CH 20 & 21 Great Depression and the New Deal

During the 1920s, American multinational corporations:

a. resisted new ventures abroad in the aftermath of WWI
b. demonstrated limited interest in controlling raw materials in other countries.
c. produced few automobile for international markets
d. extended their reach thworld
roughout the world
e. reduced investments overseas

d. extended their reach thworld roughout the world

Which of the following best describes the significance of the Fordney-McCumber Tariff of 1922?

a. It was a first step toward fair trade
b. It was at retaliation against European protectionism
c. It was universally embraced as a means of protecting American workers
d. It created the first pension system for veterans’ widow in the nations history
e. It demonstrated a repudiation of Wilson’s free trade ideas

e. It demonstrated a repudiation of Wilson’s free trade ideas

What did Hoover’s observation during the depth of the Depression that "many persons left their jobs for the more profitable one of selling apples" indicate?

a.Industrial wages during the time were so low that many people did not consider employment worthwhile
b. Compared to the plight of cities, farms and orchards were remarkably prosperous
c. The Great Depression had resulted in a complete breakdown of all market infrastructers
d. President HoAmericans
over had grown increasingly out of touch with the economic reality of Americans
e. Even in the midst of the Depression, Hoover continued to focus on micromanaging the economy

d. President Hoover had grown increasingly out of touch with the economic reality of Americans

Assess the state of individual American financial savings by the end of the 1920s.

a. Rising wages had allowed Americans to build significant savings accounts in the 1920s
b. While the rich spent most of their earnings lavishly, poor and middle-class Americans saved conscientiously
c. Savings rates among the middle-class were as high as 40%, causing significant challenges for the mass consumer economy.
d. By the end of the 1920s, the majority American families had no savings whatsoever
e. Americans had largely turned their back on stocks and turned to the far safer bond market instead

d. By the end of the 1920s, the majority American families had no savings whatsoever

How was American life different in the 1920s than in the years prior?

a. In this new era of consumerism, Americans drank more heavily
b. Women’s suffrage led to a new wave of political activism among both women and men.
c. The strict standards of morality imposed by the fundamentalist revival meant that Americans had less taxes.
d. Although Americans worked hard in an increasingly industrial world, they also enjoyed more vacations.
e. Interracial marriages became far more common in this more urban and modern society.

d. Although Americans worked hard in an increasingly industrial world, they also enjoyed more vacations.

Why did cigarettes became known as "torches of freedom" during the 1920s?

a. Women began to smoke cigarettes as an expression of personal freedom
b. Soldiers returning from the war identified the modest comfort of a cigarette with American freedom
c. For African Americans in northern cities, cigarette smoking was an expression of a new freer urban lifestyle
d. By smoking American brand of cigarettes, immigrants could embrace American culture and leave behind the stigma of their ethnicity.
e. The prohibition of tobacco in may states made smoking an open act of rebellion

a. Women began to smoke cigarettes as an expression of personal freedom

The prevailing jurisprudence of the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1920s can best be described as:

a. laissez-faire
b. progressive
c. paternalistic
d. authoritarian
e. deferential

a. laissez-faire

Assess the state of the Democratic Party in 1924.

a. Under a young and energetic leadership, the party was ready to capitalize on Harding’s low approval ratings
b. Rejecting its southern base and embracing northern immigrants and African Americans, the party was poised for victory under a new "big tent"
c. Although popular for its deep progressive tradition the Democratic Party alienated voters with its overtly rigid hierarchical organizations
d. Although the incumbent Calvin Coolidge was an uninspiring choice, the hopeless divisions within the Democratic Party caused its bitter defeat in 1924
e. Controlled by powerful labor unions, the Democratic Party failed to appeal to the middle class and southern whites

d. Although the incumbent Calvin Coolidge was an uninspiring choice, the hopeless divisions within the Democratic Party caused its bitter defeat in 1924

What united the authors Ernest Hemingway and Scott Fitzgerald in the 1920s?

a. They practiced very similar styles of narrative prose
b. Both were obsessed with writing about the mediocrity of American consumerism
c. Both had fled the discriminatory censorship of the Hays code
d. Both were deeply disillusioned with conservative American politics and materialism
e. Both found themselves forced into exile because of charges of homosexuality

a. laissez-faire

Assess the record of the U.S. Supreme Court on civil liberties during WWI

a. The courts failed efforts at restoring constitutional protections for free speech during the war propelled Americans into activism during the 1920s
b. A majority of the justices agreed that the Espionage Act under the Wilson Admin. constituted a "clear and present danger" to American freedom
c. The Supreme Court had largely upheld government restrictions on First Amendment rights during the war
d. The majority of Supreme Court Justices were ready to strike down federal infringements of free speech, but the slow appeals process prevented that opportunity
e. The court made a strong push for civil liberties but with explicit intent to exclude African-Americans

c. The Supreme Court had largely upheld government restrictions on First Amendment rights during the war

Which of the following legal bans no longer passed the constitutional scrutiny by the end of the 1920s?

a. Prohibiting movies from depicting nudity
b. Barring scripts that portrayed clergymen in a negative light
c. Prohibiting wealthy African-Americans in all-white public facilities
d. criminalizing the advocacy of unlawful acts for the sake of the political change
e. Prohibiting marriages between whites and Asian immigrants of African-Americans

d. criminalizing the advocacy of unlawful acts for the sake of the political change

How did fundamentalist Christians define freedom in the 1920s?

a. As the freedom of religion
b. As a freedom of speech
c. As the freedom to congregation
d. As a voluntary adherence to moral liberty
e. As the fundamental right to self-expression

d. As a voluntary adherence to moral liberty

Which of the following trends of the 1920s did fundamentalists support?

a. The easing of restrictions on immigration
b. The prohibition of liquor sales
c. Military interventionism
d. Socialism
e. Increasing income taxes on the wealthy

b. The prohibition of liquor sales

What broad popular sentiments did the KKK express in the 1920s?

