Question 1

Describe the impact the Great Depression had on popular culture in America.

Accepted Answer

The Great Depression had a significant i

Question 2

Analyze why FDR launched a Second New Deal in 1935. How did it differ from the first?

Accepted Answer

FDR launched a Second New Deal in 1935 f

Question 3

Match each description with the item below.
-Harry L. Hopkins

Accepted Answer

A) was commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and increased the number of Native Americans employed by the bureau 
B) was agriculture secretary at the time of the creation of the Agricultural Adjustment Act and commented on the waste it brought 
C) served as secretary of labor as the first woman cabinet member in American history and went on to design the Social Security Act 
D) was a Roosevelt critic whose assassination before the presidential election of 1936 ended the possibility of giving the Republican candidate a winning margin 
E) promoted social justice issues within the White House, became an outspoken activist, and held press conferences
F)was head of the United Mine Workers who was one of the first to capitalize on the pro-Union spirit of the NIRA
G)proposed to pay $200 a month to those over 60 who retired and promised to spend the money
H)devoured books borrowed with a white friend's library card and went on to write powerful novels centered on the quest for social justice
I)was a distinguished journalist who had a close relationship with Eleanor Roosevelt and became her nearly constant traveling companion
J)was Roosevelt's closest aid who headed the Federal Emergency Relief Administration 
A) was commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and increased the number of Native Americans employed by the bureau 
B) was agriculture secretary at the time of the creation of the Agricultural Adjustment Act and commented on the waste it brought 
C) served as secretary of labor as the first woman cabinet member in American history and went on to design the Social Security Act 
D) was a Roosevelt critic whose assassination before the presidential election of 1936 ended the possibility of giving the Republican candidate a winning margin 
E) promoted social justice issues within the White House, became an outspoken activist, and held press conferences
F)was head of the United Mine Workers who was one of the first to capitalize on the pro-Union spirit of the NIRA
G)proposed to pay $200 a month to those over 60 who retired and promised to spend the money
H)devoured books borrowed with a white friend's library card and went on to write powerful novels centered on the quest for social justice
I)was a distinguished journalist who had a close relationship with Eleanor Roosevelt and became her nearly constant traveling companion
J)was Roosevelt's closest aid who headed the Federal Emergency Relief Administration

Question 4

Conservatives and business leaders considered Roosevelt a "traitor to his class" for the increase in taxes that came with the New Deal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What was the significance of the Securities and Exchange Commission?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Securities and Exchange Commission marked a departure from the legislation of previous presidencies in that it operated entirely at the state level and received little federal oversight so that the federal government could focus on the creation of jobs. 
B)  The Securities and Exchange Commission took away the requirement that all corporations that offer stock for public sale disclose the relevant information about the company, which would in turn make buyers of stock less confident about their purchases and purchase less. 
C)  Whereas there had been little government oversight of the stocks and bonds industry prior to the Great Crash of 1929, the Securities and Exchange Commission was one of the first major pieces of federal legislation involving governance of the issuance and trading of stocks and bonds. 
D)  Because Prohibition had been so effectively enforced and had resulted in the exchange of other nonalcoholic goods to replace alcohol, the Securities and Exchange Commission reinstated Prohibition temporarily until the state of the economy was back on track. 
E)  The Securities and Exchange Commission focused on raising the wages of government workers to make such jobs more appealing to those who were struggling economically due to the Depression but who refused to work for the government out of principle. 
A)  The Securities and Exchange Commission marked a departure from the legislation of previous presidencies in that it operated entirely at the state level and received little federal oversight so that the federal government could focus on the creation of jobs. 
B)  The Securities and Exchange Commission took away the requirement that all corporations that offer stock for public sale disclose the relevant information about the company, which would in turn make buyers of stock less confident about their purchases and purchase less. 
C)  Whereas there had been little government oversight of the stocks and bonds industry prior to the Great Crash of 1929, the Securities and Exchange Commission was one of the first major pieces of federal legislation involving governance of the issuance and trading of stocks and bonds. 
D)  Because Prohibition had been so effectively enforced and had resulted in the exchange of other nonalcoholic goods to replace alcohol, the Securities and Exchange Commission reinstated Prohibition temporarily until the state of the economy was back on track. 
E)  The Securities and Exchange Commission focused on raising the wages of government workers to make such jobs more appealing to those who were struggling economically due to the Depression but who refused to work for the government out of principle.

