Question 1

Which of the following best describes the significance of the Columbia River project?

Accepted Answer

A)  It typified New Deal public-works programs designed to keep natural resources in public rather than private control. 
B)  Its result, the Grand Coulee Dam, produced the most expensive electricity in the nation. 
C)  Its complete failure reflected the overall lack of public support for building projects. 
D)  Its consideration of environmental impact (such as accommodation for fish) became a model for future dam projects on western rivers. 
E)  It proved that corporations could be massively successful if left to their own devices. 
A)  It typified New Deal public-works programs designed to keep natural resources in public rather than private control. 
B)  Its result, the Grand Coulee Dam, produced the most expensive electricity in the nation. 
C)  Its complete failure reflected the overall lack of public support for building projects. 
D)  Its consideration of environmental impact (such as accommodation for fish) became a model for future dam projects on western rivers. 
E)  It proved that corporations could be massively successful if left to their own devices.

Question 2

When he entered office, Roosevelt

Accepted Answer

A)  had a detailed plan of what he intended to do. 
B)  relied on the advice of a group of intellectuals and social workers. 
C)  promised to increase government spending. 
D)  planned to favor business owners. 
E)  promoted the full integration of immigrants to America. 
A)  had a detailed plan of what he intended to do. 
B)  relied on the advice of a group of intellectuals and social workers. 
C)  promised to increase government spending. 
D)  planned to favor business owners. 
E)  promoted the full integration of immigrants to America.

Question 3

Which statement about the Social Security Act is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)  It excluded aid to families with dependent children. 
B)  It was original in its concept and design. 
C)  Congress forced the provision for national health insurance into the original bill. 
D)  It created a system of unemployment insurance. 
E)  Its coverage excluded most poor whites from the program. 
A)  It excluded aid to families with dependent children. 
B)  It was original in its concept and design. 
C)  Congress forced the provision for national health insurance into the original bill. 
D)  It created a system of unemployment insurance. 
E)  Its coverage excluded most poor whites from the program.

Question 4

The Indians who lost land from the flooding of the Grand Coulee Dam were adequately compensated by the federal government as part of the New Deal for Indians.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following had been a traditional belief prior to the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes?

Accepted Answer

A)  Balanced budgets were sacred. 
B)  A bimetallic standard was superior to the gold standard. 
C)  Depressions typically emerged from a consumer's crisis of confidence. 
D)  A national economy always benefited from a trade surplus. 
E)  Deficits are not a problem, as long as they do not enlarge national debt. 
A)  Balanced budgets were sacred. 
B)  A bimetallic standard was superior to the gold standard. 
C)  Depressions typically emerged from a consumer's crisis of confidence. 
D)  A national economy always benefited from a trade surplus. 
E)  Deficits are not a problem, as long as they do not enlarge national debt.

Question 6

What ended the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

A)  New Deal programs 
B)  the rebound of the stock market 
C)  World War II spending 
D)  laissez-faire government 
E)  a bailout by J. P. Morgan 
A)  New Deal programs 
B)  the rebound of the stock market 
C)  World War II spending 
D)  laissez-faire government 
E)  a bailout by J. P. Morgan

Question 7

Which phrase best describes Eleanor Roosevelt's tenure as First Lady?

Accepted Answer

A)  She was very traditional. 
B)  She had modest goals. 
C)  She only championed the cause of children's health care. 
D)  She worked hard for her husband but did not take up any causes of her own. 
E)  She redefined the role of First Lady. 
A)  She was very traditional. 
B)  She had modest goals. 
C)  She only championed the cause of children's health care. 
D)  She worked hard for her husband but did not take up any causes of her own. 
E)  She redefined the role of First Lady.

Question 8

Why did southern Democrats start to pull support from the New Deal in the late 1930s?