a. African-Americans & immigrants should not be allowed to vote
b. Prohibition should only be applied to non-whites
c. Control of the nation should be returned to native born protestant
d. Southern states should never quit their fight for complete home rule
e. Women’s suffrage was a violation of natural law and needed to be repealed

c. Control of the nation should be returned to native born protestant

Which of the following statements best assesses Herbert Hoover’s qualification for the presidency 1928?
a. He could point to a decade of experience as an elected official
b. His modest upbringing in rural Iowa had equipped him with a natural and charm
c. His bold embrace of government regulation as a tool for economic development made him stand out among laissez-faire Republicans
d. His skill in economic planning and the organization of food relief made him a good choice for both good and hard times
e. His courage under fire in WWI made him a role model similar to one of his predecessors, Teddy Roosevelt

d. His skill in economic planning and the organization of food relief made him a good choice for both good and hard times

Which of the following best describes the economic dynamic of the Great Depression ?

a. Economic uncertainly prompted dramatic increase in the labor force participation rate
b. Plummeting sales and lack of consumer confidence triggered a surge in the trade deficit
c. Declining sales tax revenue triggered a disproportionate rise in income taxes
d. Superior competitors from overseas forced an inefficient domestic industry to its knees
e. Mass unemployment and the lack of investment triggered a devastating cycle of deflation

e. Mass unemployment and the lack of investment triggered a devastating cycle of deflation

Who was sentenced to death in a controversial criminal trial?

a. Felix Frankfurter
b. Eugene Debs
c. Nicola Sacco
d. Clarence Darrow
e. Leo Frank

c. Nicola Sacco

The trial and execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti demonstrated that:

a. the 1920s was a decade of reconciliation
b. the Red Scare led to the suspension of constitutional freedoms
c. antiradical sentiment declined following WWI
d. The Red Scare extended into the 1920s
e. the political weight of immigrant communities declined after WWI

d. The Red Scare extended into the 1920s

What did Coolidge believe was the chief business the American people?

a. Civil Rights
b. Internationalism
c. Spreading liberty
d. Business
e. Going to church

d. Business

RRs were to the late nineteenth century what __________ were to the 1920s?

a. cars
b. radios
c. stock markets
d. telephones
e. airplanes

a. cars

Why did General Motors surpass Ford in sales of automobiles in the 1920s?

a. GM models were cheaper that the ford Model T
b. GM applied mass production techniques Ford was unfamiliar with
c. GM models were bare -bones compared to the much fancier Ford cars
d. GM successfully marketed different styles and designs
e. GM cars appealed to immigrants more than the Ford models

d. GM successfully marketed different styles and designs

All of the statements about Henry Ford’s "Fordlandia" are true EXCEPT:

a. Fordlandia was a success
b. Fordlandia was a town created by Henry Ford in the Amazon
c. Ford built Fordlandia to create a supply of rubber for tires
d. Fordlandia is an example of how American corporations spread across the globe in the 1920s
e. in Fordlandia, Ford sought to provide his workers with what he considered the proper standard of life

a. Fordlandia was a success

During the 1920s, consumer goods:

a. were marketed only to the wealthy Americans
b. had little impact on American life
c. include vacuum cleaners and washing machines, which Americans paid for exclusively in cash
d. were frequently purchased on credit
e. increased the demand for domestic servants

d. were frequently purchased on credit

In the 1920s, movies, radios, and phonographs:

a. were all out of reach of most consumers
b. helped create and spread a new celebrity culture
c. were not yet available
d. appealed only to women
e. were only available in urban areas

b. helped create and spread a new celebrity culture

According to Andre Seigfried, what did Americans consider to be a "sacred acquisition"?

a. The right to vote
b. A standard of living
c. Ownership of a home
d. Working for a living wage
e. Civil liberties

b. A standard of living

During the 1920s:

a. an estimated 40% of the population remained in poverty
b. real wages rose faster than corporate profits
c. wealth became more evenly distributed
d. small auto companies flourished
e. New England experienced an industrial revival

a. an estimated 40% of the population remained in poverty

Agriculture in the 1920s:

a. enjoyed its golden age
b. did not see an increase in mechanization or use of fertilizers and insecticides
c. did not significantly increase production
d. experienced declining incomes and increase bank foreclosures
e. experienced an increase in the number of farms and farmers

d. experienced declining incomes and increase bank foreclosures

Labor unions lost members in the 1920s for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

a. companies supported propaganda campaigns that linked unions with socialism
b. companies began to adopt a program of "welfare capitalism"
c. labor unions were tarnished by the 1919 labor upsurge
d. some corporations began to provide employees with pensions and medical insurance
e. through collective bargaining, labor unions has secured a national eight- hour day

e. through collective bargaining, labor unions has secured a national eight- hour day

In the 1920s, employers embraced the American Plan, which:

a. was developed by the Communist Party
b. was another term for Americanization
c. was applauded by the American Federation of Labor
d. advocated government regulation of business
e. advocated the "open shop"

e. advocated the "open shop"

The Equal Rights Amendment:

a. was proposed by the Women’s Trade Union League
b. proposed to eliminate all legal distinctions based on sex
c. protected mother’s pensions
d. had widespread support from all major female organizations
e. became law along with an amendment banning child labor

b. proposed to eliminate all legal distinctions based on sex

For the feminist woman in the 1920s, freedom meant

a. voting
b. owning her own property
c. the ERA
d. the right to choose her lifestyle
e. becoming a wife and mother

d. the right to choose her lifestyle

The flapper:

a. epitomized the change in standards of sexual behavior
b. represented a new political movement
c. Represented a new economic radicalism
d. Disapproved of smoking
e. demanded a return to earlier standards of behavior

a. epitomized the change in standards of sexual behavior

Which would NOT. Be considered a characteristic of a flapper?

