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The Democratic party platform on which Franklin Roosevelt campaigned for the presidency in 1932 called for
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A balanced budget
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The Works Progress Administration was a major ____________________ program of the New Deal; the Public Works Administration was a long-range ____________________ program; and the Social Security Act was a major _____________________ program
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Relief;recover;reform
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When Franklin Roosevelt asumed the presidency in March 1933,
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He received unprecedented congressional support
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The most vigorous "champion of the dispossessed" - that is, the poor and minorities - in Roosevelt administration circles was
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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Match each Nw Deal critic below with the "cause" or slogan that he promoted. A. Father Coughlin B. Huey Long C. Francis Townsend D. Herbert Hoover 1. "Social Justice" 2. "Every man a king" 3. "A holy crusade for Liberty" 4. Old age pensions
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A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3
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Prominent female social scientists of the 1930s like Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead brought widespread contributions to the field of
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Anthropology
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In 1935, President Roosevelt set up the Resettlement Administration to
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Help farmers migrate from Oklahoma to California
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The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) proposed to solve the "farm problem" by
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Reducing agricultural production
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The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 attempted to
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reverse the forced assimilation of Native Americans into white society by establishing tribal self-government.
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The first Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) raised the money that it paid to farmers not to grow crops by
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Taxing processors of farm products
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One striking new feature of the 1932 presidential election results was that
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African Americans shifted from their Republican allegiance and became a vital element in the Democratic party.
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Franklin Roosevelt's _________________________ contributed the most to his development of compassion and strength of will.
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Affliction with paralysis
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Senator Huey P. Long of Louisiana gained national popularity by
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Promising to give every family $5,000
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The most immediate emergency facing Franklin Roosevelt when he became president in March of 1933 was
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The collapse of international trade
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The phrase "Hundred Days" refers to
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The first moths of Franklin Roosevelt's presidency
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All of the following contributed to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s except
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farmers' failure to use steam tractors and other modern equipment
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The National Recovery Act (NRA) failed largely because
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it required oo much self sacrifice on the part of industry, labor, and the public.
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Both ratified in the 1930s, the Twentieth Amendment _______________________; the Twenty-First Amendment __________________________
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shortened the time between the presidential election and inauguration; ended prohibition
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President Roosevelt's chief "administrator of relief" was
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Harold Hopkins
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The _______________________ was probably the most popular New Deal program; the __________________ was one of the most complex; and the ____________________ was the most radical.
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Civilian Conservation Corps; National Recovery Act; Tennessee Valley AuthorityThis
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Match each New Dealer below with the fedral agency or program with which he or she was closely identified. A. Robert Wagner B. Harry Hopkins C. Harold Ickes D. Frances Perkins 1. Department of Labor 2. Public Works Administration 3. Works Progress Administration 4. National LaborRelations Act
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A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
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In 1932 Franklin Roosevelt campaigned on the promise that as president he would attack the Great Depression by
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experimenting with bold new programs for economic and social reform.
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Franklin Roosevelt's initial "managed currency" policy aimed to
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Stimulate inflation
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While Franklin Roosevelt waited to assume the presidency in early 1933, Herbert Hoover tried to get the president-elect to commit to
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an anti-inflationary policy that would make much of the New Deal impossible.
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The National Labor Relations Act proved most beneficial to
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Unskilled workers
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The Social Security Act of 1935 provided all of the following EXCEPT
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Health care for the poor
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After Franklin Roosevelt's failed attempt to "pack" the Supreme Court,
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The court began to support New Deal programs
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By 1938, the New Deal
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Had lost most of its momentum
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As a result of the 1937 "Roosevelt recession,"
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Roosevelt adopted Keynesian (planned deficit spending) economics.
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Most Dust Bowl migrants headed to
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California
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During the 1930s
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The national debt doubled
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The Federal Securities Act and the Securities and Exchange Commission aimed to
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provide full disclosure of information and prevent insider traing and other fraudulent practices.
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The federally owned Tennessee Valley Authority was seen as a particular threat to
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the private electric utility industry.
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On the following, the one LEAST related to the other three is
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The Securities and Exchange Commission
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President Roosevelt's "Court-Packing" scheme in 1937 reflected his desire to make the Supreme Court
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More sympathetic to the New Deal programs
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The primary interest of the Congress of Industrial Organizations was
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The organization of all workers within an industry
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The most controversial aspect of the Tennessee Valley Authority was its efforts in
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Electrical Power
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The Wagner Act of 1935 proved go be a trailblazing law that
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gave labor the right to bargain collectively
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The strongest criticisms leveled against the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) drew criticism that it
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represented the first stage of "creeping socialism."
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Most "Okies" in California escaped the deprivation and uncertainty of seasonal farm labor when they
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found jobs in defense industries during World War II.
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The 1936 election was most notable for
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its reflection of a bitter class struggle between the poor and the rich.
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Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal was most notable for
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providing moderate social reform without radical revolution or reactionary fascism.
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