Question 1

What was the name of the agency President Roosevelt established in 1933 to provide direct relief to more than four million households?

Accepted Answer

A)   Federal Emergency Relief Association (FER
A)  
B)   Security and Exchange Commission (SE
C)  
C)   Social Security Administration (SS
A)  
D)   National Recovery Administration (NR
A)  E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

Republican Alf Landon ran for president in 1936 on which platform?

Accepted Answer

A)   Balancing the federal budget
B)   Maintaining the New Deal
C)   Expanding Social Security
D)   Increasing defense spendingE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 3

How effective were the major banking and financial reforms of 1933 and 1934?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Banking Re...

Question 4

Match the term with the definition.
-1935 law that guaranteed industrial workers the right to organize into unions; also known as the National Labor Relations Act. Following its passage, union membership skyrocketed to 30 percent of the workforce, the highest in American history.

Accepted Answer

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) H) and J)
N) B) and G)

Question 5

Where did migrant workers seeking to escape the chronic drought of the Dust Bowl typically look for work in the 1930s?

Accepted Answer

A)   California
B)   Texas
C)   Michigan
D)   New EnglandE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 6

To what extent was the New Deal successful in solving the economic crisis of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Temporary ...

Question 7

What belief lay at the foundation of Roosevelt's New Deal?

Accepted Answer

A)   Socialism held the solution to the nation's economic crisis.
B)   Overconsumption was the greatest flaw in America's capitalist economy.
C)   Government intervention in big business was bad business.
D)   Capitalism held the solution to the nation's economic crisis.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 8

How did President Roosevelt attempt to change the economy in 1937?

Accepted Answer

A)   He made it easier for Americans to borrow money.
B)   He decreased deficit spending.
C)   He made the difficult decision to maintain the gold standard.
D)   He increased funding for relief projects to help unemployed women and their children.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 9

What strategy did President Roosevelt use to restore America's confidence in government and the private banking system?

Accepted Answer

A)   He held daily press conferences at the White House.
B)   He broadcast his reassuring fireside chats on the radio.
C)   He strong-armed Congress to pass all the bills his administration proposed.
D)   He issued unemployment checks to needy families.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 10

What made it impossible for the National Recovery Administration (NRA)  to regulate business effectively?

Accepted Answer

A)   Large businesses that employed more workers were excluded from the agency's charge.
B)   The codes written by industry leaders tended to serve the interests of corporations only.
C)   The code system was so complicated that neither the government nor the corporations could interpret it effectively.
D)   The government's NRA public relations campaign actually discouraged Americans from patronizing NRA businesses.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 11

Which of the following statements describes the National Housing Act of 1937?

Accepted Answer

A)   It met most cities' needs for affordable housing.
B)   It provided free housing for over half a million Americans.
C)   It made 160,000 residences available to poor people at affordable rents.
D)   It symbolized the federal government's retreat from providing decent urban housing.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 12

Match the term with the definition.
-Franklin Roosevelt explained New Deal initiatives to the nation in these informal radio addresses, which helped bolster his popularity and secure support for his reforms.

Accepted Answer

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 C)
N) G) and I)

Question 13

Which of the following statements describes the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938?

Accepted Answer

A)   It provided jobs for all able-bodied workers.
B)   It was often called the Time and Money Act.
C)   It set standards for wages and hours.
D)   It explicitly exempted women.E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

Discuss two programs initiated during President Roosevelt's first one hundred days and explain how they reflected the New Dealers' views on economic recovery.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Emergency ...

Question 15

Match the term with the definition.
-Federal relief program established in March 1933 that provided assistance in the form of jobs to millions of unemployed young men and a handful of women. Program members worked on conservation projects throughout the nation.

Accepted Answer

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 G)
N) A) and E)

Question 16

Match the term with the definition.
-New Deal legislation passed in May 1933 aimed at cutting agricultural production and raising crop prices and, consequently, farmers' income. Through the "domestic allotment plan," the legislation paid farmers to not grow crops.

Accepted Answer

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 J)

Question 17

By 1936, how did many American radicals-including Communists and socialists-respond to the New Deal?

Accepted Answer

A)   They denounced it for failing to serve the interests of workers and their families.
B)   They pronounced it fascist and called for the impeachment of President Roosevelt.
C)   They dismissed it as inadequate and openly called for the overthrow of capitalism.
D)   They had begun to support the New Deal's relief programs and its encouragement of labor unions.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Exam 24: The New Deal Experiment

What was the name of the agency President Roosevelt established in 1933 to provide direct relief to more than four million households?