a. had bobbed hair
b. advocated temperance
c. Used birth control
d. Wore short skirts
e. smoked in public

advocated temperance

In their 1929 study, Middletown, Robert and Helen Lund:

a. found that Americans were increasingly involved in local policies
b. argued that leisure and consumption had replaced political involvement
c. based on their findings on a study of Los Angeles and NYC
d. based their findings on a study of Chicago
e. noted the increase in voter participation with the enfranchisement of women

rgued that leisure and consumption had replaced political involvement

Which statement about policies in the 1920s is FALSE?

a. Voter turnout had fallen dramatically since the turn of the century
b. women took an active role in national politics, mostly with the Republican Party
c. Republicans controlled the White House and supported pro-business policies
d. the south was dominated by the Democratic Party
e. Congress continued the trend toward restricting certain groups of people from entering the U.S.

women took an active role in national politics, mostly with the Republican Party

During the 1920s:

a. The Federal Trade Commission aggressively regulated business
b. government policies reflected the pro-business ethos of the decade
c. Nebraska senator Norris represented big business
d. The Harding admin distanced itself from the business community
e. the courts became increasingly pro-labor

government policies reflected the pro-business ethos of the decade

President Hardings call for a return to normalcy meant?

a. bringing back the Progressive spirit of reform
b. demobilization from WW1
c. getting women back into the home from their war time jobs
d. A call for the regular order of things, without Progressjve reform
e. An end to the radicalism of the Red Scare

A call for the regular order of things, without Progressjve reform

The admin of which president was plagued with scandals?

a. Wilson
b. Coolidge
c. Hoover
d. Harding
e. Roosevelt

Harding

The Teapot Done Scandal involved:

a. President Harding solicit affair with a young woman
b. The veterans Bureau, which took bribes from the sale of government supplies
c. The attorney general, who took bribes not to prosecute accused criminals
d. The secretary of the interior, who receive money in exchange for policing government oil reserves to private companies
e. Herbert Hoover, who received money in exchange for granting favored trading to Great Britain

The secretary of the interior, who receive money in exchange for policing government oil reserves to private companies

The McNary-Haugen Bill:

a. Was supported by Coolidge
b. Was designed to make U.S. Steel more competitive
c. Proposed the gov’t purchase of farm products to raise prices
d. Proposed the gov’t purchase textiles to raise prices
e. Outlawed lynching

Proposed the gov’t purchase of farm products to raise prices

Robert Lo Follette ran for president in 1924:

a. As a Socialist Party Candidate
b. As a progressive Party candidate
c. As a Republican
d. As a Democrat
e. and won

As a progressive Party candidate

American foreign policy during the 1920s:

a. Reflected the close relationship between government and business
b. Expanded on Woodrow Wilson school of internationalism
c. Included the lowering of tariffs
d. Discouraged American business investment abroad
e. Included a complete retreat from military intervention

Reflected the close relationship between government and business

All of the following are examples of economic foreign-policy designed to improve American business except:

a. US loans to Germany
b. Rejecting the League of Nations
c. The Fordney-McCumber tariff
d. Securing access to oil in Venezuela
e. The Red Line Agreement

Rejecting the League of Nations

"Banned in Boston" referred to:

a. A book ban in the city, including books by Ernest Hemingway
b. Prohibition coming to the city in the limitation of all liquor
c. The crack down on prostitution and gambling, both perceived to be run by the Irish
d. The condemnation of Americanization programs, meaning diversity was celebrated in the city
e. Calvin Coolidge is tenure as governor when he banned all strikes of public service employees

Prohibition coming to the city in the

The Hays Code:

a. Banned certain works of literature in Boston
b. Banned socialist from speaking at public universities
c. Prohibited movies from depicting nudity, long kisses, and adultery
d. Prohibited movies from showing business in a negative way
e. Prohibited the mailing of material with sexual content

Prohibited movies from depicting nudity, long kisses, and adultery

In Schenk v. US, the Supreme Court:

a. Overturned lower court conviction of a socialist
b. World that bans on dangerous speech were constitutional
c. Expanded the protection of free speech
d. Found certain fire safety regulations unconstitutional
e. Overturned the conviction of Eugene versus Derbes for an entire war speech

World that bans on dangerous speech were constitutional

Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis:

a. Generally voted with Oliver Wendell Holmes to further limit free-speech
b. What is a conservative Forster in the 1920s
c. Voted in favor of the hays code
d. Crafted an intellectual defense of civil liberties during the 1920s
e. Voted in support of a need a Whitneys attend to overturn her conviction

Crafted an intellectual defense of civil liberties during the 1920s

All of the statements about prohibition during the 1920s are true except:
a. Prohibition reduced American or consumption of alcohol
b. Prohibition was violated by many Americans
c. Prohibition led to widespread corruption among law officials
d. Prohibition lead to the large profits for the owners of speakeasies in for the bootleggers who supplied them
e. Religious fundamentalist oppose prohibition on the grounds that it violated freedom

Religious fundamentalist oppose prohibition on the grounds that it violated freedom

The Scopes trial illustrated a divide between:

a. Modernism and fundamentalism
b. Progressives and Democrats
c. Liberalism and conservatism
d. Cultural diversity and nativism
e. Feminism and machoism

Modernism and fundamentalism

During the scopes trial, Clarence Dorrough, the defense lawyer, questioned him as a supposedly expert witness about the Bible?

a. Billy Sunday
b. Rockefeller
c. Wilson
d. William Jennings Bryan
e. John Scopes

William Jennings Bryan

The Scopes Trial of 1925:

a. Involved a teacher who espoused social Darwinism
b. Pitted creationists against evolutionists
c. Was a victory for religious fundamentalism
d. Was a victory for birth control advocates
e. End it once and for all the discussion of teaching the three of evolution in the public schools

Pitted creationists against evolutionists

Many former Wa predisposed KKK memebers to accept the groups exclusionary message without much analysis. These forces included all of the following EXCEPT:

a. Coolidge economic policies
b. The 1915 film release of Birth of a Nation
c. "100 percent Americanism," which developed during WW1
d. The 1921 and 1924 Immigration Acts
e. The rise of fundamentalism

