Chapter 33: The Great Depression And The New Deal Answers – Flashcards
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Match the following: a. Father Coughlin b. Huey Long c. Francis Townsend d. Herbert Hoover 1. social justice 2 share our wealth/every man is king 3. parity/a holy crusade for liberty 4. old-age pensions
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a1, b2, c4, d3
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Senator Huey P. Long Of Louisiana gained national popularity by
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promising to give every family $500.
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The Works Progress Administration (WPA) aimed to do all of the following except
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providing handouts to the unemployed.
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Match the following: a. Robert Wagner b. Harry Hopkins c. Harold Ikes d. Frances Perkins 1. Department of Labor 2. Public Works Administation 3. Works Progress Administration 4. National Labor Relations Act
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a4, b2, c3, d1
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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 first Agricultural Adjustment Act raised the money paid to farmers not to grow crops by
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taxing processors of farm products.
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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 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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Most Dust Bowl migrants headed to
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California.
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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 WW II.
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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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Of the following which is least related: the Securities and Exchange Comm. the Tenn. Valley Authority George W. Norris Muscle Shoals
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the Securities and Exchange Comm.
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New Dealers argued that their multifron 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 most controversial aspect of the Tennessee Valley Authority was its plans concerning
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electrical power.
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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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The primary interest of the Congress of Industrial Organization was
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the organization of all workers within an industry.
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The 1936 election was made noteable by
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the bitter class struggle between the poor and the rich.
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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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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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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.
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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 infantile paralysis
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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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the 1932 Democratic party platform on which Franklin Roosevelt ran for the presidency called for
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repeal of prohibition.
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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 time it took for Congress to begin acting on President Roosevelt's plans for combating the Great Depression.
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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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While Franklin Roosevelt waited to assume the presidency, Herbert Hoover tried to get the president elect to cooperate on long term solutions to the Depression because
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he hoped to bind his successor to an anitinflationary policy that would make much of the New Deal impossible.
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When Franklin Roosevelt assumed the presidency in March 1933,
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he knew exactly what he wanted to do.
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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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recovery; relief; reform.
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The Glass-Steagall Act
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created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to insure individual band 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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CCC; NRA; TVA
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President Roosevelt's cheif administrator of relief was
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Harry Hopkins.
