Question 1

What was the outcome of President Roosevelt's fiscal decisions in 1937?

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A)   Unemployment figures dropped.
B)   The country returned to normalcy.
C)   The country suffered a recession.
D)   Conservative opposition to the New Deal lessened.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 2

What was the New Deal coalition? What problem did it remedy?

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Question 3

What aspects of city life were emphasized in the "City Activities Mural"?

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A)   The vibrant entertainment culture of cities
B)   The hard work performed by city dwellers
C)   The ethnic diversity of cities
D)   The patriotism and support for President Roosevelt common in citiesE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 4

Who were the major critics of the New Deal on the left and right of the political spectrum? What were the bases of their criticism?

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Question 5

Who championed the "Share Our Wealth" plan of income redistribution?

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A)   Huey Long
B)   John Steinbeck
C)   Francis Townsend
D)   Charles CoughlinE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 6

In 1937, disgruntled workers at the General Motors plant in Flint, Michigan, acted on their grievances by

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A)   holding the managers of the plant hostage.
B)   destroying the plant's assembly lines.
C)   staging a sit-down strike.
D)   organizing a massive walkout.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 7

According to Map 24.2: Electoral Shift, 1928-1932, which states were most likely to have voted Democrat in both the 1928 and 1932 elections?

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A)   Midwestern states
B)   More recently admitted western states
C)   States in the Deep South
D)   States with highly concentrated urban areasE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 8

Match the term with the definition.
-Composed of farmers, factory workers, immigrants, city folk, women, African Americans, and progressive intellectuals, this political coalition supported Franklin D. Roosevelt's policies and the Democratic party and dominated American politics during and long after Roosevelt's presidency.

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A)  Agricultural Adjustment Act (AA
A)  
B)  Committee for Industrial Organization
C)  Civilian Conservation Corps (CC
C)  
D)  court-packing plan
E)  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDI
C)  F) fireside chatsG) National Recovery Administration (NR
A)  H) New Deal coalitionI) Social SecurityJ) underconsumptionK) Wagner ActL) Works Progress Administration (WP
A)  M) I) and J)
N) F) and J)

Question 9

What was the unifying basis of the New Deal coalition?

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A)   Members united around specific policies.
B)   Members came together to defeat an expansion of the welfare state.
C)   Members came together around an anti-capitalist ideology.
D)   Members expressed faith that government would change things for the better.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 10

President Roosevelt's plan to remove judicial obstacles to New Deal reforms in his second term of office

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A)   was extremely popular with conservatives.
B)   was popularly known as court-packing.
C)   was widely accepted by Congress and the American public.
D)   would allow Roosevelt to take his ideas directly to the American people.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 11

Match the term with the definition.
-Regulatory body established by the Glass-Steagall Banking Act that guaranteed the federal government would reimburse bank depositors if their banks failed. This move restored depositors' confidence in the banking system during the Depression.

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A)  Agricultural Adjustment Act (AA
A)  
B)  Committee for Industrial Organization
C)  Civilian Conservation Corps (CC
C)  
D)  court-packing plan
E)  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDI
C)  F) fireside chatsG) National Recovery Administration (NR
A)  H) New Deal coalitionI) Social SecurityJ) underconsumptionK) Wagner ActL) Works Progress Administration (WP
A)  M) B) and I)
N) A) and B) E

Question 12

Which of the following describes the overall impact of the New Deal?

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A)   It prevented the United States from turning toward authoritarian solutions to the nation's economic crisis.
B)   It ended the Depression and eliminated the class hierarchy in the United States.
C)   It weakened presidential power and strengthened the military-industrial complex.
D)   It ended the Depression and led directly to the United States' involvement in World War II.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C) A

Question 13

"I can get a job today even if we got a depression. I don't mean that I wasn't on relief when things got tough because there was a time when everything was shut down and I had to get on relief for a job. It isn't so long ago I was working on WPA. Believe me it was a big help. But it wasn't the kind of a job I should have had because this town is Republican and I am a Republican and I was a good worker for the party-making voters and helping a lot of people out. . . . Getting jobs for them. When it came my turn that I needed help the politicians told me that I had to go on relief-well, when I did I was handed a shovel and pick. . . . Roosevelt is a damn good man. . . . You know there shouldn't be a depression in this country . . . the Democrats are in power and the Republicans won't let loose with the money. Well I say that the money men started this thing and I believe the government should make laws to force these capitalists to bring back prosperity. They can do it if they wanted to." Charles Fusco, whose testimony is featured in this excerpt, blamed what or whom for the Great Depression?

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A)   Republican politicians
B)   Foreign immigrants who took American jobs
C)   African American migrants to the North who took jobs from whites
D)   Rich capitalistsE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 14

What event dealt the final blow to the NRA in May 1935?

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A)   Business leaders withdrew their companies from the NRA.
B)   The Supreme Court ruled that the agency was unconstitutional.
C)   Labor leaders marched on Washington to protest the agency.
D)   Congress refused to fund the agency's budget.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

Whom did the Social Security Act target for assistance during the Great Depression? Who was excluded from the Social Security Act?

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Question 16

Father Charles Coughlin, an opponent of the New Deal, placed the blame for the nation's economic crisis on

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A)   Franklin Roosevelt and the Democratic party.
B)   Communists, bankers, and capitalists.
C)   impoverished immigrants who taxed cities' resources.
D)   Prohibition, which weakened the liquor industry.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 17

What was the purpose of the Tennessee Valley Authority program that began in 1933?

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A)   It was created to establish a successful partnership between private utilities and the federal government.
B)   It helped supply jobs and power to impoverished rural communities.
C)   It was a financial aid program that made low-interest loans available to small businesses.
D)   It was an agricultural assistance program designed to help farmers recoup their losses.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C) B

Question 18

Describe the response of American business leaders to the first New Deal initiatives. How did their reaction influence the New Deal?

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Question 19

What was the three-part goal of Roosevelt's New Deal?

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A)   Experiment, Energy, and Employment
B)   Workers' rights, unemployment relief, and civil rights
C)   Relief, recovery, and reform
D)   Coalition, compromise, and capitalismE) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 20

What was Franklin D. Roosevelt's political experience before he won the presidential election of 1932?

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A)   He had served as the Republican mayor of New York City.
B)   He had gained political experience as he worked his way through college.
C)   He had served as governor of New York.
D)   He had been lieutenant governor and then a two-term the governor of New Jersey.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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What aspects of city life were emphasized in the "City Activities Mural"?

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Who were the major critics of the New Deal on the left and right of the political spectrum? What were the bases of their criticism?

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Who championed the "Share Our Wealth" plan of income redistribution?

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In 1937, disgruntled workers at the General Motors plant in Flint, Michigan, acted on their grievances by

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According to Map 24.2: Electoral Shift, 1928-1932, which states were most likely to have voted Democrat in both the 1928 and 1932 elections?

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What was the unifying basis of the New Deal coalition?

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President Roosevelt's plan to remove judicial obstacles to New Deal reforms in his second term of office

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Match the term with the definition. -Regulatory body established by the Glass-Steagall Banking Act that guaranteed the federal government would reimburse bank depositors if their banks failed. This move restored depositors' confidence in the banking system during the Depression.

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