Coolidge economic policies

The KKK:

a. Declined in the 1920s and eventually disappeared completely
b. Flourished in the early 1920s, especially in the. Roth and the west
c. Had fewer than 500 members nationwide by the mid-1920s
d. Continued to only target Af Ams
e. Was limited in its political influence

Flourished in the early 1920s, especially in the. Roth and the west

Regarding public education, in 1922, Oregon became the first state to:

a. Require students to be instructed only in English
b. Ban private schools
c. Formally Segregate schools
d. Allow women to earn postgraduate degrees
e. Hello students to attend private schools instead

Ban private schools

The Cable Act of 1922 stated that:

a. American women married Asian men fortified their nationality
b. Lunatics, Illiterates, and prostitutes were barred from entering the US
c. Interstate commerce regulated by the ICC was barred from being further regulated by state or local agencies
d. The US Senate was not going to ratify the Treaty of Versailles or join the League of Nations
e. The Border Patrol was created for regulating immigration along the US mex border

American women married Asian men fortified their nationality b. Lunatics, Illiterates, and prostitutes were barred from entering the US

Which group gained Am citizenship in 1924?

a. Mex Ams
b. Jap Ams
c. Native Ams
d. Af Ams
e. Chin Ams

Native Ams

All of the following statements about the 1924 immigration act are true except:

a. The 1924 immigration act reflected the progress of desire to improve the quality of Democratic citizenship into employer scientific methods to set public policy
b. The 1924 immigration act satisfied the demands of large farmers in California, who relied heavily on seasonal Mexican labor, by not setting limits on immigration from the Western Hemisphere
c. The 1924 immigration act bard immigration from Asia
d. The 1924 immigration act limited immigration from Europe
e. The 1924 immigration act Sutton sure that more immigrants came from southern Europe then from northern Europe

The 1924 immigration act sought to ensure that more immigrants came from southern Europe then from northern Europe

Besides work and school, the most active agents of Americanization during the 1920s were:

a. Churches, political parties, and fraternal organizations
b. The KKK and immigrant restriction league
c. The Supreme Court and Congress
d. Dance halls, dept stores,& movie theatres
e. Women’s organizations and the NAACP

Dance halls, dept stores,& movie theatres

Cultural pluralism:

a. Was the adopted philosophy of the KKK
b. Described a society that gloried an ethnic diversity
c. Was denounced by Randolph Bourne
d. Describe the mood in Congress wanted poster the immigration act
e. Was the driving force behind the conviction of Sacco and Vanzetti

Described a society that gloried an ethnic diversity

Cultural pluralism:

a. Challenged the idea that southeastern Europeans were unfit for citizenship
b. What is another way of describing the process of Americanization
c. Represented the underlying principles of the 1924 immigration act
d. Was a theory that shoot most public policy during the 1920s
e. Was not favored by most immigrants

challenged the idea that southeastern Europeans were unfit for citizenship

What were the national Catholic welfare counsel in the anti-defamation league of B’nai B’rth lobbying for in the 1920s?

a. More Catholic and Jewish schools funded by federal monies
b. Was probably discrimination against immigrants by employers, colleges, and government agencies
c. Benevolent society used for religious groups to be supported by federal government in the major East Coast cities
d. The stronger effort by the federal government to dismantle the KKK
e. The new immigration law to overturn the immigration act of 1924

Was probably discrimination against immigrants by employers, colleges, and government agencies

Meyer v Nebraska

a. Over turn the ban on child labor
b. Ruled that the maximum number of hours a woman could work cannot be legislated
c. Overturned a law that stated public schools would instruct classes in English
d. The pill be a espionage act as constitutional
e. Roll the evolution could not be taught in public schools

Overturned a law that stated public schools would instruct classes in English

In 1923, the Meyer v Nebraska decision:

a. Strengthened the cause of Americanization
b. Further banned free speech
c. Made constitutional then an on the teaching of German
d. Had an impact only on German immigrants
e. Was a startling reversal in the cause of Americanization

Was a startling reversal in the cause of Americanization

Which city was considered the "capital" of black America?

a. Chicago
b. Detroit
c. Harlem
d. LA
e. New Orleans

Harlem

Slumming meant:

a. Blacks in migrating from the south to the north during the great migration
b. Flappers not working and living off their parents wealth
c. Whites going to Harlem’s dance halls, just clubs, and speakeasies
d. Speculating on the stock market
e. Living in Hooverville’s

Whites going to Harlem’s dance halls, just clubs, and speakeasies

The Harlem Renaissance:

a. Included writers and poets such as Langston Hughes and Claude McKay
b. Including singer such as edit James and Deana Washington
c. Privileged African heritage over the southern experience
d. Downplayed racism in America
e. Represented a rejection of capitalism

ncluded writers and poets such as Langston Hughes and Claude McKay

Which issue became the focus of the 1928 pres race?

a. The qualifications of Hoover to be president
b. The fact that Alfred Smith was Catholic
c. Government regulations on business
d. Immigration policy
e. What global leadership role America should take

The fact that Alfred Smith was Catholic

In 1928, Herbert Hoover:

a. Won the presidency because of his reputation and the nations prosperity
b. Lost the presidency, primarily because he was Catholic
c. Cold for a repeal of Prohibition
d. Won the presidency with the promise of tax cuts and economic recovery
e. Won the presidency despite his lack of government experience

Won the presidency because of his reputation and the nations prosperity

The great depression was caused by all the following factors except:

a. A land speculation bubble in Florida
b. And unequal distribution of wealth
c. And agricultural research and throughout the decade
d. Stagnant cells in the auto and consumer goods industry is after 1926
e. Increased government regulation of baking on stock market

Increased government regulation of baking on stock market

A main cause of the Great Depression was:

a. Hoover’s ties with business
b. Increased European demand for American goods
c. declining American purchasing power
d. Excessive government regulation of business
e. The 1924 immigration act

declining American purchasing power

The great depression shit loads of Americans in all the following ways except:

a. Many Americans took to the road in search of work
b. When he Merkens left cities for the countryside
c. There was massive unemployment
d. Many Americans live in Hooverville’s
e. American suicide rate declined

