Question 1

The primary interest of the Congress of Industrial Organization was

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A)  the effective enforcement of yellow dog contracts. 
B)  the organization of trade unions. 
C)  the maintenance of open shop industries. 
D)  the organization of all unskilled and semiskilled workers within an industry. 
E)  maintaining existing wage levels. 
A)  the effective enforcement of yellow dog contracts. 
B)  the organization of trade unions. 
C)  the maintenance of open shop industries. 
D)  the organization of all unskilled and semiskilled workers within an industry. 
E)  maintaining existing wage levels.

Question 2

Some Native Americans denounced the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 because its provisions

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A)  encouraged Native Americans to create and promote a faux museum piece livelihood and embrace certain native traditions and lifestyles incompatible with the modern 20th-century world. 
B)  continued to promote coercive assimilation policies. 
C)  discouraged the establishment and sound management of local self-governments. 
D)  ignored the increasing loss of Indian lands to real estate and commercial development and environmental degradation. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  encouraged Native Americans to create and promote a faux museum piece livelihood and embrace certain native traditions and lifestyles incompatible with the modern 20th-century world. 
B)  continued to promote coercive assimilation policies. 
C)  discouraged the establishment and sound management of local self-governments. 
D)  ignored the increasing loss of Indian lands to real estate and commercial development and environmental degradation. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the Hundred Days.

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A special session during which

Question 4

The fate of most of the Okies and other Dust Bowl migrants who headed west to California was that they

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A)  acquired farms in the San Joaquin Valley. 
B)  found steady work in the canning industry. 
C)  found themselves mired in poverty, squalor, and lack of economic opportunity in the San Joaquin Valley. 
D)  joined reactionary, quasi-fascist organizations in protest of Roosevelt's economic policies. 
E)  formed mutually supportive evangelical religious communes. 
A)  acquired farms in the San Joaquin Valley. 
B)  found steady work in the canning industry. 
C)  found themselves mired in poverty, squalor, and lack of economic opportunity in the San Joaquin Valley. 
D)  joined reactionary, quasi-fascist organizations in protest of Roosevelt's economic policies. 
E)  formed mutually supportive evangelical religious communes.

Question 5

After Franklin Roosevelt's failed attempt to pack the Supreme Court

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A)  Roosevelt was unable to make any changes in the Court. 
B)  the Democrats lost the next election in 1940. 
C)  Congress permanently set the number of justices at nine. 
D)  much New Deal legislation was ruled unconstitutional. 
E)  the Court began to rule that New Deal programs were constitutional. 
A)  Roosevelt was unable to make any changes in the Court. 
B)  the Democrats lost the next election in 1940. 
C)  Congress permanently set the number of justices at nine. 
D)  much New Deal legislation was ruled unconstitutional. 
E)  the Court began to rule that New Deal programs were constitutional.

Question 6

All of the following are true statements about the men who joined the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) EXCEPT

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A)  there were about three million men in the program. 
B)  the men were mostly young, hired to work in fresh-air camps. 
C)  many of the men had criminal records. 
D)  they worked on reforestation, flood control and swamp drainage projects. 
E)  CCC workers helped families by sending most of their paychecks home. 
A)  there were about three million men in the program. 
B)  the men were mostly young, hired to work in fresh-air camps. 
C)  many of the men had criminal records. 
D)  they worked on reforestation, flood control and swamp drainage projects. 
E)  CCC workers helped families by sending most of their paychecks home.

Question 7

The Federal Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Commission aimed to

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A)  prohibit completely the sale of stocks on margin (i.e. with borrowed funds). 
B)  force stockbrokers to register with the federal government. 
C)  prevent interlocking directorates and business pyramiding schemes. 
D)  provide full disclosure of information and prevent insider trading and other fraudulent practices. 
E)  stop the practice of establishing interlocking directorates on America's corporate boards that produced controversial conflicts-of-interest in the governance of American businesses. 
A)  prohibit completely the sale of stocks on margin (i.e. with borrowed funds). 
B)  force stockbrokers to register with the federal government. 
C)  prevent interlocking directorates and business pyramiding schemes. 
D)  provide full disclosure of information and prevent insider trading and other fraudulent practices. 
E)  stop the practice of establishing interlocking directorates on America's corporate boards that produced controversial conflicts-of-interest in the governance of American businesses.

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of Charles Coughlin.

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Priest who convinced the publi

Question 9

The group that had experienced the worst suffering as a result of the Great Depression was

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A)  women who worked outside the home. 
B)  financial professionals connected to Wall Street. 
C)  African Americans. 
D)  skilled factory workers. 
E)  recent immigrants. 
A)  women who worked outside the home. 
B)  financial professionals connected to Wall Street. 
C)  African Americans. 
D)  skilled factory workers. 
E)  recent immigrants.

Question 10

Is it accurate to say that Franklin Roosevelt should actually be regarded as a savior of the capitalist system and a hero to American business? Why or why not?

