Final Ch. 21 – Flashcards
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According to supreme court justice louis brandeis how could corporations have prevented the great depression?
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Increasing workers wages
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Why did pres frank d Roosevelt dissolve the civil works administration?
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Complaints multiplied that his measure was contributing to a permanent class of government dependents
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Why did worker during the 1930s make demands that went beyond better wages
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They were hoping that the economic crisis could be the beginning of a socialist revolution
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In contrast to American federation of labor, the congress of industrial organizations fought for
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Industrial democracy
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By 1935 Huey long and Francis Townsend had made which of the following approaches to economic recovery less promising for new dealers
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Efforts in general business recovery
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Which second new deal measures can closest to meeting the demands of the congress of industrial organizations for workplace democracy?
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Social security
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How did pres Franklin d Roosevelt describe the notion of a liberty of contract
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He denounced it as a service to the interest of "the privileged few"
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After the court packing attempt, how did the change in the jurisprudence of the United States Supreme Court affect American life
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The new political climate in the United States Supreme Court meant that a federal child labor ban could stand constitutional muster.
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Which of the following had been a traditional belief prior to the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes
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Balance budgets were sacred
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Which of the following statements best assesses the fate of feminism during the new deal?
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Given broad consensus that the job claims of male providers superseded women's, organized feminism disappeared
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Why did a stigma emerge around public assistance during the new deal years
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Black workers were regulated to the least generous assistance programs with discriminatory eligibility standards administered by states
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How did the federal government institutionalize racism during the new deal?
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The federal housing administration refused to ensure mortgages in integrated neighborhoods