American suicide rate declined

Hoovers response to the depression included all the following measures except:

a. A tax increase
b. Higher tariffs
c. A Reconstruction Finance Corp
d. The Federal home loan Bank system
e. Reduction in the size of army

Reduction in the size of the army

President Hoover responded to the onset of the depression by:

a. Immediately increasing government aid to the unemployment
b. Cutting taxes
c. Decreasing tariffs
d. Reassuring Americans that "the tide had turned"
e. Resigning from office

Reassuring Americans that "the tide had turned"

The Smoot-Tariff:

a. Raise taxes on imported goods
b. Increased international trade
c. Was vetoed by Hoover
d. Had no effect on the economy in 1930
e. Improve the economy slightly 1930

Raise taxes on imported goods

Three construction finance corporation:

a. Offered it to homeowners facing foreclosure
b. Me loans to failing businesses
c. Offer direct relief to the unemployed
d. Was vetoed by Hoover
e. Ended the great depression

Me loans to failing businesses

What time period Most influence the new deal?

a. Civil War
b. Reconstruction period
c. First World War
d. The progressive era
e. British Empire

The progressive era

Why did President Franklin D Roosevelt dissolve the civil Works administration?

a. It’s heard Harold Icks had become embroiled in a corruption scandal
b. The CW if he had worked so efficiently the rent other projects for the end of 1935
c. Regular Americans were complaining that they failed to see the benefits of this works programs
d. Complains multiplied that this measure was contributing to the permanent class of government dependent
e. That has been established by his predecessor Herbert Hoover

Complains multiplied that this measure was contributing to the permanent class of government dependenti

Why did workers during the 1930s make demands that went beyond better wages?

a. They wanted to participate in management decisions
b. They were hoping that the economic crisis could be the beginning of the socialist revolution
c. They generally preferred government jobs over privat employment
d. They were hoping to establish a set of basic civil liberties for workers
e. Their wages were already so high that they had to find a new agenda to fight for

They were hoping to establish a set of basic civil liberties for workers

In contrast to the American Federation of Labor, the Congress of Industrial Organizations fought for:

a. Shorter hours
b. Freedom of speech
c. Better wages
d. Industrial democracy
e. Equal pay for equal work

Industrial democracy

By 1935, Huey Long and Frances Townsend had made which of the following approaches to economic recovery looks promising for new dealers?

a. Ag reform
b. Social Security reform
c. The regulation of the stock market
d. Efforts at general business recovery
e. Punshing for the unionization of the nations labor force

Efforts at general business recovery

which of the following second new deal measures Kim closest to me that me and the Congress of industrial organizations for workplace democracy?

a. Social security
b. Federal Housing Admin
c. The Wagner Act
d. The Works Progress Admin
e. The Security Exchange Commission

Federal Housing Admin

How did President Franklin D Roosevelt describe the notion of a "liberty of contract quote?
a. He described it as the foundation of social justice
b. He rejected it is a violation of his own socialist principles
c. He dismissed it as an American idea from the welfare state of Europe
d. He didn’t announced it as a service to the interest of "the privileged few "
e. He compared it to the civil right to marry whom you love

Heat announced it as a service to the interest of the "the privilege few"

Why did Roosevelt’s Republican challenger Landon fail in his bid for the presidency in 1936?

a. His traditional urban Catholic constituency considered him too radical
b. The Republican establishment thought him too much like Roosevelt for their taste
c. He made the mistake of reling on the organization skills as a conservative AFL
d. He faced a powerful new political coalition which would deliver republican plenty of the feet for the next few decades
e. As a Kansas native, you stood little chance of winning the hearts and minds of Americans in the coastal population centers

He faced a powerful new political coalition which would deliver republican plenty of the feet for the next few decades

After the court packing attempt, how did the change in the jurisprudence of the United States Supreme Court affect American life?

a. Changing sentiments in the US Supreme Court led to the erosion of the Wagner Act
b. The. newfound resolve of the US Supreme Court meant that a restoration of the National Recovery Act
c. The new lineup in the United States meant that Roosevelt had to abandon plans for universal healthcare
d. The new political climate in the United States Supreme Court and 38 federal child labor been good stand constitutional muster
e. I chastise Supreme Court began to focus on securing constitutional a burgeoning civil rights movement

The new political climate in the United States Supreme Court meant that a federal child labor Ban could stand constitutional muster

According to Supreme Court Brandeis, how could corps have prevented the Great Depression?

a. Being less discriminatory in there hiring practices
b. By investing less overseas
c. By increasing their workers wages
d. By paying their taxes
e. I letting go of their patents

By increasing their workers wages

Which of the following had been a traditional believe prior to the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes?

a. Balanced budgets were sacred
b. A bimetallic standard was superior to the gold standard
c. Depression typically emerge from a consumer is crisis of confidence
d. The national economy always benefited from a trade surplus
e. Deficits are not a problem, as long as they don’t enlarge national debt

Balanced budgets were sacred

Which of the following statements best assesses the feet of feminism during the new deal?

a. Eleanor Roosevelt’s leadership helped bring about a revival of organized feminism
b. Since women in domestic service were less often fired than blur-collar male workers
c. Given the broad consensus that the job claims of male providers superseded women’s, organized feminism essentially disappeared
d.The sense of failure men experienced in the workplace prompted many of them to turn to women and feminists for leadership
e. The women-friendly policies of the WPA,CCC, and CWA gave women’s calim for equal pay a boost

Given the broad consensus that the job claims male providers superseded public sympathy

Why did a stigma emerge around public assistance during the New Deal years?

a. Only a very few Americans actually needed government assistance during the Great Depression
b. Black workers were relegated to the least generous assistance programs with discriminatory eligibility standards admin by states
c. New Deal work programs helped restore economic prosperity relatively quickly, leaving only the least qualified long term unemployed
d. By the middle of the 1930s, more and more Americans came to associate New Deal assistance programs with similar government help offered in Nazi Germany
e. Despite his success, Roosevelt remained deeply unpopular with Americans, who hated themselves for depending on his programs

Black workers were regulated to the least generous assistance programs with discriminatory eligibility standards admin by states

What prompted as many as 20,000 American citizens to leave the country during the Great Depression?

a. They sought exile in the Soviet Union where they hoped economic planning would bring about prosperity more quickly
b. They returned to their home countries in Europe, frustrated with the lack of economic opportunity in the U.S.
c. Some children had little choice as they went with their Mex-born parents in the U.S.
d. These Americans often traveled to Latin America, trying to promote the policies of the New Deal
e. They deeply resented the election of FDR

Some children had little choice as they went with their Mex-born parents in the U.S.