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It is not accurate to say that Franklin

Question 11

In 1932, Franklin Roosevelt campaigned on the promise that as President he would attack the Great Depression by

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A)  nationalizing all banks and major industries. 
B)  mobilizing America's youth as in wartime. 
C)  returning to the traditional policies of laissez-faire capitalism. 
D)  continuing the policies already undertaken by President Hoover. 
E)  experimenting with bold new programs for economic and social reform. 
A)  nationalizing all banks and major industries. 
B)  mobilizing America's youth as in wartime. 
C)  returning to the traditional policies of laissez-faire capitalism. 
D)  continuing the policies already undertaken by President Hoover. 
E)  experimenting with bold new programs for economic and social reform.

Question 12

Eleanor Roosevelt was especially notable as an advocate for

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A)  women. 
B)  the environment. 
C)  African Americans. 
D)  cities. 
E)  impoverished and working-class Americans. 
A)  women. 
B)  the environment. 
C)  African Americans. 
D)  cities. 
E)  impoverished and working-class Americans.

Question 13

The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) proposed to solve the farm problem by

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A)  reducing agricultural production. 
B)  subsidizing American farm exports overseas. 
C)  increasing agricultural production for certain crops in high consumer demand. 
D)  helping farmers to pay their mortgages. 
E)  creating farm cooperatives. 
A)  reducing agricultural production. 
B)  subsidizing American farm exports overseas. 
C)  increasing agricultural production for certain crops in high consumer demand. 
D)  helping farmers to pay their mortgages. 
E)  creating farm cooperatives.

Question 14

Most Dust Bowl migrants headed to

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A)  Oklahoma. 
B)  Arizona. 
C)  Nevada. 
D)  Oregon. 
E)  California. 
A)  Oklahoma. 
B)  Arizona. 
C)  Nevada. 
D)  Oregon. 
E)  California.

Question 15

The Democratic party platform on which Franklin Roosevelt campaigned for the presidency in 1932 called for

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A)  extensive social reforms and a balanced budget. 
B)  deficit spending and a higher military budget. 
C)  higher tariffs and support for American manufacturers. 
D)  a 60 percent tax on the income of the highest tow percent of American income earners. 
E)  breaking up monopolistic corporations and supporting small business. 
A)  extensive social reforms and a balanced budget. 
B)  deficit spending and a higher military budget. 
C)  higher tariffs and support for American manufacturers. 
D)  a 60 percent tax on the income of the highest tow percent of American income earners. 
E)  breaking up monopolistic corporations and supporting small business.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of "the forgotten man".

Accepted Answer

A vague term used in Franklin

Question 17

In 1935, President Roosevelt set up the Resettlement Administration to

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A)  help farmers migrate from Oklahoma to California. 
B)  place unemployed industrial workers in areas where their labor was needed. 
C)  move Indians from land that could be farmed by victims of the Dust Bowl. 
D)  find jobs for farmers in industry. 
E)  help farmers who were victims of the Dust Bowl move to better land. 
A)  help farmers migrate from Oklahoma to California. 
B)  place unemployed industrial workers in areas where their labor was needed. 
C)  move Indians from land that could be farmed by victims of the Dust Bowl. 
D)  find jobs for farmers in industry. 
E)  help farmers who were victims of the Dust Bowl move to better land.

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the "three Rs".

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Roosevelt's policy s

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of John Steinbeck.

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Novelist who exposed the condi

Question 20

Prominent female social scientists of the 1930s, like Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead, brought widespread contributions to the field of

Accepted Answer

A)  economics. 
B)  political science. 
C)  psychology. 
D)  sociology. 
E)  anthropology. 
A)  economics. 
B)  political science. 
C)  psychology. 
D)  sociology. 
E)  anthropology.

Exam 31: The Great Depression and the New Deal

The primary interest of the Congress of Industrial Organization was

Some Native Americans denounced the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 because its provisions

Identify and state the historical significance of the Hundred Days.

The fate of most of the Okies and other Dust Bowl migrants who headed west to California was that they

After Franklin Roosevelt's failed attempt to pack the Supreme Court

All of the following are true statements about the men who joined the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) EXCEPT

The Federal Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Commission aimed to

Identify and state the historical significance of Charles Coughlin.

The group that had experienced the worst suffering as a result of the Great Depression was

Is it accurate to say that Franklin Roosevelt should actually be regarded as a savior of the capitalist system and a hero to American business? Why or why not?

In 1932, Franklin Roosevelt campaigned on the promise that as President he would attack the Great Depression by

Eleanor Roosevelt was especially notable as an advocate for

The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) proposed to solve the farm problem by

Most Dust Bowl migrants headed to

The Democratic party platform on which Franklin Roosevelt campaigned for the presidency in 1932 called for

Identify and state the historical significance of "the forgotten man".

In 1935, President Roosevelt set up the Resettlement Administration to

Identify and state the historical significance of the "three Rs".

Identify and state the historical significance of John Steinbeck.

Prominent female social scientists of the 1930s, like Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead, brought widespread contributions to the field of

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