Accepted Answer

A)  The South's economy was the most robust in the United States. 
B)  These leaders feared union membership would increase in the South. 
C)  They thought Franklin Roosevelt was too friendly toward Nazi Germany. 
D)  Southern leaders hoped to terminate segregation on its own terms. 
E)  Most rural southern homes had gained electricity. 
A)  The South's economy was the most robust in the United States. 
B)  These leaders feared union membership would increase in the South. 
C)  They thought Franklin Roosevelt was too friendly toward Nazi Germany. 
D)  Southern leaders hoped to terminate segregation on its own terms. 
E)  Most rural southern homes had gained electricity.

Question 9

How did Roosevelt's opponents characterize liberty?

Accepted Answer

A)  Liberty meant the economic security of having a job that paid for food, clothing, and shelter. 
B)  The federal government needed to freely spend money to create jobs. 
C)  Liberty meant freedom from powerful government. 
D)  Free speech needed to be protected in the workplace. 
E)  Unions needed to be officially recognized in order to protect workers' rights. 
A)  Liberty meant the economic security of having a job that paid for food, clothing, and shelter. 
B)  The federal government needed to freely spend money to create jobs. 
C)  Liberty meant freedom from powerful government. 
D)  Free speech needed to be protected in the workplace. 
E)  Unions needed to be officially recognized in order to protect workers' rights.

Question 10

What was ironic about the actions of some fundamentalist preachers?

Accepted Answer

A)  Some embraced communism, which criticized organized religion. 
B)  Some preachers advocated going to the movies on Sundays instead of church. 
C)  They gave sermons that portrayed Jesus as a corporate leader. 
D)  They contradicted their anti-modernist message by using radio broadcasting. 
E)  Some mistakenly defended evolution. 
A)  Some embraced communism, which criticized organized religion. 
B)  Some preachers advocated going to the movies on Sundays instead of church. 
C)  They gave sermons that portrayed Jesus as a corporate leader. 
D)  They contradicted their anti-modernist message by using radio broadcasting. 
E)  Some mistakenly defended evolution.

Question 11

Why did Roosevelt's Republican challenger, Alfred Landon, fail in his bid for the presidency in 1936?

Accepted Answer

A)  His traditional urban Catholic constituency considered him too radical. 
B)  The Republican establishment thought him too much like Roosevelt for their taste. 
C)  He had made the mistake of relying on the organizational skills of the conservative AFL. 
D)  He faced a powerful new political coalition that would deliver Republicans plenty of defeats for the next few decades. 
E)  As a Kansas native, he could not win the coastal population centers. 
A)  His traditional urban Catholic constituency considered him too radical. 
B)  The Republican establishment thought him too much like Roosevelt for their taste. 
C)  He had made the mistake of relying on the organizational skills of the conservative AFL. 
D)  He faced a powerful new political coalition that would deliver Republicans plenty of defeats for the next few decades. 
E)  As a Kansas native, he could not win the coastal population centers.

Question 12

Analyze how FDR oversaw the transformation of the Democratic Party into a coalition of farmers, industrial workers, the reform-minded urban middle class, liberal intellectuals, northern African-Americans, and the white supremacist South.

Accepted Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt oversaw the transf

Question 13

How did the New Deal alter the role of the national government? In your answer, discuss specific New Deal reforms.

Accepted Answer

The New Deal significantly altered the r

Question 14

The Smith Act made it a federal crime to teach, advocate, or encourage the overthrow of the government.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The Tennessee Valley Authority

Accepted Answer

A)  created national parks that promoted outdoor activities. 
B)  competed with private companies in the business of selling electricity. 
C)  was created and administrated by the federal government. 
D)  did not compete with private companies. 
E)  lasted three months. 
A)  created national parks that promoted outdoor activities. 
B)  competed with private companies in the business of selling electricity. 
C)  was created and administrated by the federal government. 
D)  did not compete with private companies. 
E)  lasted three months.

Question 16

In contrast to the American Federation of Labor, the Congress of Industrial Organizations fought for

Accepted Answer

A)  the organization of workers by craft. 
B)  freedom of speech. 
C)  industrial democracy. 
D)  paid vacations. 
E)  educating industrial workers. 
A)  the organization of workers by craft. 
B)  freedom of speech. 
C)  industrial democracy. 
D)  paid vacations. 
E)  educating industrial workers.

