Question 1

Which of the following did the Supreme Court do in the case of Norris v. Alabama?

Accepted Answer

A)  It upheld the original stories of the two women involved in the Scottsboro case due to their unwavering testimony. 
B)  It overturned a state law restricting the sale of petroleum products beyond certain quotas to protect labor unions. 
C)  It upheld Alabama's claim that the Scottsboro Boys were not entitled to public defenders and convicted them. 
D)  It dealt a major blow to Roosevelt's New Deal in that it declared the lack of federal jobs programs for Latin Americans unconstitutional. 
E)  It ruled that the systematic exclusion of blacks from juries denied Scottsboro defendants equal protection under the law. 
A)  It upheld the original stories of the two women involved in the Scottsboro case due to their unwavering testimony. 
B)  It overturned a state law restricting the sale of petroleum products beyond certain quotas to protect labor unions. 
C)  It upheld Alabama's claim that the Scottsboro Boys were not entitled to public defenders and convicted them. 
D)  It dealt a major blow to Roosevelt's New Deal in that it declared the lack of federal jobs programs for Latin Americans unconstitutional. 
E)  It ruled that the systematic exclusion of blacks from juries denied Scottsboro defendants equal protection under the law.

Question 2

The 1937 economic slump was caused in part by

Accepted Answer

A)  a sharp decrease in government spending. 
B)  a sharp rise in private spending. 
C)  the huge government deficit. 
D)  the repeal of the Revenue Act of 1935. 
E)  the announcement that Social Security payroll taxes would be postponed. 
A)  a sharp decrease in government spending. 
B)  a sharp rise in private spending. 
C)  the huge government deficit. 
D)  the repeal of the Revenue Act of 1935. 
E)  the announcement that Social Security payroll taxes would be postponed.

Question 3

Labor's new direction in the late 1930s was toward

Accepted Answer

A)  decentralization of union organization. 
B)  industrial unions. 
C)  women in unions. 
D)  the Republican party. 
E)  craft unions. 
A)  decentralization of union organization. 
B)  industrial unions. 
C)  women in unions. 
D)  the Republican party. 
E)  craft unions.

Question 4

Conservatives lambasted the Social Security Act as

Accepted Answer

A)  "too weak" to lead to actual changes in American life. 
B)  "communistic" in that Communist countries had also adopted it. 
C)  "partisan" in appealing the most to southern Democrats. 
D)  "tyrannical" in its expansion of government power. 
E)  "too inclusive" in its disproportionately benefiting African Americans. 
A)  "too weak" to lead to actual changes in American life. 
B)  "communistic" in that Communist countries had also adopted it. 
C)  "partisan" in appealing the most to southern Democrats. 
D)  "tyrannical" in its expansion of government power. 
E)  "too inclusive" in its disproportionately benefiting African Americans.

Question 5

Match each description with the item below.
-Huey Long

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 6

Although the New Deal initiatives produced mixed results, they provided stability following the economic downturn and would create the foundation for a system of federal social welfare programs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What did the Farm Security Administration do?

Accepted Answer

A)  It administered the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, or the "Second AAA," marking the beginning of what became known as the Second New Deal. 
B)  It offered loans to farmers so that they could avoid falling into bankruptcy, as well as to tenant farmers so that they could purchase their own farms. 
C)  It provided federal subsidies for the expansion of large farms, as commercial agriculture had recently been introduced to the United States. 
D)  It established educational programs to teach farmers new agricultural methods that would finally produce enough yields to feed the starving population of the Depression. 
E)  It concentrated on rehabilitating devastated soils on the Great Plains by transporting nutrient-rich soil from other regions of the United States. 
A)  It administered the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, or the "Second AAA," marking the beginning of what became known as the Second New Deal. 
B)  It offered loans to farmers so that they could avoid falling into bankruptcy, as well as to tenant farmers so that they could purchase their own farms. 
C)  It provided federal subsidies for the expansion of large farms, as commercial agriculture had recently been introduced to the United States. 
D)  It established educational programs to teach farmers new agricultural methods that would finally produce enough yields to feed the starving population of the Depression. 
E)  It concentrated on rehabilitating devastated soils on the Great Plains by transporting nutrient-rich soil from other regions of the United States.

Question 8

Which of the following statements correctly describes FDR's attitude toward African Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  His approach as president marked a major departure from that of Woodrow Wilson because he regularly addressed patterns of racism in the South during speeches. 
B)  Highly moved by the plight of African Americans, he quietly pushed through legislation that finally put an end to segregation around the country. 
C)  Even as African Americans were shifting toward the Democratic party, he generally showed little concern for the difficulties facing them. 
D)  Even at the urging of people close to him, he refused to make any appointments of African Americans to government positions. 
E)  His approach as president marked a major departure in that one rule all New Deal programs had in common was that they were forbidden from discriminating against African Americans. 
A)  His approach as president marked a major departure from that of Woodrow Wilson because he regularly addressed patterns of racism in the South during speeches. 
B)  Highly moved by the plight of African Americans, he quietly pushed through legislation that finally put an end to segregation around the country. 
C)  Even as African Americans were shifting toward the Democratic party, he generally showed little concern for the difficulties facing them. 
D)  Even at the urging of people close to him, he refused to make any appointments of African Americans to government positions. 
E)  His approach as president marked a major departure in that one rule all New Deal programs had in common was that they were forbidden from discriminating against African Americans.

Question 9

What was the greatest failure of the New Deal?

Accepted Answer

A)  its inability to form any public health service programs 
B)  its destruction of the capitalistic system in the United States for several decades 
C)  its failure to restore prosperity fully and end record levels of unemployment 
D)  the precedent established by a full government takeover of American banks 
E)  the fact that its political momentum was at its height at the onset of the Second World War 
A)  its inability to form any public health service programs 
B)  its destruction of the capitalistic system in the United States for several decades 
C)  its failure to restore prosperity fully and end record levels of unemployment 
D)  the precedent established by a full government takeover of American banks 
E)  the fact that its political momentum was at its height at the onset of the Second World War

Exam 25: 25

Which of the following did the Supreme Court do in the case of Norris v. Alabama?

The 1937 economic slump was caused in part by

Labor's new direction in the late 1930s was toward

Conservatives lambasted the Social Security Act as

Match each description with the item below. -Huey Long

Although the New Deal initiatives produced mixed results, they provided stability following the economic downturn and would create the foundation for a system of federal social welfare programs.

What did the Farm Security Administration do?

Which of the following statements correctly describes FDR's attitude toward African Americans?

What was the greatest failure of the New Deal?

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