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What did Roosevelt and Congress pass the day after FDR’s inauguration? |
Emergency Banking Bill |
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Roosevelt created the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to |
Regulate the stock market |
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What reason does the National Labor Relations Act give for allowing labor unions to form? |
Collective bargaining ensures equality and protects the flow of business |
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What were the goals of the New Deal? |
Provide relief, recovery, and reform |
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Some opponents of the New Deal believed that it |
Threatened individual freedom |
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The American Liberty League (ALL) formed to |
Oppose FDR’s New Deal |
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The Agricultural Adjustment Act helped farmers because it |
Sought to end overproduction and raise crop prices |
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What did President Roosevelt introduce to help retirees? |
Social Security Act |
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The Rural Electrification Administration provided electricity to |
Farmers |
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The right to collective bargaining was part of the |
Wagner Act |
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Members of the ___ participated in a sit-down strike until General Motors agreed to reorganize them. |
UAW |
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What caused Republicans to gain power in Congress in 1938? |
The economy took a downturn and wiped out much of FDR’s progress |
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Which opponent of the New Deal believed that the program did not do enough to help poor Americans and what program did he propose? |
Senator Huey Long proposed a high tax program not he wealthy and large corporations and the redistribution of their income to give to poor Americans |
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What was the chief complaint of conservatives against the New Deal? |
Made the government too powerful |
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Eleanor Roosevelt showed her support of minorities when she |
Sat with black delegates at a conference |
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During the 1930’s, the Bureau of Indian Affairs |
Stopped discouraging the practice of Indian Religions |
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FDR set aside 12 million acres of land for |
National parks |
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How many terms did Roosevelt serve as president |
4 |
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Who was the first female cabinet member? |
Frances Perkins |
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Which piece of New Deal legislation negatively affected Native Americans? |
The Navajo Livestock Reduction program |
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How did the Indian New Deal reverse the conditions that resulted from the Dawes Act? |
John Collier helped get laws passed that restored tribal control over American Indian land |
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Who was a top swing musician? |
Glenn Miller |
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One way that Americans escaped their concerns during the 1930’s was to |
Go to movie theaters |
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The Lone Ranger and The Shadow are examples of |
Radio series |
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What radio drama was so realistic that some people thought aliens were invading Earth? |
"War of the Worlds" |
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The Federal Arts Project set a precedent for |
Federal funding of the arts and artists |
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Between which two years did the annual amount of Social Security payments experience the greatest increase? |
1940 and 1941 |
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What was a significant flaw of the Social Security Act? |
It did not apply to domestics or far workers at first |
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Which of the following statements is correct? |
The radio was a source of information in both the 1920’s and 1930’s |
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Why did Americans enjoy escapist films in the 1930’s? |
Movies provided relief from the everyday problems of the Great Depression |
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The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 prohibited |
Government from further dividing Native American land |
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The New Deal Coalition was a strong political force that |
Gave Democrats a majority in both houses of Congress for many years |
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Which of the following extended job opportunities to Mexican Americans and other minority youth? |
Civilian Conservation Corps |
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Critics disapproved of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) because it |
Gave government direct control of a business |
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The Bonneville Dam and other similar projects |
Improved life in the American West |
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His did the National Recovery Administration develop codes of fair competition? |
It worked with business and labor leaders to determine minimum wages and prices |
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Why did the Supreme Court rule the NIRA unconstitutional? |
The Court claimed that the NIRA regulated interstate commerce |
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How did New Deal programs strengthen capitalism? |
The FDIC and SEC restored trust in banks and the stock market |
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Why did support for New Deal art programs decline? |
Some members of Congress thought artists promoted radical values |
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Louisiana Senator who opposed the New Deal |
Huey Long |
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Putting money in consumers’ hands to stimulate the economy |
Pump priming |
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Member of the Black Cabinet |
Mary McLeod Bethune |
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Formed when the government assumes responsibility for providing for citizens’ needs |
Welfare state |
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Protest used against General Motors |
Sit-down strike |
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Name for FDR’s attempt to change the Supreme Court |
Court packing |
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New Deal program that funded large murals |
Federal Art Project |
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New Deal program created to build and improve highways |
Works Progress Administration |
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Writer of The Grapes of Wrath |
John Steinbeck |
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Allowed union members to negotiate about hours and wages |
Collective bargaining |
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How did Eleanor change the role of the 1st lady? |
the role changed from being largely ceremonial to a role of political involvement. |
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What attitude does this cartoon show toward Roosevelt? Explain your answer. |
It show showing that Roosevelt is carrying this nation in the right direction. However, it can be looked at both ways, it could be showing that Roosevelt is just taking control over the nation. |
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The first New Deal had three goals: relief, recovery, and reform. Choose two of the laws or programs created by the first New Deal and explain how the program met (or did not meet) its intended goal. |
-The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) provided relief by helping states to provide aid for the unemployed.(cash payments) -Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Agency created to build dams in the Tennessee river valley. These dams provided more stable irrigation and cheap hydroelectric power. |
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Explain why FDR’s New Deal was criticized for doing too much AND too little—give specific critics for each. |
Too much: gov spent too much money, and people felt Pres psuhing US to sociallistic central planned economy Not enough: for the poor people, HUey Long "Share the Wealth" |
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Explain how FDR and Congress dealt with the banking crisis. |
By Roosevelt’s inauguration he introduced BAnking Holidays where banks in the country will be closed onserved on certain days. this gave the government to reorganize the banking system |
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