Question 1

The Agricultural Adjustment Administration was to be financed by a tax on ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Agricultural Adjustment Administration was to be...

Question 2

What did the New Deal accomplish in the 1930s? What did it not accomplish? Why did it fail to end the Depression?

Accepted Answer

The New Deal, implemented by President F

Question 3

The New Deal substantially altered the distribution of power within American capitalism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The Works ________ Administration under Harry Hopkins was notable in terms of both dollars spent and new ideas generated.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Works ________ Administration under Harry Hopkins...

Question 5

The United Auto Workers pioneered the use of the sit-down strike in its dealings with the ________ company.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The United Auto Workers pioneered the use...

Question 6

What was the significance of the result of the 1936 elections?

Accepted Answer

The 1936 United States presidential elec

Question 7

In 1934, Dr. Francis Townsend attracted widespread national support for a plan that

Accepted Answer

A)  offered medical insurance for the poor and elderly. 
B)  was strongly supported by Congress. 
C)  helped pave the way for the Social Security system. 
D)  guaranteed all able-bodied Americans over age 21 a full-time job. 
E)  provided below-cost health care to children and pregnant women. 
A)  offered medical insurance for the poor and elderly. 
B)  was strongly supported by Congress. 
C)  helped pave the way for the Social Security system. 
D)  guaranteed all able-bodied Americans over age 21 a full-time job. 
E)  provided below-cost health care to children and pregnant women.

Question 8

Largely as a result of the New Deal, the Democratic Party grew massively in size and power.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The New Deal program that created utility cooperatives for rural Americans was the

Accepted Answer

A)  Resettlement Administration. 
B)  Farm Security Administration. 
C)  Rural Electrification Administration. 
D)  Civilian Conservation Corps. 
E)  Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act. 
A)  Resettlement Administration. 
B)  Farm Security Administration. 
C)  Rural Electrification Administration. 
D)  Civilian Conservation Corps. 
E)  Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act.

Question 10

Who were the major critics of the New Deal and what were their complaints? What effect did these complaints have on the New Deal?

Accepted Answer

The major critics of the New Deal were p

Question 11

President Roosevelt had misgivings about establishing a federal "dole" for the jobless.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

During the Second New Deal, President Franklin Roosevelt

Accepted Answer

A)  moved away from altering the income tax. 
B)  called for greater civil rights for American minority groups. 
C)  introduced government-funded unemployment checks. 
D)  rejected legislative attempts by Senator Robert Wagner to strengthen labor. 
E)  became more willing to attack corporate interests openly. 
A)  moved away from altering the income tax. 
B)  called for greater civil rights for American minority groups. 
C)  introduced government-funded unemployment checks. 
D)  rejected legislative attempts by Senator Robert Wagner to strengthen labor. 
E)  became more willing to attack corporate interests openly.

Question 13

President Roosevelt's 1936 reelection was the greatest landslide victory to that point in the history of American presidential elections.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

New Deal policy toward American Indians, as led by John Collier,

Accepted Answer

A)  continued past government policies. 
B)  favored Indian assimilation into the larger white culture. 
C)  was grounded in a commitment to cultural relativism. 
D)  encouraged Indians to own land as individuals, rather than collectively. 
E)  led to a considerable decrease in tribal lands. 
A)  continued past government policies. 
B)  favored Indian assimilation into the larger white culture. 
C)  was grounded in a commitment to cultural relativism. 
D)  encouraged Indians to own land as individuals, rather than collectively. 
E)  led to a considerable decrease in tribal lands.

Question 15

How was the African American experience with the New Deal different than that of poor whites? Describe both the social and economic dimensions of the African American experience.

Accepted Answer

The African American experience with the

Question 16

The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

Accepted Answer

A)  signaled the start of a new round of New Deal legislation. 
B)  sought to eliminate hiring discrimination based on race, but not on gender. 
C)  did not include a provision regarding working hours. 
D)  established a national minimum wage. 
E)  created an enforcement mechanism to protect unions' right to organize. 
A)  signaled the start of a new round of New Deal legislation. 
B)  sought to eliminate hiring discrimination based on race, but not on gender. 
C)  did not include a provision regarding working hours. 
D)  established a national minimum wage. 
E)  created an enforcement mechanism to protect unions' right to organize.

Question 17

President Franklin Roosevelt's proposal to expand the Supreme Court

Accepted Answer

A)  had little effect on future rulings by the Court. 
B)  did little political damage to his administration. 
C)  drew significant support from conservatives. 
D)  was eventually defeated in Congress. 
E)  gained Roosevelt the support of southern Democrats. 
A)  had little effect on future rulings by the Court. 
B)  did little political damage to his administration. 
C)  drew significant support from conservatives. 
D)  was eventually defeated in Congress. 
E)  gained Roosevelt the support of southern Democrats.

Question 18

The industrial codes set up under the National Recovery Administration set floors below which no company could lower prices or wages.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

A series of 1935 Roosevelt proposals for higher tax rates on the wealthy was likely designed to undercut Senator Huey Long's Share-Our-Wealth Plan.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

During his first term, President Roosevelt grew increasingly willing to openly attack corporate interests.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 24: The New Deal

The Agricultural Adjustment Administration was to be financed by a tax on ________.

What did the New Deal accomplish in the 1930s? What did it not accomplish? Why did it fail to end the Depression?

The New Deal substantially altered the distribution of power within American capitalism.

The Works ________ Administration under Harry Hopkins was notable in terms of both dollars spent and new ideas generated.

The United Auto Workers pioneered the use of the sit-down strike in its dealings with the ________ company.

What was the significance of the result of the 1936 elections?

In 1934, Dr. Francis Townsend attracted widespread national support for a plan that

Largely as a result of the New Deal, the Democratic Party grew massively in size and power.

The New Deal program that created utility cooperatives for rural Americans was the

Who were the major critics of the New Deal and what were their complaints? What effect did these complaints have on the New Deal?

President Roosevelt had misgivings about establishing a federal "dole" for the jobless.

During the Second New Deal, President Franklin Roosevelt

President Roosevelt's 1936 reelection was the greatest landslide victory to that point in the history of American presidential elections.

New Deal policy toward American Indians, as led by John Collier,

How was the African American experience with the New Deal different than that of poor whites? Describe both the social and economic dimensions of the African American experience.

The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

President Franklin Roosevelt's proposal to expand the Supreme Court

The industrial codes set up under the National Recovery Administration set floors below which no company could lower prices or wages.

A series of 1935 Roosevelt proposals for higher tax rates on the wealthy was likely designed to undercut Senator Huey Long's Share-Our-Wealth Plan.

During his first term, President Roosevelt grew increasingly willing to openly attack corporate interests.

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Transplantations and Borderlands

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian Era

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

America’s Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Antebellum Culture and Reform

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction and the New South

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

The Age of the City

From Crisis to Empire

The Progressives

America and the Great War

The “New Era”

The Great Depression

The Global Crisis, 1921–1941

America in a World at War

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Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

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From the “Age of Limits” to the Age of Reagan

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