Correct Answer
verified

Match the term with the definition. -New Deal legislation passed in May 1933 aimed at cutting agricultural production and raising crop prices and, consequently, farmers' income. Through the "domestic allotment plan," the legislation paid farmers to not grow crops.

Correct Answer
verified

Republican Alf Landon ran for president in 1936 on which platform?

Correct Answer
verified

How effective were the major banking and financial reforms of 1933 and 1934?

Correct Answer
verified
Answer would ideally include:
Banking Re...
View Answer

What strategy did President Roosevelt use to restore America's confidence in government and the private banking system?

Correct Answer
verified

What belief lay at the foundation of Roosevelt's New Deal?

Correct Answer
verified

By 1936, how did many American radicals-including Communists and socialists-respond to the New Deal?

Correct Answer
verified

Match the term with the definition. -Federal relief program established in March 1933 that provided assistance in the form of jobs to millions of unemployed young men and a handful of women. Program members worked on conservation projects throughout the nation.

Correct Answer
verified

Match the term with the definition. -Franklin Roosevelt explained New Deal initiatives to the nation in these informal radio addresses, which helped bolster his popularity and secure support for his reforms.

Correct Answer
verified

Which of the following statements describes the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938?

Correct Answer
verified

Discuss two programs initiated during President Roosevelt's first one hundred days and explain how they reflected the New Dealers' views on economic recovery.

Correct Answer
verified
Answer would ideally include:
Emergency ...
View Answer

What made it impossible for the National Recovery Administration (NRA) to regulate business effectively?

Correct Answer
verified

How did President Roosevelt attempt to change the economy in 1937?

Correct Answer
verified

Where did migrant workers seeking to escape the chronic drought of the Dust Bowl typically look for work in the 1930s?

Correct Answer
verified

Which of the following statements describes the National Housing Act of 1937?

Correct Answer
verified

To what extent was the New Deal successful in solving the economic crisis of the Great Depression?

Correct Answer
verified
Answer would ideally include:
Temporary ...
View Answer

Match the term with the definition. -1935 law that guaranteed industrial workers the right to organize into unions; also known as the National Labor Relations Act. Following its passage, union membership skyrocketed to 30 percent of the workforce, the highest in American history.

Correct Answer
verified

Exam 24: The New Deal Experiment

What was the name of the agency President Roosevelt established in 1933 to provide direct relief to more than four million households?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Match the term with the definition. -New Deal legislation passed in May 1933 aimed at cutting agricultural production and raising crop prices and, consequently, farmers' income. Through the "domestic allotment plan," the legislation paid farmers to not grow crops.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Republican Alf Landon ran for president in 1936 on which platform?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

How effective were the major banking and financial reforms of 1933 and 1934?

Correct AnswerverifiedAnswer would ideally include:Banking Re...View AnswerShow Answer

What strategy did President Roosevelt use to restore America's confidence in government and the private banking system?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

What belief lay at the foundation of Roosevelt's New Deal?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

By 1936, how did many American radicals-including Communists and socialists-respond to the New Deal?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Match the term with the definition. -Federal relief program established in March 1933 that provided assistance in the form of jobs to millions of unemployed young men and a handful of women. Program members worked on conservation projects throughout the nation.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Match the term with the definition. -Franklin Roosevelt explained New Deal initiatives to the nation in these informal radio addresses, which helped bolster his popularity and secure support for his reforms.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Which of the following statements describes the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Discuss two programs initiated during President Roosevelt's first one hundred days and explain how they reflected the New Dealers' views on economic recovery.

Correct AnswerverifiedAnswer would ideally include:Emergency ...View AnswerShow Answer

What made it impossible for the National Recovery Administration (NRA) to regulate business effectively?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

How did President Roosevelt attempt to change the economy in 1937?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Where did migrant workers seeking to escape the chronic drought of the Dust Bowl typically look for work in the 1930s?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Which of the following statements describes the National Housing Act of 1937?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

To what extent was the New Deal successful in solving the economic crisis of the Great Depression?

Correct AnswerverifiedAnswer would ideally include:Temporary ...View AnswerShow Answer

Match the term with the definition. -1935 law that guaranteed industrial workers the right to organize into unions; also known as the National Labor Relations Act. Following its passage, union membership skyrocketed to 30 percent of the workforce, the highest in American history.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified
Answer would ideally include:
Banking Re...
View Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified
Answer would ideally include:
Emergency ...
View Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified
Answer would ideally include:
Temporary ...
View Answer

Correct Answer
verified