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1. During the Roosevelt administration, the Democratic Party emerged into a coalition that included all the following except: |
The business elite |
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2. Liberalism during the New Deal came to be understood as: |
Active government to uplift less fortunate members of society |
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4. In his 1932 campaign for presidency, Franklin Roosevelt promised Americans a policy change he called the: |
New Deal |
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5. During the 1932 election: |
FDR called for a balanced government and criticized Hoover for excessive government spending |
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6. The New Deal: |
Included a reliance on economic planning |
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8. The first thing that Roosevelt attended to as president was the: |
Banking crisis |
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9. Which act or organization bard commercial banks from becoming involved in the buying and selling of stocks? |
The Glass-Steagall Act |
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12. The Civilian Conservation Corpse: |
Put young men to work in national parks |
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14. The Tennessee Valley Authority: |
Combined economic regional planning with relief |
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15. The Agricultural Adjustment Act: |
Raised farm prices by establishing quotas and paying farmers not to plant more |
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16. New Deal housing policy: |
Was a remarkable departure from the housing policies of previous administration |
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17. The First New Deal: |
Was a series of policy experiments |
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18. Which two New Deal programs to the Supreme Court rule unconstitutional? |
Agricultural Adjustment Act and National Recovery Administration |
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19. By 1935, the New Deal: |
Faced mounting pressures and criticism |
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20. What factor contributed to the growth of union membership in the 1930s? |
Workers militantly and the tactical skills of a new generation of leaders |
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21. During 1934, the great wave of labor strikes included all of the following groups except: |
Stockbrokers |
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22. . Which was not a New Deal program? |
The Congress of Industrial Organizations |
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23. The Congress of Industrial Organizations: |
Creative unions of skilled workers by craft |
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25. The sitdown strike in Flint, Michigan, was: |
A tactic pioneered by the CIO |
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28. The Share Our Wealth Movement was: |
Led by Louisiana senator Huey Long and gained a national following |
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30. The Second New Deal: |
… |
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31. The Works Progress Administration: |
Included projects in the arts |
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32. Which program employed white-collar workers and professionals, including doctors, writers, and artist? |
The Works Progress Administration |
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33. The Wagner Act: |
… |
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34. The Social Security Act of 1935: |
Included pensions and unemployment relief |
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35. Which statement about the New Deal is true? |
Social Security was a Second New Deal program |
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37. The New Deal concentrated power in the hands of: |
The executive branch |
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38. In fireside chats and public addresses, President Roosevelt connected freedom with: |
economic security |
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39. The American Liberty League: |
Protested president Roosevelt’s policies |
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41. In the presidential election of 1936: |
The so-called New Deal coalition reelected FDR in a landslide |
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42. Roosevelts "court packing" plan: |
Was criticized by many |
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44. The Fair Labor Standards Act instituted all of the following changes except: |
It established the 50 hour work week |
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45. Keynesain economics: |
Relied on large scale government spending |
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46. Which phrase best describes Eleanor Roosevelt’s tenure as First Lady? |
Redefined the role of First Lady, championing women’s rights, civil rights, and human rights |
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47. Under the New Deal, women: |
… |
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48. Under the New Deal reform, African-Americans: |
Were mostly excluded from Social Security benefits |
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50. Which statement about the Indian New Deal is false? |
It Continue the policy of the Dawes Act |
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52. Federal housing policy: |
Reinforced residential segregation |
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53. The Popular Front: |
… |
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54. The Scottsboro case: |
Reflected the racism that was prevalent t in the south during the 1930s |
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55. Which group welcomed black members and advocated the passage of anti-lynching legislation and the return of voting rights to Southern blacks? |
The Congress of Industrial Organizations |
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56. What replaced liberty of contract as the judicial foundation of freedom by the end of the New Deal? |
Civil liberties |
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58. Fearing the growth of the Communist Party in America, Congress passed the: |
Smith act |
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59. What ended the Great Depression? |
World War II spending |
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60. The New Deal failed to generate: |
Jobs |
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