Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of John Maynard Keynes.

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British economist who argued t

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of Robert F. Wagner.

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New York Senator who

Question 3

Among New Deal laws or programs that have become permanent parts of American life since the 1930s are Social Security, the Securities Exchange Commission, the full legalization of labor unions, and federal banking deposit insurance. What has made these laws or programs so popular and enduring? How did the financial crisis and real estate meltdown in the United States of 2008-2009 highlight the importance and the limitations of these particular New Deal economic and labor laws and programs?

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The popularity and enduring nature of th

Question 4

What motivated President Roosevelt's Court-packing plan in early 1937? Why did Roosevelt's Court-packing plan produce such vocal opposition even among many of his political allies? Why do the authors of the text assert that "FDR lost both the Court battle and the war," despite the fact that the Supreme Court changed course later in 1937 and began to uphold the constitutionality of challenged New Deal legislation?

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President Roosevelt's Court-packing plan

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the New Deal.

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A set of policies designed to

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of Harry Hopkins.

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New York social work

Question 7

Recently, some historians have argued that the New Deal had a more radical effect on men than women for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

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A)  Social Security was designed to assist male breadwinners, who were expected to share benefits with their families. 
B)  married women were rarely favored for jobs in New Deal agencies. 
C)  social and economic programs of the New Deal maintained or reaffirmed women's traditional roles as wives or mothers. 
D)  social and economic programs of the New Deal tended to provide more opportunities to men than women. 
E)  many men were required to assume significant child rearing responsibility because of the millions of women who went to work for New Deal agencies. 
A)  Social Security was designed to assist male breadwinners, who were expected to share benefits with their families. 
B)  married women were rarely favored for jobs in New Deal agencies. 
C)  social and economic programs of the New Deal maintained or reaffirmed women's traditional roles as wives or mothers. 
D)  social and economic programs of the New Deal tended to provide more opportunities to men than women. 
E)  many men were required to assume significant child rearing responsibility because of the millions of women who went to work for New Deal agencies.

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the Civilian Conservation Corps.

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Government that prov

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of Frances Perkins.

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Secretary of Labor a

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of Eleanor Roosevelt.

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First Lady whose phi

Question 11

The most controversial aspect of the Tennessee Valley Authority was its effort to

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A)  provide cheap electrical power in competition with private industry. 
B)  control floods in the Tennessee and Cumberland valleys. 
C)  prevent soil erosion throughout the region. 
D)  build housing for poor and middle-class citizens in the region. 
E)  provide moderately priced electrical power in collaboration with private industry. 
A)  provide cheap electrical power in competition with private industry. 
B)  control floods in the Tennessee and Cumberland valleys. 
C)  prevent soil erosion throughout the region. 
D)  build housing for poor and middle-class citizens in the region. 
E)  provide moderately priced electrical power in collaboration with private industry.

Question 12

President Roosevelt's Court-packing scheme in 1937 reflected his desire to ensure that the Supreme Court

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A)  became more conservative. 
B)  became more independent of Congress. 
C)  upheld the constitutionality of legally challenged New Deal programs. 
D)  less burdened with appellate cases. 
E)  more respectful of the Constitution's original intent. 
A)  became more conservative. 
B)  became more independent of Congress. 
C)  upheld the constitutionality of legally challenged New Deal programs. 
D)  less burdened with appellate cases. 
E)  more respectful of the Constitution's original intent.

Question 13

Both ratified in the 1930s, the Twentieth Amendment ____ and the Twenty-first Amendment ____.

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A)  shortened the time between the presidential election and inauguration; ended Prohibition 
B)  limited a president to two complete terms in office; repealed the Eighteenth Amendment 
C)  rendered most New Deal programs unconstitutional; limited a president to two complete terms in office 
D)  ended prohibition; shortened the time between presidential election and inauguration 
E)  expanded the size of the Supreme Court; ended Prohibition 
A)  shortened the time between the presidential election and inauguration; ended Prohibition 
B)  limited a president to two complete terms in office; repealed the Eighteenth Amendment 
C)  rendered most New Deal programs unconstitutional; limited a president to two complete terms in office 
D)  ended prohibition; shortened the time between presidential election and inauguration 
E)  expanded the size of the Supreme Court; ended Prohibition

Question 14

All of the following contributed to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s EXCEPT

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A)  dry-farming techniques. 
B)  unprecedented drought and wind storms of the trans-Mississippi Great Plains. 
C)  farmers' failure to use steam tractors and other modern equipment. 
D)  the cultivation of marginal farmlands on the Great Plains. 
E)  soil erosion. 
A)  dry-farming techniques. 
B)  unprecedented drought and wind storms of the trans-Mississippi Great Plains. 
C)  farmers' failure to use steam tractors and other modern equipment. 
D)  the cultivation of marginal farmlands on the Great Plains. 
E)  soil erosion.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of Alfred M. Landon.

