Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Pearl Buck

Accepted Answer

Pearl Buck, also known as Pearl S. Buck

Question 2

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 3

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

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A) shortened the time between 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B) limited a president to two complete terms in office; repealed the Eighteenth Amendment 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 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B) limited a president to two complete terms in office; repealed the Eighteenth Amendment 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 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Harry Hopkins

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Harry Hopkins was a prominent figure in

Question 5

The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 attempted to

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A) reverse the forced assimilation of Native Americans into white society by establishing tribal self-government. 
B) encourage Native Americans to give up their land claims. 
C) reinforce the coercive assimilation policies since the Dawes Act of 1887. 
D) pressure Native Americans to renounce self-government. 
E) persuade Native Americans to give up their native crafts and tribal traditions. 
A) reverse the forced assimilation of Native Americans into white society by establishing tribal self-government. 
B) encourage Native Americans to give up their land claims. 
C) reinforce the coercive assimilation policies since the Dawes Act of 1887. 
D) pressure Native Americans to renounce self-government. 
E) persuade Native Americans to give up their native crafts and tribal traditions.

Question 6

Compare and contrast the first two years of the New Deal with the later New Deal after 1934. Account for the political, economic, and social differences in terms of policies, goals, and strategies.

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The first two years of the New Deal, fro

Question 7

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-President Franklin Roosevelt's reelection in 1936 was ensured by his strong support from

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A) African Americans. 
B) the Liberty League. 
C) labor unions. 
D) the business community. 
E) Catholics and Jews, the "New Immigrants" who had moved into the prominent cities of the North and the Midwest since 1890. 
A) African Americans. 
B) the Liberty League. 
C) labor unions. 
D) the business community. 
E) Catholics and Jews, the "New Immigrants" who had moved into the prominent cities of the North and the Midwest since 1890.

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Charles Coughlin

Accepted Answer

Charles Coughlin was a Roman Catholic pr

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Frances Perkins

Accepted Answer

Frances Perkins (1880-1965) was an Ameri

Question 10

The text authors conclude that Franklin Roosevelt "was in fact Hamiltonian in his espousal of big government, but Jeffersonian in his concern for the 'forgotten man.' " How did the New Deal specifically reflect this combination of "Hamiltonian means" to achieve "Jeffersonian ends"? What were the successes and failures of this approach?

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The New Deal, implemented by Franklin Ro

Question 11

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-Before he was elected president in 1932, Franklin Roosevelt had already

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A) served as governor of New York. 
B) run for vice president of the United States. 
C) been assistant secretary of the navy. 
D) been the American ambassador to Britain. 
E) been a United States senator. 
A) served as governor of New York. 
B) run for vice president of the United States. 
C) been assistant secretary of the navy. 
D) been the American ambassador to Britain. 
E) been a United States senator.

Question 12

The early New Deal experiments borrowed rather freely and randomly from

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A) Marxism, Leninism, and European socialism. 
B) the principles of early twentieth-century laissez-faire economists such as Freidrich Hayek. 
C) Mussolini's fascism and Hitler's Nazism. 
D) U.S.wartime and pre-war agencies and European social reform models. 
E) the late nineteenth-century utopian literature of Henry George, Edward Bellamy, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman. 
A) Marxism, Leninism, and European socialism. 
B) the principles of early twentieth-century laissez-faire economists such as Freidrich Hayek. 
C) Mussolini's fascism and Hitler's Nazism. 
D) U.S.wartime and pre-war agencies and European social reform models. 
E) the late nineteenth-century utopian literature of Henry George, Edward Bellamy, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Civilian Conservation Corps

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The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) wa

Question 14

Was Franklin Roosevelt's victory in 1932 more an endorsement of his reform agenda or a repudiation of Herbert Hoover and the Republican policies?

Accepted Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt's victory in the 1

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Social Security Act

Accepted Answer

The Social Security Act, enacted on Augu

Question 16

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 17

The phrase Hundred Days refers to the

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A) worst months of the Great Depression. 
B) time it took for Congress to begin acting on President Roosevelt's plans for combating the Great Depression. 
C) flood of legislation passed by Congress in the first months of Franklin Roosevelt's presidency. 
D) "lame-duck" period between Franklin Roosevelt's election and his inauguration. 
E) time that all banks were closed by FDR. 
A) worst months of the Great Depression. 
B) time it took for Congress to begin acting on President Roosevelt's plans for combating the Great Depression. 
C) flood of legislation passed by Congress in the first months of Franklin Roosevelt's presidency. 
D) "lame-duck" period between Franklin Roosevelt's election and his inauguration. 
E) time that all banks were closed by FDR.

Question 18

How important was Eleanor Roosevelt to the New Deal's image and success? Was she more important as a role model or for her political influence on her husband?

Accepted Answer

Eleanor Roosevelt was incredibly importa

Question 19

The first Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) raised the money that it paid to farmers not to grow crops by

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A) raising the tariff. 
B) imposing a tax on the sale of farms. 
C) selling government surplus grain. 
D) increasing taxes on the wealthy. 
E) taxing processors of farm products. 
A) raising the tariff. 
B) imposing a tax on the sale of farms. 
C) selling government surplus grain. 
D) increasing taxes on the wealthy. 
E) taxing processors of farm products.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Court-packing plan

Accepted Answer

The Court-packing plan refers to a legis

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Pearl Buck

The Federal Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Commission aimed to

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Harry Hopkins

The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 attempted to

Compare and contrast the first two years of the New Deal with the later New Deal after 1934. Account for the political, economic, and social differences in terms of policies, goals, and strategies.

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -President Franklin Roosevelt's reelection in 1936 was ensured by his strong support from

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Charles Coughlin

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Frances Perkins

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Before he was elected president in 1932, Franklin Roosevelt had already

The early New Deal experiments borrowed rather freely and randomly from

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Civilian Conservation Corps

Was Franklin Roosevelt's victory in 1932 more an endorsement of his reform agenda or a repudiation of Herbert Hoover and the Republican policies?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Social Security Act

The phrase Hundred Days refers to the

How important was Eleanor Roosevelt to the New Deal's image and success? Was she more important as a role model or for her political influence on her husband?

The first Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) raised the money that it paid to farmers not to grow crops by

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Court-packing plan

New World Beginnings, 33,000 Bce-1769 Ce

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

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

Girding for War: the North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933-1941

America in World War Ii 1941-1945

The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -President Franklin Roosevelt's reelection in 1936 was ensured by his strong support from

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Before he was elected president in 1932, Franklin Roosevelt had already