Question 6

Evaluate to what degree Roosevelt's New Deal policies helped solve the problems caused by the Great Depression.

Accepted Answer

Roosevelt's New Deal policies helped to

Question 7

How did the nation's perceptions of the role of government-its powers and responsibilities-change in the 1930s?

Accepted Answer

In the 1930s, the nation's perceptions o

Question 8

Compare and contrast the First New Deal and Second New Deal. What elements did they have in common, and what made them distinctive?

Accepted Answer

The First New Deal and Second New Deal w

Question 9

Why was the episode surrounding the "Court-packing" plan significant?

Accepted Answer

A)  It showed how easily Roosevelt gave up on schemes when things began to go his way again. 
B)  It was among Roosevelt's most humiliating moments and fractured the Democratic party. 
C)  It greatly harmed the institutional integrity of the Supreme Court, as Roosevelt's bill was passed. 
D)  It bolstered Roosevelt's reputation and prestige, assuring his reelection against Landon. 
E)  It showed that Roosevelt identified too much with everyday Americans to get very political. 
A)  It showed how easily Roosevelt gave up on schemes when things began to go his way again. 
B)  It was among Roosevelt's most humiliating moments and fractured the Democratic party. 
C)  It greatly harmed the institutional integrity of the Supreme Court, as Roosevelt's bill was passed. 
D)  It bolstered Roosevelt's reputation and prestige, assuring his reelection against Landon. 
E)  It showed that Roosevelt identified too much with everyday Americans to get very political.

Question 10

What did Roosevelt do at the outset of his presidency to deal with the banking crisis?

Accepted Answer

A)  He pushed through a bank bailout bill worth more than $7 billion. 
B)  He used his emergency powers to nationalize the banking industry. 
C)  He put strict limits on the issuance of paper currency. 
D)  He ordered the Federal Reserve Board to lower interest rates. 
E)  He declared a bank holiday, shutting the banks down briefly. 
A)  He pushed through a bank bailout bill worth more than $7 billion. 
B)  He used his emergency powers to nationalize the banking industry. 
C)  He put strict limits on the issuance of paper currency. 
D)  He ordered the Federal Reserve Board to lower interest rates. 
E)  He declared a bank holiday, shutting the banks down briefly.

Question 11

Who were the Marx Brothers?

Accepted Answer

A)  They came up with the most revolutionary theory in the history of labor relations and made labor unions nearly obsolete. 
B)  They introduced a personal television small and affordable enough to bring into people's homes, making the radio obsolete. 
C)  They produced some of the most serious dramatic films of the thirties, a genre that characterized the majority of feature films. 
D)  They typified the German communists at work in Detroit's unions, as the number of American communists surged. 
E)  They produced plotless masterpieces of irreverent satire that provided a sense of escape during the Depression. 
A)  They came up with the most revolutionary theory in the history of labor relations and made labor unions nearly obsolete. 
B)  They introduced a personal television small and affordable enough to bring into people's homes, making the radio obsolete. 
C)  They produced some of the most serious dramatic films of the thirties, a genre that characterized the majority of feature films. 
D)  They typified the German communists at work in Detroit's unions, as the number of American communists surged. 
E)  They produced plotless masterpieces of irreverent satire that provided a sense of escape during the Depression.

Question 12

Which of the following factors helped stall the development of the New Deal in the late 1930s?

