Question 1

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Tennessee Valley Authority

Accepted Answer

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is

Question 2

Roosevelt launched the Second New Deal because of the success of his initial policies to pull the country out of the Depression and because of the rising conservative opposition against him.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

At the end of the 1930s, the New Deal lost support among southern Democrats who feared continuing federal intervention might upset race relations in the South.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following statements is true of the Indian New Deal?

Accepted Answer

A)  It ended the policy of forced assimilation. 
B)  It reinforced federal authority over Indian affairs. 
C)  It continued the policy of the Dawes Act. 
D)  It replaced schools on reservations with boarding schools. 
E)  It allowed reservations access to irrigated water from the Grand Coulee Dam. 
A)  It ended the policy of forced assimilation. 
B)  It reinforced federal authority over Indian affairs. 
C)  It continued the policy of the Dawes Act. 
D)  It replaced schools on reservations with boarding schools. 
E)  It allowed reservations access to irrigated water from the Grand Coulee Dam.

Question 5

The Agricultural Adjustment Act

Accepted Answer

A)  was administered locally. 
B)  attempted to lower farm prices. 
C)  was intended to raise farm prices. 
D)  formed part of the Second New Deal. 
E)  banned production quotas. 
A)  was administered locally. 
B)  attempted to lower farm prices. 
C)  was intended to raise farm prices. 
D)  formed part of the Second New Deal. 
E)  banned production quotas.

Question 6

How did the government under the New Deal approach the precarious and poor conditions in which migrant laborers lived?

Accepted Answer

A)  It provided immigrants with Social Security benefits. 
B)  It helped them move into good homes. 
C)  It handed them food stamps. 
D)  It did not do much about them. 
E)  It subsidized some of their spending. 
A)  It provided immigrants with Social Security benefits. 
B)  It helped them move into good homes. 
C)  It handed them food stamps. 
D)  It did not do much about them. 
E)  It subsidized some of their spending.

Question 7

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Public Works Administration

Accepted Answer

The Public Works Administration (PWA) wa

Question 8

Which of the following statements explains why the phrase "labor's great upheaval" accurately describes some of the events of 1934?

Accepted Answer

A)  Small-scale craft workers participated in strikes on an unprecedented level. 
B)  The violent textile strike on the East Coast was overwhelmingly successful. 
C)  Five thousand auto workers in Toledo, Kansas, battled the police and the National Guard. 
D)  There were at least 2,000 strikes that year, many producing violent confrontations with police. 
E)  Peaceful protests successfully changed nearly all standing labor laws. 
A)  Small-scale craft workers participated in strikes on an unprecedented level. 
B)  The violent textile strike on the East Coast was overwhelmingly successful. 
C)  Five thousand auto workers in Toledo, Kansas, battled the police and the National Guard. 
D)  There were at least 2,000 strikes that year, many producing violent confrontations with police. 
E)  Peaceful protests successfully changed nearly all standing labor laws.

Question 9

How did the government try to prevent the rise of women in the workforce during the Depression?

Accepted Answer

A)  State and local governments prohibited the hiring of women whose husbands did not earn a "living wage." 
B)  New Deal programs such as Social Security established quotas for the distribution of benefits to working women. 
C)  Legislation banned both members of a married couple from holding federal jobs. 
D)  Employers needed to obtain permits to hire women. 
E)  Women were publicly shamed and spat at for working for wages. 
A)  State and local governments prohibited the hiring of women whose husbands did not earn a "living wage." 
B)  New Deal programs such as Social Security established quotas for the distribution of benefits to working women. 
C)  Legislation banned both members of a married couple from holding federal jobs. 
D)  Employers needed to obtain permits to hire women. 
E)  Women were publicly shamed and spat at for working for wages.

