Question 1

The Emergency Banking Act of 1933 strengthened American banks by

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A)   bringing back the gold standard.
B)   ending their dependence on holding companies.
C)   nationalizing U.S. savings and loan associations.
D)   releasing federal funds to bolster their assets.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 2

Which woman became the New Deal's unofficial ambassador in 1933?

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A)   Margaret Sanger
B)   Jane Addams
C)   Mary McLeod Bethune
D)   Eleanor RooseveltE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 3

What impact did New Deal programs have on the average national unemployment rate during the 1930s?

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A)   They reduced the average national unemployment rate to 5 percent by 1935.
B)   They created millions of jobs but had little effect on unemployment because layoffs continued throughout the decade.
C)   They reduced the average unemployment rate, but it remained high, at about 17 percent, through the 1930s.
D)   They allowed the federal government to serve as the employer of last resort, thereby reducing average unemployment rates to near zero.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 4

The framers of Social Security agreed to fund the program

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A)   through a progressive tax on workers.
B)   with tax contributions from workers and their employers.
C)   by raising income taxes on the wealthiest Americans.
D)   through the federal government's general tax fund.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 5

Match the term with the definition.
-Federal agency established in June 1933 to promote industrial recovery. It encouraged industrialists to voluntarily adopt codes that defined fair working conditions, set prices, and minimized competition. In practice, large corporations developed codes that served primarily their own interests rather than those of workers or the economy.

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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) A) and B)
N) A) and L)

Question 6

How did Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal establish the basis of an American welfare state? In your answer, cite specific programs.

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Question 7

How did the Agricultural Adjustment and Farm Credit acts of 1935 aim to help American farmers?

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A)   They established programs that accelerated the rate of farm foreclosures to eradicate unproductive farms.
B)   They initiated programs to pay farmers for their surplus crops so they could be used to feed people in developing countries.
C)   They paid farmers not to grow crops and provided long-term credit on mortgaged farm property.
D)   They provided benefits to sharecroppers and tenant farmers who were being squeezed by their landlords.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 8

Which of the following describes the experiences of Mexican Americans during the 1930s?

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A)   They found it easy to integrate into American society.
B)   They experienced substantially less discrimination in New Deal programs than did other minority groups.
C)   They experienced a dramatic increase in wages through employment in New Deal programs.
D)   Thousands were deported, many with their American-born children.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 9

The economist John Maynard Keynes argued which of the following?

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A)   Government intervention is needed in bad economic times to pump enough money into the economy to revive production and increase consumption.
B)   A balanced budget is an absolute prerequisite for stopping inflation and creating long-term economic stability.
C)   The principle of laissez-faire failed in the nineteenth century but is essential to a healthy U.S. economy in the twentieth.
D)   The theory of supply and demand can be used to revive production and increase consumption throughout the nation.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

Match the term with the definition.
-Law proposed by Franklin Roosevelt to add one new Supreme Court justice for each existing judge who was over the age of seventy.

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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) E) and G)
N) C) and L)

Question 11

What struggle was reflected in Dorothea Lange's famous photograph of Florence Owens?

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A)   The struggle of urban immigrants to assimilate
B)   The struggle of African Americans who migrated north
C)   The struggle of migrant farm laborers during the Depression
D)   The struggle of women for equal rightsE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 12

What occurrence proved that opposition to the New Deal had increased by the end of 1938?

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A)   The public reacted to new social programs with apathy.
B)   There was a nearly 60 percent turnover in President Roosevelt's cabinet.
C)   Republicans made gains in Congress.
D)   Roosevelt was unable to gain support for his plan to nationalize banking and agriculture.E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 13

The Wagner Act helped which of the following unions to mobilize organizing drives in major industries?

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A)   The American Federation of Labor
B)   The Committee for Industrial Organization
C)   The National Labor Union
D)   The National Association of Manufacturers WorkersE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 14

Opponents of the New Deal included business leaders and

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A)   some labor leaders.
B)   the League of Women Voters.
C)   western farmers.
D)   workers in the Civilian Conservation Corps.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

The goal of the New Deal's Farm Security Administration, created in 1937, was to

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A)   help farmers invest in the lucrative securities market.
B)   help tenant farmers become independent landowners.
C)   take the place of the Agricultural Adjustment Act.
D)   encourage crop surpluses of nonperishable grains to be stored in case of national emergency.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 16

Match the term with the definition.
-A New Deal program created in August 1935 that was designed to provide a modest income for elderly people. It also created unemployment insurance with modest benefits.

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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) E) and H)
N) A) and L)

Question 17

On what grounds did Upton Sinclair challenge Roosevelt and the New Deal?

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A)   He believed that Roosevelt had enlarged the federal government too greatly.
B)   He criticized Roosevelt for providing too much support for blacks.
C)   He believed that the New Deal was the handmaiden of business elites.
D)   He viewed the New Deal as infringing on the rights of business.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 18

What was the outcome of the strike at Republic Steel outside Chicago in 1937?

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A)   Republic Steel made the United Steelworkers Union the sole bargaining unit for all of the company's workers.
B)   Steelworkers won the biggest wage increase ever recorded in the industry.
C)   Steelworkers' frustrations led them to tear up the railroad tracks that led to the plant.
D)   Strikers halted their organizing campaign after the police attacked and killed ten of them.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 19

What made the election of 1932 particularly historic?

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A)   Roosevelt won with only a bare majority of the popular and Electoral College votes.
B)   For the first time in American history, the Socialist and Communist party candidates made a huge showing.
C)   Roosevelt won 57 percent of the popular vote, and Democrats swept both houses of Congress.
D)   It was the first time that a majority of African Americans cast their votes for a Democratic candidate.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 20

Why did President Roosevelt attempt to pack the Supreme Court? What was the result?

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Exam 24: The New Deal Experiment

What struggle was reflected in Dorothea Lange's famous photograph of Florence Owens?

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Which woman became the New Deal's unofficial ambassador in 1933?

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Which of the following describes the experiences of Mexican Americans during the 1930s?

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What impact did New Deal programs have on the average national unemployment rate during the 1930s?

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On what grounds did Upton Sinclair challenge Roosevelt and the New Deal?

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What made the election of 1932 particularly historic?

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What was the outcome of the strike at Republic Steel outside Chicago in 1937?

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The goal of the New Deal's Farm Security Administration, created in 1937, was to

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Opponents of the New Deal included business leaders and

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What occurrence proved that opposition to the New Deal had increased by the end of 1938?

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The framers of Social Security agreed to fund the program

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The Wagner Act helped which of the following unions to mobilize organizing drives in major industries?

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The economist John Maynard Keynes argued which of the following?

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Match the term with the definition. -A New Deal program created in August 1935 that was designed to provide a modest income for elderly people. It also created unemployment insurance with modest benefits.

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Match the term with the definition. -Law proposed by Franklin Roosevelt to add one new Supreme Court justice for each existing judge who was over the age of seventy.

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The Emergency Banking Act of 1933 strengthened American banks by

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How did the Agricultural Adjustment and Farm Credit acts of 1935 aim to help American farmers?

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How did Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal establish the basis of an American welfare state? In your answer, cite specific programs.

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Why did President Roosevelt attempt to pack the Supreme Court? What was the result?

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