Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​"a switch in time saves nine"

Accepted Answer

The phrase "a switch in time saves nine"

Question 2

The Works Progress Administration was a major ____ program of the New Deal; the Public Works Administration was a long-range ____ program; and the Social Security Act was a major ____ program.

Accepted Answer

A) relief; recovery; reform 
B) reform; recovery; relief 
C) recovery; relief; reform 
D) relief; reform; recovery 
E) reform; relief; recovery 
A) relief; recovery; reform 
B) reform; recovery; relief 
C) recovery; relief; reform 
D) relief; reform; recovery 
E) reform; relief; recovery

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-John L. Lewis

Accepted Answer

John L. Lewis was a prominent American l

Question 4

The New Deal program of the following agency represented the most economically complex, managerially ambitious, and unsuccessful New Deal effort to achieve recovery and reform the entire American economy

Accepted Answer

A) Public Works Administration. 
B) National Recovery Administration. 
C) Tennessee Valley Authority. 
D) National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act). 
E) Social Security Administration. 
A) Public Works Administration. 
B) National Recovery Administration. 
C) Tennessee Valley Authority. 
D) National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act). 
E) Social Security Administration.

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-National Labor Relations Board

Accepted Answer

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB

Question 6

The Social Security Act of 1935 provided all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) unemployment insurance. 
B) old-age pensions. 
C) economic provisions for the blind and disabled. 
D) support for the blind and physically handicapped. 
E) health care for the poor. 
A) unemployment insurance. 
B) old-age pensions. 
C) economic provisions for the blind and disabled. 
D) support for the blind and physically handicapped. 
E) health care for the poor.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Glass-Steagall Act

Accepted Answer

The Glass-Steagall Act, officially known

Question 8

What were the most enduring accomplishments of the New Deal? Which of its efforts had the least long-term impact?

Accepted Answer

The most enduring accomplishments of the

Question 9

One striking new feature of the 1932 presidential election results was that

Accepted Answer

A) the South had shifted to the Republican party. 
B) Democrats made political gains in the normally rock-ribbed Republican western states like Kansas. 
C) despite the calamity of the Great Depression, the popular and the electoral vote for president was surprisingly close. 
D) a clear gender gap opened up in which more women favored the Democrats. 
E) African Americans shifted from their Republican allegiance and became a vital element in the Democratic party. 
A) the South had shifted to the Republican party. 
B) Democrats made political gains in the normally rock-ribbed Republican western states like Kansas. 
C) despite the calamity of the Great Depression, the popular and the electoral vote for president was surprisingly close. 
D) a clear gender gap opened up in which more women favored the Democrats. 
E) African Americans shifted from their Republican allegiance and became a vital element in the Democratic party.

Question 10

The American Social Security System, established by the New Deal, differed from most European social welfare systems primarily because it

Accepted Answer

A) was opposed by large sectors of the public. 
B) did not permit the Social Security number to be used for identification and security purposes. 
C) did not address the issue of single mothers in the home with dependent children. 
D) linked unemployment and disability insurance to old age pensions. 
E) did not initially cover all categories of workers. 
A) was opposed by large sectors of the public. 
B) did not permit the Social Security number to be used for identification and security purposes. 
C) did not address the issue of single mothers in the home with dependent children. 
D) linked unemployment and disability insurance to old age pensions. 
E) did not initially cover all categories of workers.

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Federal Housing Administration

Accepted Answer

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA)

Question 12

As a result of the 1937 Roosevelt recession

Accepted Answer

A) Roosevelt cut income taxes as part of a supply-side economics experiment. 
B) Social Security taxes were reduced. 
C) Republicans gained control of the Senate in 1938. 
D) Roosevelt adopted Keynesian (planned deficit spending) economics. 
E) much of the early New Deal was repealed. 
A) Roosevelt cut income taxes as part of a supply-side economics experiment. 
B) Social Security taxes were reduced. 
C) Republicans gained control of the Senate in 1938. 
D) Roosevelt adopted Keynesian (planned deficit spending) economics. 
E) much of the early New Deal was repealed.

Question 13

President Roosevelt's chief "administrator of relief" and one of his closest advisors was

Accepted Answer

A) George Norris. 
B) John L.Lewis. 
C) Mary McLeod Bethune. 
D) Harry Hopkins. 
E) David Lilienthal. 
A) George Norris. 
B) John L.Lewis. 
C) Mary McLeod Bethune. 
D) Harry Hopkins. 
E) David Lilienthal.

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Public Works Administration

Accepted Answer

The Public Works Administration (PWA) wa

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Works Progress Administration

Accepted Answer

The Works Progress Administration (WPA),

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

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 17

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

Accepted Answer

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 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Francis Townsend

Accepted Answer

Francis Townsend was an American physici

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Agricultural Adjustment Act

Accepted Answer

The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) wa

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Eleanor Roosevelt

Accepted Answer

Eleanor Roosevelt, born Anna Eleanor Roo

Exam 32: The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933-1939

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​"a switch in time saves nine"

The Works Progress Administration was a major ____ program of the New Deal; the Public Works Administration was a long-range ____ program; and the Social Security Act was a major ____ program.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John L. Lewis

The New Deal program of the following agency represented the most economically complex, managerially ambitious, and unsuccessful New Deal effort to achieve recovery and reform the entire American economy

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -National Labor Relations Board

The Social Security Act of 1935 provided all of the following except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Glass-Steagall Act

What were the most enduring accomplishments of the New Deal? Which of its efforts had the least long-term impact?

One striking new feature of the 1932 presidential election results was that

The American Social Security System, established by the New Deal, differed from most European social welfare systems primarily because it

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Federal Housing Administration

As a result of the 1937 Roosevelt recession

President Roosevelt's chief "administrator of relief" and one of his closest advisors was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Public Works Administration

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Works Progress Administration

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Francis Townsend

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Agricultural Adjustment Act

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Eleanor Roosevelt

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The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes From the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

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The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

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Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

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American Zenith 1952-1963

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"a switch in time saves nine"

The Works Progress Administration was a major program of the New Deal; the Public Works Administration was a long-range program; and the Social Security Act was a major program.