How did the federal government institutionalize racism during the New Deal?

a. The Wagner Act excluded Af-Ams
b. The Federal Housing Administration refused to ensure mortgages in integrated neighborhoods
c. The abolition of the gold standard penalized more traditional family savings in bullion
d. The Security and Exchange Commission was staffed entirely by Anglo-Ams
e. FDR introduced segregation to WA D.C., & eliminated blacks from all positions of responsibility in the federal gov’t

b. The Federal Housing Administration refused to ensure mortgages in integrated neighborhoods

During the Roosevelt admin, the Democratic Party emerged into a coalition that included all of the following EXCEPT:

a. farmers
b. the white supremacist South
c. the business elite
d. industrial workers
e. northern Af-Ams

the business elite

Liberalism during the New Deal came to be understood as:

a. limited government and free market enterprise
b. active government to uplift less fortunate members of society
c. a trust in the government to regulate personal behavior
d. individual autonomy, limited government, and unregulated capitalism
e. worker’s ownership of the means od production

active government to uplift less fortunate members of society`

The Great Depression and the economic crisis that ensued discredited supporters of:

a. Keynesian economics
b. liberalism
c. unregulated capitalism
d. fascism
e. communism

unregulated capitalism

In his 1935 campaign for the presidency, Franklin Roosevelt promised Americans a policy change he called the:

a. New Freedom
b. New Nationalism
c. New Deal
d. Fair Deal
e. Great Society

New Deal

During the 1932 election:

a. FDR boldly outlined his plans for a New Deal
b. Hoover made a late rally and nearly defeated Roosevelt
c. FDR played on his disability to garner public sympathy and to make himself seem more like an ordinary man
d. FDR called for a balanced government and criticized Hoover for excessive government spending
e. Hoover apologized to the American public for failing them and promised to repeal Prohibition if reelected

FDR called for a balanced government and criticized Hoover for excessive government spending

The New Deal:

a. included a reliance on economic planning
b. was based on socialism
c. was based on fascism
d. was similar to Stalin’s economic policy
e. rejected the thinking of John Maynard Keynes

included a reliance on economic planning

All of the statements about Roosevelt’s group of advisers known as the " Brain Trust" are true EXCEPT:

a. the "Brain Trust" saw big corporations as an inevitable part of the modern economy
b. the "Brain Trust" believed that large corporations needed to be directed by the government
c. the "Brain Trust" included university professors
d. their economic views defined the "First New Deal"
e. the "Brain Trust" believed that large corporations needed to be dismanteled

the "Brain Trust" believed that large corporations needed to be dismanteled

The first thing that Roosevelt attended to as president was the:

a. housing crisis
b. farming crisis
c. banking crisis
d. unemployment crisis
e. tariff crisis

banking crisis

Which act or organization barred commercial banks from becoming involved in the bullying and selling of stocks?

a. the Glass-Steagall Act
b. The Federal Communication Commission
c. The Securities and Exchange Commission
d. The Reconstruction Finance Corp
e. The Bank Holiday Act

the Glass-Steagall Act

The Glass-Steagall Act:

a. maintained the gold standard
b. had little impact on the banking system
c. made legal the buying and selling of stocks by banks
d. est. codes the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
e. is still in effect today

est. codes the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp

The National Industrial Recovery Act:

a. was never passed
b. est. codes that set standards for production, prices, and wages in several industries
c. est. codes that continued the open-shop policies of the 1920s
d. encouraged "cutthroat" competition between business
e. put young men to work in national parks

est. codes that set standards for production, prices, and wages in several industries

The Civilian Conservation Corps:

a. was created during the "Second New Deal"
b. was headed by Johnson
c. put young women to work in schools
d. put older workers back to work
e. put young men to work in national parks

put young men to work in national parks

Which New Deal program put the federal government for the first time in the business of selling electricity in competition with private companies?

a. The Tennessee Valley Authority
b. The Rural Electrification Amdin
c. The National Recovery Act
d. The Reconstruction Finance Corp
e.The Works Project Admin

The Tennessee Valley Authority

The Tennessee Valley Authority:

a. applied only to the American West
b. put young men to work in national parks
c. applied only to the state of Tennessee
d. combined economic regional planning with relief
e. was created during the "Second New Deal"

combined economic regional planning with relief

The Ag Adjustment Act:

a. raised farm prices by establishing quotas and paying farmers not to plant more
b. lowered farm prices by est. quotas and paying farmers to grow more
c. was beneficial to sharecroppers and tenant farmers
d. established a gov’t program of distributing food to the hungry
e. was limited to the West Coast

raised farm prices by establishing quotas and paying farmers not to plant more

The New Deal housing policy:

a. was similar to the housing policy est. during Hoover’s presidency
b. was limited in scope because of lack of funding
c. was a remarkable departure from the housing policies of previous admins
d. addressed only to the needs of home owners, not those of renters
e. created a program of free housing for all

was a remarkable departure from the housing policies of previous admins

The First New Deal:

a. was a series of policy experiments
b. led to the construction of few public facilities
c. ended unemployment
d. ended the Great Depression
e. provided relief to very few Ams

was a series of policy experiments

Which two New Deal programs did the Supreme Court rule unconstitutional?

