she chose. - correct answer ✔✔Joan Baez
Albert Grossman created this group in 1961 after auditioning several singers in the New York
folk scene. They had their first hits covering material by Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan. - correct
answer ✔✔Peter, Paul and Mary
This group formed in Los Angeles in 1964 and underwent multiple line-up changes throughout
its existence, with only frontman Roger McGuinn remaining the sole consistent member until
the group disbanded in 1973. - correct answer ✔✔The Byrds
This duo began as Tom & Jerry in 1957 and had their first success with the minor hit "Hey,
Schoolgirl". - correct answer ✔✔Simon and Garfunkel
verified answers graded A+
There were two distinct folk music revivals in the 20th Century. The first grew out of the
tradition from this ethnicity and region: - correct answer ✔✔Scots-Irish Appalachia
The beginning of the work of Folk Musicologists included the work by John and Alan Lomax
along with: - correct answer ✔✔Charles Seeger
Organized labor began with the formation of this organization: - correct answer ✔✔Industrial
Workers of the World (IWW)
There were a variety of causes that led to the Great Depression. The leading cause was: - correct
answer ✔✔Market Speculation
This depression era folk singer wore the slogan "this machine kills fascists" on his guitar: -
correct answer ✔✔Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie's song "This Land is Your Land" was inspired by this song as performed by Kate
Smith: - correct answer ✔✔God Bless America
This group was less interested in recording than in appearing at Union functions and anti-war
protests: - correct answer ✔✔The Almanac Singers
The one person who was the link between the Almanac Singers was: - correct answer ✔✔Pete
Seeger
, This group found themselves blacklisted during the HUAC Trials of the McCarthy era: - correct
answer ✔✔The Weavers
This songwriter is best known as the author or co-author of "Where Have All the Flowers
Gone?", "If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)", and "Turn, Turn, Turn!": - correct answer
✔✔Pete Seeger
The first "hit" group in the second folk music revival was: - correct answer ✔✔The Kingston Trio
The "bridge" artist who connected the first and second folk music revivals was: - correct answer
✔✔Pete Seeger
This 1963 event featured some of the most influential performers of the time including Joan
Baez, Bob Dylan, Mahalia Jackson, Peter, Paul, and Mary and Josh White. - correct answer
✔✔The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
In the early 1960s, this artist moved to the forefront of the American folk-music revival.
Increasingly, her personal convictions - peace, social justice, anti-poverty - were reflected in the
topical songs she chose. - correct answer ✔✔Joan Baez
Albert Grossman created this group in 1961 after auditioning several singers in the New York
folk scene. They had their first hits covering material by Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan. - correct
answer ✔✔Peter, Paul and Mary
This group formed in Los Angeles in 1964 and underwent multiple line-up changes throughout
its existence, with only frontman Roger McGuinn remaining the sole consistent member until
the group disbanded in 1973. - correct answer ✔✔The Byrds
This duo began as Tom & Jerry in 1957 and had their first success with the minor hit "Hey,
Schoolgirl". - correct answer ✔✔Simon and Garfunkel