Accepted Answer

A)  conservative southern Democrats joining with Republicans to block proposed New Deal programs 
B)  the lack of political influence of African Americans and union members in the North 
C)  the belief that Roosevelt had failed to exercise enough power as president and relied on the states 
D)  the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor led by the Japanese that propelled the United States into war 
E)  the onset of a natural disaster that came to be known as the Dust Bowl 
A)  conservative southern Democrats joining with Republicans to block proposed New Deal programs 
B)  the lack of political influence of African Americans and union members in the North 
C)  the belief that Roosevelt had failed to exercise enough power as president and relied on the states 
D)  the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor led by the Japanese that propelled the United States into war 
E)  the onset of a natural disaster that came to be known as the Dust Bowl

Question 13

Roosevelt's plan involving the Supreme Court in 1937 became unnecessary when

Accepted Answer

A)  the Supreme Court ruled that only the president has authority to adjust the number of justices. 
B)  the Supreme Court agreed to an extension of the number of justices under certain cases. 
C)  Congress removed cases involving the New Deal from the Supreme Court's jurisdiction. 
D)  the Supreme Court began reversing previous judgments and upholding the New Deal. 
E)  he began using executive orders to circumvent the Supreme Court. 
A)  the Supreme Court ruled that only the president has authority to adjust the number of justices. 
B)  the Supreme Court agreed to an extension of the number of justices under certain cases. 
C)  Congress removed cases involving the New Deal from the Supreme Court's jurisdiction. 
D)  the Supreme Court began reversing previous judgments and upholding the New Deal. 
E)  he began using executive orders to circumvent the Supreme Court.

Question 14

The Wagner Act was intended to end labor unions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The federal government expanded its regulatory power over Wall Street as part of the First New Deal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Economic distress in the 1930s fed the growth of what in Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  a return to more local economies 
B)  constitutional monarchies 
C)  totalitarian regimes 
D)  liberal democracy 
E)  anti-American sentiment 
A)  a return to more local economies 
B)  constitutional monarchies 
C)  totalitarian regimes 
D)  liberal democracy 
E)  anti-American sentiment

Question 17

The Tennessee Valley Authority employed thousands in order to

Accepted Answer

A)  produce cheap electric power. 
B)  produce murals, photographs, and other cultural representations of American life. 
C)  repair and maintain roads and infrastructure. 
D)  help farmers cultivate their crops more efficiently. 
E)  develop Smoky Mountain National Park. 
A)  produce cheap electric power. 
B)  produce murals, photographs, and other cultural representations of American life. 
C)  repair and maintain roads and infrastructure. 
D)  help farmers cultivate their crops more efficiently. 
E)  develop Smoky Mountain National Park.

Question 18

Match each description with the item below.
-John Collier

Accepted Answer

A) was commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and increased the number of Native Americans employed by the bureau 
B) was agriculture secretary at the time of the creation of the Agricultural Adjustment Act and commented on the waste it brought 
C) served as secretary of labor as the first woman cabinet member in American history and went on to design the Social Security Act 
D) was a Roosevelt critic whose assassination before the presidential election of 1936 ended the possibility of giving the Republican candidate a winning margin 
E) promoted social justice issues within the White House, became an outspoken activist, and held press conferences
F)was head of the United Mine Workers who was one of the first to capitalize on the pro-Union spirit of the NIRA
G)proposed to pay $200 a month to those over 60 who retired and promised to spend the money
H)devoured books borrowed with a white friend's library card and went on to write powerful novels centered on the quest for social justice
I)was a distinguished journalist who had a close relationship with Eleanor Roosevelt and became her nearly constant traveling companion
J)was Roosevelt's closest aid who headed the Federal Emergency Relief Administration 
A) was commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and increased the number of Native Americans employed by the bureau 
B) was agriculture secretary at the time of the creation of the Agricultural Adjustment Act and commented on the waste it brought 
C) served as secretary of labor as the first woman cabinet member in American history and went on to design the Social Security Act 
D) was a Roosevelt critic whose assassination before the presidential election of 1936 ended the possibility of giving the Republican candidate a winning margin 
E) promoted social justice issues within the White House, became an outspoken activist, and held press conferences
F)was head of the United Mine Workers who was one of the first to capitalize on the pro-Union spirit of the NIRA
G)proposed to pay $200 a month to those over 60 who retired and promised to spend the money
H)devoured books borrowed with a white friend's library card and went on to write powerful novels centered on the quest for social justice
I)was a distinguished journalist who had a close relationship with Eleanor Roosevelt and became her nearly constant traveling companion
J)was Roosevelt's closest aid who headed the Federal Emergency Relief Administration