a. Securities and Exchange Commission and Public Works Admin
b. National Recovery Admin and Civil Conservation Corps
c. Glass-Steagall Act and Ag Adjustment Act
d. Fair Labor Standards Act and NAtional Recovery Admin
e. Ag Adjustment Act and National Recovery Administraction

Ag Adjustment Act and National Recovery Administraction

By 1935, The New Deal:

a. has ended the Depression
b. had the full support of the Supreme Court
c. was validated in the U.S. v. Butler decision
d. faced mounting pressures and criticism
e. was declared unconstitutional

faced mounting pressures and criticism

What factor contributed to the growth of union membership in the 1930s?

a. Workers’ militancy and the tactical skills of a new generation of leaders
b. the government’s unsympathetic view of workers’ rights
c. The minimal amount of labor unrest during the 1930s
d. The American Federation of Labor’s willingness or organize unions of industrial workers
e. The United Auto Worker’s opposition to sit-down strikes

Workers’ militancy and the tactical skills of a new generation of leaders

During 1934, the great wave of labor strikes included all of the following groups EXCEPT:

a. Dockworkers
b. Autoworkers
c. Textile workers
d. Truck drivers
e. Stockbrokers

Stockbrokers

Which was NOT a New Deal program?

a. The Works Progress Admin
b. The Congress of Industrial Organization
c. The National Recovery Admin
d. The Civilian Conservation Corps.
e. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp

The Congress of Industrial Organization

The Congress of Industrial Organizations:

a. was sanctioned by the AFL
b. created unions of skilled workers by craft
c. created unions of industrial workers
d. was opposed by President Roosevelt
e. did not include the United Mine Workers

created unions of industrial workers

Which statement is true about UAW sit-down strikes in Flint Michigan?

a. The Democratic governor used force against the workers
b. he workers were disunited
c. The workers failed to get GM to negotiate
d. The workers stayed inside the plants and kept the machines in working order
e. The UAW were the first to use sit-down tactics

The workers stayed inside the plants and kept the machines in working order

The sit-down strike in Flint Michigan, was:

a. a tactic developed by the AFL
b. part of the successful strategy that organized the auto industry
c. only successful in the steel industry
d. outlawed by Michigan governor Frank Murphy
e. a tactic pioneered by the CIO

part of the successful strategy that organized the auto industry

Which statement best describes Huey Long, Upton Sinclaire, and Townsend?

a. They all challenged Roosevelt to move further to the left of center
b. They were all supported by the Republican Party
c. Each was a socialist radical
d. Despite representing interesting movements, none of them had much of a following
e. They all ended up in jail during WWII for having communist sympathies

They all challenged Roosevelt to move further to the left of center

Upton Sinclair:

a. was head of the CIO
b. worked for the New Deal admin
c. was head of the End Poverty in Cali movement
d. was elected governor of Cali in 1934
e. was elected senator from Cali in 1934

was head of the End Poverty in Cali movement

The Share Our Wealth movement was:

a. led by Townsend and directed at Ams over the age of sixty
b. led by H. Ford and directed at auto manufacturers
c. led by Coughlin and directed at Catholics
d. led by Long and gained national following
e. introduced by FDR as part of the New Deal

led by Long and gained national following

Critics of the New Deal included all of the following EXCEPT:

a. Francis Perkins
b. Huey Long
c. Charles Coughlin
d. Townsend
e. Upton Sinclair

Francis Perkins

The Second New Deal:

a. focused on economic security
b. focused on economic relief
c. focused on business recovery
d. focused on civil liberties
e. included now new taxes

focused on economic security

The Works Progress Admin:

a. employed only industrial workers
b. was directed by Huey Long
c. included projects in the arts
d. focused on civil liberties
e. was limited in scope

included projects in the arts

Which program employed white-collar workers and professionals, including doctors, writers, and artists?

a. The Wagner Act
b. The Civilian Conservation Corps
c. The Works Progress Admin
d. The Tennessee Valley Authority
e. The National Recovery Admin

The Works Progress Admin

The Wagner Act:

a. created the Works Progress Admin
b. allowed the National Labor Relations Board to supervise union elections
c. sponsored ballet and modern dance programs
d. made all unions illegal
e. affected only government employees

allowed the National Labor Relations Board to supervise union elections

The Social Security Act of 1935:

a. was originally vetoed by President Roosevelt
b. was adopted from the British welfare system
c. provided federal funding for the poor and needy
d. included pensions and unemployment relief
e. covered all workers in industry and ag

included pensions and unemployment relief

Which statement about the New Deal is true?

a. The Ag Adjustment Act (AAA) helped small tenant farmers like those living in the Dust Bowl
b. The first New Deal dealt mostly with economic security
c. The New Deal championed civil rights and actively worked at ending Jim Crow
d. The Second New Deal dealt mostly with economic recovery
e. Social Security was a Second New Deal program

Social Security was a Second New Deal program

Which statement about the Social Security Act is FALSE?

a. It included aid to families with dependent children
b. It was original in its concept and design
c. Congress dropped the provision for national health insurance from the original bill
d. It created a system of unemployment insurance
e. Its coverage excluded mot blacks from the program