Question 10

What was the result of the 1932 elections?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Republicans maintained control of the House and Senate. 
B)  The Republicans only won the White House. 
C)  The Democrats gained control of the presidency and Congress. 
D)  The third-party Progressives won 20 percent of the seats in the House. 
E)  The Democrats won the presidency for the fourth straight election. 
A)  The Republicans maintained control of the House and Senate. 
B)  The Republicans only won the White House. 
C)  The Democrats gained control of the presidency and Congress. 
D)  The third-party Progressives won 20 percent of the seats in the House. 
E)  The Democrats won the presidency for the fourth straight election.

Question 11

The first thing that Roosevelt attended to as president was the ________ crisis.

Accepted Answer

A)  banking 
B)  migration 
C)  civil liberties 
D)  political 
E)  corruption 
A)  banking 
B)  migration 
C)  civil liberties 
D)  political 
E)  corruption

Question 12

In 1938, Congress established the House Un-American Activities Committee, which

Accepted Answer

A)  was part of the expanded notion of civil liberties under the New Deal. 
B)  included liberals and unionists in its definition of "un-American." 
C)  focused on fascism and ultranationalists. 
D)  focused on racism and white supremacy in the South. 
E)  focused only on communists. 
A)  was part of the expanded notion of civil liberties under the New Deal. 
B)  included liberals and unionists in its definition of "un-American." 
C)  focused on fascism and ultranationalists. 
D)  focused on racism and white supremacy in the South. 
E)  focused only on communists.

Question 13

After the Court-packing attempt, how did the change in the jurisprudence of the U.S. Supreme Court affect American life?

Accepted Answer

A)  Changing sentiments in the U.S. Supreme Court led to the erosion of the Wagner Act. 
B)  The newfound resolve of the U.S. Supreme Court meant a restoration of the National Recovery Act. 
C)  The new lineup in the U.S. Supreme Court meant that Roosevelt had to abandon plans for universal health care. 
D)  The new political climate in the U.S. Supreme Court meant that a federal child labor ban could stand constitutional muster. 
E)  A chastised Supreme Court began to focus on securing constitutional protections for a burgeoning civil rights movement. 
A)  Changing sentiments in the U.S. Supreme Court led to the erosion of the Wagner Act. 
B)  The newfound resolve of the U.S. Supreme Court meant a restoration of the National Recovery Act. 
C)  The new lineup in the U.S. Supreme Court meant that Roosevelt had to abandon plans for universal health care. 
D)  The new political climate in the U.S. Supreme Court meant that a federal child labor ban could stand constitutional muster. 
E)  A chastised Supreme Court began to focus on securing constitutional protections for a burgeoning civil rights movement.

Question 14

Which of the following statements best assesses the fate of feminism during the New Deal?

Accepted Answer

A)  Eleanor Roosevelt's leadership helped bring about a revival of organized feminism. 
B)  Since women in domestic service were less often fired than blue-collar male workers, feminists earned much public sympathy. 
C)  Given the broad consensus that the job claims of male providers superseded women's, organized feminism essentially disappeared. 
D)  The sense of failure men experienced in the workplace prompted many of them to turn to women and feminists for leadership. 
E)  The women-friendly policies of the WPA, CCC, and CWA gave women's claim for equal pay a boost. 
A)  Eleanor Roosevelt's leadership helped bring about a revival of organized feminism. 
B)  Since women in domestic service were less often fired than blue-collar male workers, feminists earned much public sympathy. 
C)  Given the broad consensus that the job claims of male providers superseded women's, organized feminism essentially disappeared. 
D)  The sense of failure men experienced in the workplace prompted many of them to turn to women and feminists for leadership. 
E)  The women-friendly policies of the WPA, CCC, and CWA gave women's claim for equal pay a boost.

Question 15

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-First Hundred Days

Accepted Answer

The First Hundred Days refers to the per

Question 16

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-court-packing

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and give the historical significance of...