Question 17

What was the experience of immigrant groups during the New Deal?

Accepted Answer

During the New Deal, immigrant groups ha

Question 18

Why was the Glass-Steagall Act a key piece of legislation?

Accepted Answer

A)  It took on the debt of commercial banks to ensure their solvency and financial health. 
B)  It established a gold standard to shore up the strength of the American dollar. 
C)  It banned commercial banks from involvement in buying and selling stocks, and set up the FDIC. 
D)  It proved to be a temporary financial measure that did not survive beyond the Great Depression. 
E)  It decreased the government's power over the financial system. 
A)  It took on the debt of commercial banks to ensure their solvency and financial health. 
B)  It established a gold standard to shore up the strength of the American dollar. 
C)  It banned commercial banks from involvement in buying and selling stocks, and set up the FDIC. 
D)  It proved to be a temporary financial measure that did not survive beyond the Great Depression. 
E)  It decreased the government's power over the financial system.

Question 19

Which of the following is the most accurate characterization of FDR's New Deal philosophy?

Accepted Answer

A)  FDR was not concerned that direct relief payments to the jobless would undermine self-reliance. 
B)  FDR preferred to create jobs that improved the nation's infrastructure. 
C)  FDR was at odds with most of his cabinet and the majority of Congress over the Economy Act. 
D)  FDR opposed the CCC, fearing its goals of unemployment relief and environmental enhancement were too ambitious for his first 100 days in office. 
E)  FDR preferred to create permanent jobs instead of temporary ones. 
A)  FDR was not concerned that direct relief payments to the jobless would undermine self-reliance. 
B)  FDR preferred to create jobs that improved the nation's infrastructure. 
C)  FDR was at odds with most of his cabinet and the majority of Congress over the Economy Act. 
D)  FDR opposed the CCC, fearing its goals of unemployment relief and environmental enhancement were too ambitious for his first 100 days in office. 
E)  FDR preferred to create permanent jobs instead of temporary ones.

Question 20

Thinking back to other labor struggles in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as the Homestead Strike, Haymarket Affair, 1902 Coal Strike, and Ludlow Massacre, how do the Memorial Day Massacre and the UAW sit-down strikes compare? Had organized labor become any more sophisticated over the years in its tactics? Had business or government become any more sympathetic?

Accepted Answer

The Memorial Day Massacre and the UAW si

Exam 21: The New Deal, 1932-1940

Which of the following best describes the significance of the Columbia River project?

When he entered office, Roosevelt

Which statement about the Social Security Act is correct?

The Indians who lost land from the flooding of the Grand Coulee Dam were adequately compensated by the federal government as part of the New Deal for Indians.

Which of the following had been a traditional belief prior to the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes?

What ended the Great Depression?

Which phrase best describes Eleanor Roosevelt's tenure as First Lady?

Why did southern Democrats start to pull support from the New Deal in the late 1930s?

How did Roosevelt's opponents characterize liberty?

What was ironic about the actions of some fundamentalist preachers?

Why did Roosevelt's Republican challenger, Alfred Landon, fail in his bid for the presidency in 1936?

Analyze how FDR oversaw the transformation of the Democratic Party into a coalition of farmers, industrial workers, the reform-minded urban middle class, liberal intellectuals, northern African-Americans, and the white supremacist South.

How did the New Deal alter the role of the national government? In your answer, discuss specific New Deal reforms.

The Smith Act made it a federal crime to teach, advocate, or encourage the overthrow of the government.

The Tennessee Valley Authority

In contrast to the American Federation of Labor, the Congress of Industrial Organizations fought for

What was the experience of immigrant groups during the New Deal?

Why was the Glass-Steagall Act a key piece of legislation?

Which of the following is the most accurate characterization of FDR's New Deal philosophy?

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