It was original in its concept and design

The New Deal concentrated power in the hands of:

a. the executive branch
b. the legislative branch
c. the judicial branch
d. local government
e. state government

the executive branch

In fireside chats and public addresses, FDR connected freedom w/:

a. economic security
b. cuts in government spending
c. Keynesian economic theory
d. economic inequality
e. laissez-faire economics

economic security

The American Liberty League:

a. protested FDR’s policies
b. organized to fight for release of the Scottsboro boys
c. sought to prevent the black singer Marian Anderson from singing at Constitution Hall
d. lobbied for the passage of the Lundeen Bill
e. supported President Roosevelt’s isolationist policies regarding foreign affairs

protested FDR’s policies

In John Steinbeck’s piece about the Dust Bowl, he explained that recent migrants to Cali were hated for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

a. they were ignorant
b. they carried disease
c. they were allowed to organize into labor unions
d. taxes tended to go up when they were around
e. they were primarily immigrants

they were primarily immigrants

In the presidential election of 1936:

a. Roosevelt chase not to run again
b. business leaders supported the Democratic Party
c. the so-called New Deal coalition reelected FDR in a landslide
d. the Republican candidate Alfred Landon promised to expand Social Security
e. the Republican candidate Alfred Landon almost won

the so-called New Deal coalition reelected FDR in a landslide

Roosevelt’s "court packing" plan:

a. was approved by Congress
b. proposed moving the Supreme Court to NYC
c. was considered by many to be one of his greatest political moves
d. achieved nothing
e. was criticized by many

was criticized by many

Why did FDR try to change the balance of power on the Supreme Court?

a. He feared the Supreme Court might invalidate the Wagner and Social Security acts
b. He was worried about being able to run for a third term as president
c. He needed the court’s support for upcoming war measures against Germany
d. He feared that the Supreme Court might invalidate the Act or the Ag Adjustment Act
e. He feared the Supreme Court might deem sit-down strikes unconstitutional

He feared the Supreme Court might invalidate the Wagner and Social Security acts

The Fair Labor Standards Act instituted all of the following changes EXCEPT:

a. it banned goods produced by child labor from interstate commerce
b. it est. the fifty-hour work week
c. it set the minimum wage
d. it required overtime pay
e. it regulated working conditions

it est. the fifty-hour work week

Keynesian economics:

a. relied on government spending
b. relied on large-scale government spending
c. was based on maintaining a balanced budget
d. was rejected by FDR as unworkable
e. focused on economic planning

relied on large-scale government spending

Which phrase best describes Eleanor Roosevelt’s tenure as First Lady?

a. Very traditional
b. Modest goals, spoke softly about one or two appropriately feminine issues
c. Championed the cause of children’s health care but, stuck only to that issue
d. Worked hard for her husband, as he confined to the wheelchair, but did not take u any cause of her own
e. Redefined the role of First Lady, championing women’s rights, civil rights, and human rights

Redefined the role of First Lady, championing women’s rights, civil rights, and human rights

Under the New Deal, women:

a. were treated the same as men
b. were excluded from all benefits
c. played a more visible role in national politics
d. were encouraged to work, even if married
e. were universally covered by Social Security

played a more visible role in national politics

Under the New Deal reform, Af-Ams:

a. worked in integrated CCC camps
b. benefited from the "southern veto"
c. were universally covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act
d. passed a federal antilynching law
e. were mostly excluded from Social Security benefits

were mostly excluded from Social Security benefits

The Indian New Deal:

a. significantly improved life on the reservations
b. expanded the boarding-school system
c. expanded the Dawes act
d. included the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934
e. included Social Security coverage for Indians

included the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934

Which statement about the Indian New Deal is FALSE?

a. It ended the policy of forced assimilation
b. It allowed Indians cultural autonomy
c. It continued the policy of the Dawes Act
d. It replaced boarding schools with schools on reservations
e. It failed to allow reservations access to irrigated water from the Grand Coulee Damn

It replaced boarding schools with schools on reservations

When Mary McLeod Bethune remarked that the New Deal offered Af-Ams a new day, she:

a. was referring to the successful passage of a federal antilynching law
b. expressed the hope for change despite continued discrimination in federal housing and employment
c. was referring tot he growing support for black rights in the South
d. expressed her approval of New Deal policies regarding blacks
e. was referring to expanded coverage for blacks under Social Security

expressed the hope for change despite continued discrimination in federal housing and employment

Federal housing policy:

a. undermined racism
b. expanded funding to integrated neighborhoods
c. weakened the power of local governments
d. reinforced residential segregation
e. was part of the Social Security Act

reinforced residential segregation

The Popular Front:

a. was the Democratic Party’s campaign slogan in the 1930s
b. was a conservative challenge to New Deal liberalism
c. was a political and cultural movement associated with the Communist Party
d. was created when the Communist Party was absorbed by the Democrats
e. arose in response to the rise of fascism in America

was a political and cultural movement associated with the Communist Party

The Scottsboro case:

a. reflected the racism that was prevalent in the South during the 1930s
b. was refused a hearing by the supreme court
c. was publicized by the Industrial Workers of the World
d. est. legal principles that greatly restricted the definition of civil liberties
e. represented progress in the cause of civil rights for Af-Ams

reflected the racism that was prevalent in the South during the 1930s

Which group welcomed black members and advocated the passage of antilynching legislation and the return of voting rights to southern blacks?

a. The Republican Party
b. The Congress of Industrial Organizations
c. The American liberty League
d. The daughters of the Am Rev.
e. The House Un-Am Activities Committee

The Congress of Industrial Organizations

What replaced liberty of contract a the judicial foundation of freedom by the end of the New Deal?

a. Civil Liberties
b. Personal freedom
c. Ownership of property
d. Suffrage
e. Christian liberty

Civil Liberties

In 1938, Congress est the House Un-Am Activities Committee, which:

a.was part of the expanded notion of civil liberties under the New Deal
b. included liberals and unionists in its definition of "un-am"
c. focused on fascism and ultranationalists
d. focused on racism and white supremacy in the South
e. focused only on communists

included liberals and unionists in its definition of "un-am"

Fearing the growth of the Communist Party in America, Congress passed the:

a. Smith Act
b. Wagner Act
c. Civil Liberties Act
d. Lundeen Act
e. Popular Front Act

Smith Act

What ended the Great Depression?

a. New Deal Program
b. The rebound of the stock market
c. WWII spending
d. Laissez-faire government
e. A bailout by J.P. Morgan

WWII spending

The New Deal failed to generate:

a. Hope
b. Sustained prosperity
c. Jobs
d. Social Security
e. Labor reform

Labor reform