Question 19

Which of the following statements about the Social Security Act of 1935 is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  It involved a federal retirement fund for people over sixty-five and was meant to supplement other sources of income. 
B)  Roosevelt assured Americans that it would provide everyone with a comfortable retirement by itself. 
C)  It was funded from the general revenue of the government, rather than using taxes collected through a payroll. 
D)  It was revolutionary in that the basic concept of government assistance to the elderly was brand new to American politics. 
E)  All American workers, no matter the industry or field, paid into the fund, and it especially transformed the lives of domestic workers. 
A)  It involved a federal retirement fund for people over sixty-five and was meant to supplement other sources of income. 
B)  Roosevelt assured Americans that it would provide everyone with a comfortable retirement by itself. 
C)  It was funded from the general revenue of the government, rather than using taxes collected through a payroll. 
D)  It was revolutionary in that the basic concept of government assistance to the elderly was brand new to American politics. 
E)  All American workers, no matter the industry or field, paid into the fund, and it especially transformed the lives of domestic workers.

Question 20

What did the Supreme Court do in the case of Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  It ended the Farm Credit Administration because it caused farmers' debts only to deepen, while Big Business accumulated great wealth at their expense. 
B)  It overturned the National Industrial Recovery Act, ruling that Congress had given too much power to the president and representing the growing opposition to the New Deal. 
C)  It decided that Schechter was involved in interstate, not local, trade and therefore need not change anything about its practices to adhere to the law. 
D)  It upheld the constitutionality of the second Agricultural Adjustment Act because it protected the "middle men" that processed food crops and warehoused commodities. 
E)  It prevented Roosevelt from going through the Second New Deal, even though he had already helped put together most of the policy for it. 
A)  It ended the Farm Credit Administration because it caused farmers' debts only to deepen, while Big Business accumulated great wealth at their expense. 
B)  It overturned the National Industrial Recovery Act, ruling that Congress had given too much power to the president and representing the growing opposition to the New Deal. 
C)  It decided that Schechter was involved in interstate, not local, trade and therefore need not change anything about its practices to adhere to the law. 
D)  It upheld the constitutionality of the second Agricultural Adjustment Act because it protected the "middle men" that processed food crops and warehoused commodities. 
E)  It prevented Roosevelt from going through the Second New Deal, even though he had already helped put together most of the policy for it.

Exam 25: 25

Describe the impact the Great Depression had on popular culture in America.

Analyze why FDR launched a Second New Deal in 1935. How did it differ from the first?

Match each description with the item below. -Harry L. Hopkins

Conservatives and business leaders considered Roosevelt a "traitor to his class" for the increase in taxes that came with the New Deal.

What was the significance of the Securities and Exchange Commission?

Evaluate to what degree Roosevelt's New Deal policies helped solve the problems caused by the Great Depression.

How did the nation's perceptions of the role of government-its powers and responsibilities-change in the 1930s?

Compare and contrast the First New Deal and Second New Deal. What elements did they have in common, and what made them distinctive?

Why was the episode surrounding the "Court-packing" plan significant?

What did Roosevelt do at the outset of his presidency to deal with the banking crisis?

Who were the Marx Brothers?

Which of the following factors helped stall the development of the New Deal in the late 1930s?

Roosevelt's plan involving the Supreme Court in 1937 became unnecessary when

The Wagner Act was intended to end labor unions.

The federal government expanded its regulatory power over Wall Street as part of the First New Deal.

Economic distress in the 1930s fed the growth of what in Europe?

The Tennessee Valley Authority employed thousands in order to

Match each description with the item below. -John Collier

Which of the following statements about the Social Security Act of 1935 is true?

What did the Supreme Court do in the case of Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States?

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