Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"Every Man a King"

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"Every Man a King" is a phrase most famo

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Dust Bowl

Accepted Answer

The Dust Bowl refers to a period of seve

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"the forgotten man"

Accepted Answer

"The Forgotten Man" is a term that has b

Question 4

Franklin Roosevelt took America off the gold standard and adopted a managed currency policy designed to

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A) stimulate inflation. 
B) reduce the traded price of gold. 
C) reduce the traded price of silver. 
D) reduce the amount of money in circulation. 
E) shake up the Federal Reserve Board. 
A) stimulate inflation. 
B) reduce the traded price of gold. 
C) reduce the traded price of silver. 
D) reduce the amount of money in circulation. 
E) shake up the Federal Reserve Board.

Question 5

​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?

Accepted Answer

President Roosevelt's Court-packing plan

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Liberty League

Accepted Answer

The Liberty League, formally known as th

Question 7

The federally-owned Tennessee Valley Authority was seen as a particular threat to

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A) the entire capitalist system. 
B) the Republican party. 
C) the automobile industry. 
D) the private electrical utility industry. 
E) white southern racial practices. 
A) the entire capitalist system. 
B) the Republican party. 
C) the automobile industry. 
D) the private electrical utility industry. 
E) white southern racial practices.

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-New Deal

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The New Deal refers to a series of progr

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-John Maynard Keynes

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John Maynard Keynes was a British econom

Question 10

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 11

A popular slogan of the mid-1930s claimed that "Roosevelt wants you to join a union." Explain why this assertion contained some truth.

Accepted Answer

The assertion that "Roosevelt wants you

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Schechter case

Accepted Answer

The Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United St

Question 13

Cite at least three New Deal programs that clearly derived from the early-twentieth-century Progressive era. Also, explain how government action during World War I itself can be viewed as a precursor to the New Deal.

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Three New Deal programs that clearly der

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-National Recovery Act

Accepted Answer

The National Recovery Act, officially kn

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Huey Long

Accepted Answer

Huey Long, also known as Huey Pierce Lon

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"Every Man a King"

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Dust Bowl

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"the forgotten man"

Franklin Roosevelt took America off the gold standard and adopted a managed currency policy designed to

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Liberty League

The federally-owned Tennessee Valley Authority was seen as a particular threat to

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -New Deal

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John Maynard Keynes

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

A popular slogan of the mid-1930s claimed that "Roosevelt wants you to join a union." Explain why this assertion contained some truth.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Schechter case

Cite at least three New Deal programs that clearly derived from the early-twentieth-century Progressive era. Also, explain how government action during World War I itself can be viewed as a precursor to the New Deal.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -National Recovery Act

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Huey Long

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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