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Republican president

Question 16

Roosevelt supported the repeal of Prohibition because

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A)  he thought it was unconstitutional. 
B)  he believed the problem of drunkenness could be solved by restricting alcohol content to 3.2 percent by weight. 
C)  he thought that it afforded the opportunity to raise needed federal revenue and provide jobs. 
D)  he needed support from the repeal movement to gain reelection. 
E)  drys - those who opposed alcohol - were an increasingly small segment of the population. 
A)  he thought it was unconstitutional. 
B)  he believed the problem of drunkenness could be solved by restricting alcohol content to 3.2 percent by weight. 
C)  he thought that it afforded the opportunity to raise needed federal revenue and provide jobs. 
D)  he needed support from the repeal movement to gain reelection. 
E)  drys - those who opposed alcohol - were an increasingly small segment of the population.

Question 17

Match each New Deal critic below with the cause or slogan that he promoted.

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A)  A-l, B-2, C-4, D-3 
B)  A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4 
C)  A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1 
D)  A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2 
E)  A-1, B-4, C-3, D-2 
A)  A-l, B-2, C-4, D-3 
B)  A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4 
C)  A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1 
D)  A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2 
E)  A-1, B-4, C-3, D-2

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of parity.

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The price set to giv

Question 19

The National Recovery Act

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A)  formally guaranteed labor's right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing. 
B)  outlawed yellow dog contracts. 
C)  was declared unconstitutional in the Schechter case. 
D)  was immensely popular throughout the 1930s. 
E)  provided for maximum hours and minimum wages. 
A)  formally guaranteed labor's right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing. 
B)  outlawed yellow dog contracts. 
C)  was declared unconstitutional in the Schechter case. 
D)  was immensely popular throughout the 1930s. 
E)  provided for maximum hours and minimum wages.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the Grand Coulee Dam.

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A major project of t

Exam 31: The Great Depression and the New Deal

Identify and state the historical significance of John Maynard Keynes.

Identify and state the historical significance of Robert F. Wagner.

Identify and state the historical significance of the New Deal.

Identify and state the historical significance of Harry Hopkins.

Recently, some historians have argued that the New Deal had a more radical effect on men than women for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

Identify and state the historical significance of the Civilian Conservation Corps.

Identify and state the historical significance of Frances Perkins.

Identify and state the historical significance of Eleanor Roosevelt.

The most controversial aspect of the Tennessee Valley Authority was its effort to

President Roosevelt's Court-packing scheme in 1937 reflected his desire to ensure that the Supreme Court

Both ratified in the 1930s, the Twentieth Amendment ____ and the Twenty-first Amendment ____.

All of the following contributed to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s EXCEPT

Identify and state the historical significance of Alfred M. Landon.

Roosevelt supported the repeal of Prohibition because

Match each New Deal critic below with the cause or slogan that he promoted.

Identify and state the historical significance of parity.

The National Recovery Act

Identify and state the historical significance of the Grand Coulee Dam.

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The Contest for North America

Settling the English Colonies

American Life in the Seventeenth Century

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

The Road to Revolution

America Secedes From the Empire

The Confederation and the Constitution

Launching the New Ship of State

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism

The Rise of a Mass Democracy

Forging the National Economy

The Ferment of Reform and Culture

The South and the Slavery Controversy

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy

Renewing the Sectional Struggle

Drifting Toward Disunion

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The Furnace of Civil War

The Ordeal of Reconstruction

The Industrial Era Dawns

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

America Moves to the City

The Conquest of the West

Rumbles of Discontent

Empire and Expansion

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War

American Life in the Roaring Twenties

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War

America in World War II

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