APUSH Chapter 34 Multiple Choice – Flashcards
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The "champion of the dispossessed"- that is, the poor and minorities- in the 1930s was?
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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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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The phrase "Hundred Days" refers to?
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the "lame duck" period between Franklin Roosevelt's election and his inauguration
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One striking feature of the 1932 presidential election was that?
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African-Americans became a vital element in the Democratic party
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When Franklin Roosevelt assumed the presidency in March 1933?
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he received unprecedented congressional support
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The Glass-Steagall Act?
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created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to insure individual bank deposits
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The most pressing problem facing Franklin Roosevelt when he became president was?
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unemployment
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Franklin Roosevelt's "managed currency" aimed to?
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stimulate inflation
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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 Authority
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The Works Progress Administration aimed to do all of the following except?
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provide handouts to the unemployed
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The National Recovery Act began to fail because?
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it required too much self sacrifice on the part of industry, labor, and the public
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The Agricultural Adjustment Act proposed to solve the "farm problem" by?
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reducing agricultural production
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Both ratified in the 1930s, the Twentieth Amendment ?; the Twenty-first Amendment?.
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shortened the time between presidential election and inauguration; ended prohibition
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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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In 1935, President Roosevelt set up the Resettlement Administration to?
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move farmers who were victims of the Dust Bowl to better land
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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
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The Federal Securities Act aimed to?
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force stock promoters to give investors information regarding the soundness of their stocks
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New Dealers argued that their multifront war on the Depression primarily sought to?
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provide relief
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The Tennessee Valley Authority drew criticism because it?
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aroused fears of creeping socialism
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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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The Wagner Act of 1935 proved to be a trailblazing law that?
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gave labor the right to bargain collectively
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The National Labor Relations Act proved most beneficial to?
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unskilled workers
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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 New Deal programs
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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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During the 1930s?
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the national debt doubled
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Many economists believe that the New Deal could have cured the ills of the Depression by?
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engaging in greater deficit spending
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Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs?
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did not end the Depression
