Question 1

The Glass-Steagall Act

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A) took the United States off the gold standard. 
B) empowered President Roosevelt to close all banks temporarily. 
C) created the Securities and Exchange Commission to regulate the stock exchange. 
D) permitted commercial banks to engage in Wall Street financial dealings. 
E) created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to insure individual bank deposits. 
A) took the United States off the gold standard. 
B) empowered President Roosevelt to close all banks temporarily. 
C) created the Securities and Exchange Commission to regulate the stock exchange. 
D) permitted commercial banks to engage in Wall Street financial dealings. 
E) created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to insure individual bank deposits.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Tennessee Valley Authority

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The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is

Question 3

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 4

Eleanor Roosevelt had honed her own skills and developed a personal network of reform activists through

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A) running for local offices in New York state. 
B) her experience in settlement houses and women's reform organizations. 
C) her long resistance to Franklin Roosevelt's personal infidelities. 
D) her personal association with women's colleges and sororities. 
E) sitting in on Franklin Roosevelt's cabinet meetings when he was governor of New York. 
A) running for local offices in New York state. 
B) her experience in settlement houses and women's reform organizations. 
C) her long resistance to Franklin Roosevelt's personal infidelities. 
D) her personal association with women's colleges and sororities. 
E) sitting in on Franklin Roosevelt's cabinet meetings when he was governor of New York.

Question 5

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 sixty 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 sixty percent tax on the income of the highest tow percent of American income earners. 
E) breaking up monopolistic corporations and supporting small business.

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Brain Trust

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The term "Brain Trust" refers to a group

Question 8

The National Recovery Administration (NRA) failed largely because

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A) businesses and labor aggressively and universally resisted any regulation of wages, prices, and hours by the agency. 
B) it required too much self-sacrifice on the part of industry, labor, and the public. 
C) Harold Ickes, the head of the agency, proved to be an incompetent administrator. 
D) it did not provide enough protection for labor to bargain with management. 
E) the agency did not have enough power to control business. 
A) businesses and labor aggressively and universally resisted any regulation of wages, prices, and hours by the agency. 
B) it required too much self-sacrifice on the part of industry, labor, and the public. 
C) Harold Ickes, the head of the agency, proved to be an incompetent administrator. 
D) it did not provide enough protection for labor to bargain with management. 
E) the agency did not have enough power to control business.

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Franklin D. Roosevelt, commonly known by

Question 10

List the major factors that brought a close to the New Deal in the late 1930s. Separate the list into those that President Roosevelt had some control over and those that he did not. Explain how the combination of these factors ended the New Deal.

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There were several major factors that br

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Indian Reorganization Act

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The Indian Reorganization Act, also know

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Alfred M. Landon

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Alfred M. Landon (1887–1987) was an Amer

Question 13

Explain how President Roosevelt expected each of these New Deal efforts to aid in economic recovery from the Great Depression: a) the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), b) the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA), c) the Works Progress Administration (WPA), and d) the National Recovery Administration (NRA). Evaluate the level of success of each of these four New Deal initiatives in helping to provide recovery from the Great Depression.

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a) President Roosevelt expected the Civi

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)

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The Wagner Act, officially known as the

Question 15

The National Labor Relations Act proved most beneficial to

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A) small business employers. 
B) skilled workers. 
C) the long-term unemployed. 
D) trade associations. 
E) unskilled workers. 
A) small business employers. 
B) skilled workers. 
C) the long-term unemployed. 
D) trade associations. 
E) unskilled workers.

Question 16

By 1938, the New Deal

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A) had lost most of its momentum. 
B) turned more toward direct relief than social reform. 
C) had plainly failed to achieve its objectives. 
D) had won over the majority of business people to its policies. 
E) was prepared to embark on ambitious new initiatives. 
A) had lost most of its momentum. 
B) turned more toward direct relief than social reform. 
C) had plainly failed to achieve its objectives. 
D) had won over the majority of business people to its policies. 
E) was prepared to embark on ambitious new initiatives.

Question 17

The most immediate emergency facing Franklin Roosevelt when he became president in March 1933 was

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A) the collapse of nearly the entire banking system. 
B) runaway inflation. 
C) the growing power of demagogues such as Huey Long and Father Coughlin. 
D) the near collapse of international trade. 
E) riots by unemployed workers and farmers unable to sell their goods. 
A) the collapse of nearly the entire banking system. 
B) runaway inflation. 
C) the growing power of demagogues such as Huey Long and Father Coughlin. 
D) the near collapse of international trade. 
E) riots by unemployed workers and farmers unable to sell their goods.

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Securities and Exchange Commission

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (

Question 19

What were the benefits of hiring unemployed artists and writers through the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration?

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The Federal Art Project of the Works Pro

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-sit-down strike

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A sit-down strike is a form of labor pro

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

The Glass-Steagall Act

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Tennessee Valley Authority

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

Eleanor Roosevelt had honed her own skills and developed a personal network of reform activists through

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Brain Trust

The National Recovery Administration (NRA) failed largely because

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Franklin D. Roosevelt

List the major factors that brought a close to the New Deal in the late 1930s. Separate the list into those that President Roosevelt had some control over and those that he did not. Explain how the combination of these factors ended the New Deal.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Indian Reorganization Act

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Alfred M. Landon

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)

The National Labor Relations Act proved most beneficial to

By 1938, the New Deal

The most immediate emergency facing Franklin Roosevelt when he became president in March 1933 was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Securities and Exchange Commission

What were the benefits of hiring unemployed artists and writers through the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -sit-down strike

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