Question 17

Which of the following statements is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)  Huey Long and Upton Sinclair generated movements of popular protest that helped spark the First New Deal. 
B)  The popular followings of Upton Sinclair, Huey Long, and Dr. Francis Townsend reflected the unhappiness of many Americans over regulation of banks and businesses. 
C)  Dr. Francis Townsend's idea to have the elderly receive monthly government payments was uniformly rejected and died very quickly. 
D)  Upton Sinclair met his death in 1935 from an assassin's bullet. 
E)  Upton Sinclair won the Democratic nomination for governor in 1934. 
A)  Huey Long and Upton Sinclair generated movements of popular protest that helped spark the First New Deal. 
B)  The popular followings of Upton Sinclair, Huey Long, and Dr. Francis Townsend reflected the unhappiness of many Americans over regulation of banks and businesses. 
C)  Dr. Francis Townsend's idea to have the elderly receive monthly government payments was uniformly rejected and died very quickly. 
D)  Upton Sinclair met his death in 1935 from an assassin's bullet. 
E)  Upton Sinclair won the Democratic nomination for governor in 1934.

Question 18

What did the Twenty-first Amendment do?

Accepted Answer

A)  ended literacy requirements for voting 
B)  ended Prohibition 
C)  allowed women to vote 
D)  gave workers the right to form unions 
E)  allowed men and women to carry guns for self-defense. 
A)  ended literacy requirements for voting 
B)  ended Prohibition 
C)  allowed women to vote 
D)  gave workers the right to form unions 
E)  allowed men and women to carry guns for self-defense.

Question 19

Why did workers during the 1930s make demands that went beyond better wages?

Accepted Answer

A)  They wanted to participate in management decisions. 
B)  They were hoping that the economic crisis could be the beginning of a socialist revolution. 
C)  They generally preferred government employment over jobs with private businesses. 
D)  They were hoping to establish a set of basic civil liberties for workers. 
E)  Their wages were already so high that they had to find a new agenda for which to fight. 
A)  They wanted to participate in management decisions. 
B)  They were hoping that the economic crisis could be the beginning of a socialist revolution. 
C)  They generally preferred government employment over jobs with private businesses. 
D)  They were hoping to establish a set of basic civil liberties for workers. 
E)  Their wages were already so high that they had to find a new agenda for which to fight.

Question 20

What best describes New York mayor Fiorello La Guardia's relationship with Franklin Roosevelt?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hostile; Roosevelt held back funding for New York. 
B)  Tense; La Guardia was critical of Roosevelt's anti-immigrant rhetoric. 
C)  Mistrustful; La Guardia was a Republican. 
D)  Pragmatic; they worked closely together on New Deal spending. 
E)  Hopeful; both men were from New York. 
A)  Hostile; Roosevelt held back funding for New York. 
B)  Tense; La Guardia was critical of Roosevelt's anti-immigrant rhetoric. 
C)  Mistrustful; La Guardia was a Republican. 
D)  Pragmatic; they worked closely together on New Deal spending. 
E)  Hopeful; both men were from New York.

Exam 21: The New Deal, 1932-1940

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Tennessee Valley Authority

Roosevelt launched the Second New Deal because of the success of his initial policies to pull the country out of the Depression and because of the rising conservative opposition against him.

At the end of the 1930s, the New Deal lost support among southern Democrats who feared continuing federal intervention might upset race relations in the South.

Which of the following statements is true of the Indian New Deal?

The Agricultural Adjustment Act

How did the government under the New Deal approach the precarious and poor conditions in which migrant laborers lived?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Public Works Administration

Which of the following statements explains why the phrase "labor's great upheaval" accurately describes some of the events of 1934?

How did the government try to prevent the rise of women in the workforce during the Depression?

What was the result of the 1932 elections?

The first thing that Roosevelt attended to as president was the ________ crisis.

In 1938, Congress established the House Un-American Activities Committee, which

After the Court-packing attempt, how did the change in the jurisprudence of the U.S. Supreme Court affect American life?

Which of the following statements best assesses the fate of feminism during the New Deal?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -First Hundred Days

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -court-packing

Which of the following statements is correct?

What did the Twenty-first Amendment do?

Why did workers during the 1930s make demands that went beyond better wages?

What best describes New York mayor Fiorello La Guardia's relationship with Franklin Roosevelt?

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