Question 1

Which committee distributed food only to those who were at least 10 percent below the normal weight and height in West Virginia and Kentucky?

Accepted Answer

A)  Committee of Environment and Public Works 
B)  Public Service Committee 
C)  American Friends Service Committee 
D)  Congressional committee 
A)  Committee of Environment and Public Works 
B)  Public Service Committee 
C)  American Friends Service Committee 
D)  Congressional committee

Question 2

Discuss the impact of the Great Depression on the lives of ordinary Americans, and explain their reaction to the crisis.

Accepted Answer

The Great Depression had a profound impa

Question 3

Discuss the problems of rural America in 1933, how the Agricultural Adjustment Act was intended to deal with those problems, and the effectiveness of the AAA as the agricultural cornerstone of the First New Deal.

Accepted Answer

In 1933, rural America was facing a mult

Question 4

Great Britain and France responded to Germany's first aggressive moves between 1935 and 1938 by ____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  committing military forces to defend Ethiopia 
B)  pursuing a policy of appeasement 
C)  establishing a military alliance with the Soviet Union 
D)  making stern threats of war 
A)  committing military forces to defend Ethiopia 
B)  pursuing a policy of appeasement 
C)  establishing a military alliance with the Soviet Union 
D)  making stern threats of war

Question 5

With regard to Latin America, the Roosevelt administration ___________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  sought to stimulate economic diversification and industrial development throughout the region 
B)  was willing to support dictatorial regimes in the hope they would promote stability in the region 
C)  strictly adhered to a policy of noninterference in the domestic affairs of nations in the region 
D)  fostered democracy by sending impartial observers to oversee free elections in the region 
A)  sought to stimulate economic diversification and industrial development throughout the region 
B)  was willing to support dictatorial regimes in the hope they would promote stability in the region 
C)  strictly adhered to a policy of noninterference in the domestic affairs of nations in the region 
D)  fostered democracy by sending impartial observers to oversee free elections in the region

Question 6

The depression-era homeless poured into shantytowns called, in an ironic tribute to a former president, "_______."

Accepted Answer

A)  hoovervilles 
B)  hobotowns 
C)  gypsy camps 
D)  spikes 
A)  hoovervilles 
B)  hobotowns 
C)  gypsy camps 
D)  spikes

Question 7

Discuss the ideas on which the First New Deal was based, and examine and assess the effectiveness of at least five programs or agencies created to implement those ideas.

Accepted Answer

The First New Deal, implemented by Presi

Question 8

African Americans supported Franklin Roosevelt for which of the following reasons?

Accepted Answer

A)  Roosevelt's New Deal relief programs helped many African Americans in their struggle for economic survival. 
B)  Roosevelt endorsed congressional enactment of a federal antilynching law. 
C)  Congress enacted legislation abolishing the poll tax at Roosevelt's insistence. 
D)  Roosevelt's Justice Department supported the NAACP in its legal challenges against Jim Crow laws in the southern states. 
A)  Roosevelt's New Deal relief programs helped many African Americans in their struggle for economic survival. 
B)  Roosevelt endorsed congressional enactment of a federal antilynching law. 
C)  Congress enacted legislation abolishing the poll tax at Roosevelt's insistence. 
D)  Roosevelt's Justice Department supported the NAACP in its legal challenges against Jim Crow laws in the southern states.

Question 9

In reference to the problems associated with world trade in the early 1930s, Secretary of State Cordell Hull believed which of the following to be the "king of evils?"

Accepted Answer

A)  The international gold standard 
B)  The Federal Reserve System 
C)  The protective tariff 
D)  The League of Nations 
A)  The international gold standard 
B)  The Federal Reserve System 
C)  The protective tariff 
D)  The League of Nations

Question 10

The primary objective of the Farmers' Holiday Association was to __________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  keep farm products off the market in order to limit the supply and drive prices up 
B)  obtain compensation for untilled acreage 
C)  obtain legislation requiring the government to buy up farm surpluses 
D)  convince the government to guarantee farm mortgages 
A)  keep farm products off the market in order to limit the supply and drive prices up 
B)  obtain compensation for untilled acreage 
C)  obtain legislation requiring the government to buy up farm surpluses 
D)  convince the government to guarantee farm mortgages

Question 11

Which statement is correct concerning the application of New Deal laws and programs to women?

Accepted Answer

A)  Under the 1935 Social Security Act, women in agriculture and domestic service were given special benefits not offered to men. 
B)  The minimum wage established by the NRA codes applied equally to men and women. 
C)  Women were not eligible for employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps. 
D)  The maximum-hour provisions mandated by the NRA did not apply to women workers. 
A)  Under the 1935 Social Security Act, women in agriculture and domestic service were given special benefits not offered to men. 
B)  The minimum wage established by the NRA codes applied equally to men and women. 
C)  Women were not eligible for employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps. 
D)  The maximum-hour provisions mandated by the NRA did not apply to women workers.

Question 12

Which newspaper in November 1932 told its readers that one-sixth of the American population risked starvation over the coming winter?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Nation 
B)  The New Hampshire Gazette 
C)  The Washington Post 
D)  The New York Times 
A)  The Nation 
B)  The New Hampshire Gazette 
C)  The Washington Post 
D)  The New York Times

Question 13

Discuss the impact of the New Deal era on the office of the presidency, the role of the federal government, and the power structure in the United States.

Accepted Answer

The New Deal era had a significant impac

Question 14

Which of the following was instrumental in helping to create a more homogenous mass culture during the 1930s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Compulsory school-attendance laws 
B)  Television 
C)  Political conventions 
D)  The radio 
A)  Compulsory school-attendance laws 
B)  Television 
C)  Political conventions 
D)  The radio

Question 15

Examine and evaluate President Franklin Roosevelt's response to events in Europe from 1933 to 1941.

Accepted Answer

President Franklin Roosevelt's response

Question 16

What impact did Roosevelt's presidency have on African Americans' perceptions of government and their political affiliation?

Accepted Answer

Roosevelt's presidency had a significant

Question 17

Congressional hearings chaired by Senator Gerald Nye in the mid-1930s provided evidence of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  American corporations had largely supported the campaign for arms control legislation. 
B)  American corporations had bribed foreign politicians to improve arms sales in the 1920s and 1930s. 
C)  American businesspersons and financiers had pushed the nation into the First World War. 
D)  American businesspersons and financiers had in no way influenced the nation's involvement in the First World War. 
A)  American corporations had largely supported the campaign for arms control legislation. 
B)  American corporations had bribed foreign politicians to improve arms sales in the 1920s and 1930s. 
C)  American businesspersons and financiers had pushed the nation into the First World War. 
D)  American businesspersons and financiers had in no way influenced the nation's involvement in the First World War.

Question 18

In a secret protocol attached to the Nazi-Soviet nonaggression pact, ___________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the Soviet Union pledged to wage war against Great Britain in the event of a British declaration of war against Germany 
B)  the Soviet Union was allowed to take the eastern half of Poland 
C)  Hitler agreed to turn over the Sudeten region of Czechoslovakia to the Soviet Union 
D)  Germany was allowed to take Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia 
A)  the Soviet Union pledged to wage war against Great Britain in the event of a British declaration of war against Germany 
B)  the Soviet Union was allowed to take the eastern half of Poland 
C)  Hitler agreed to turn over the Sudeten region of Czechoslovakia to the Soviet Union 
D)  Germany was allowed to take Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia

Exam 22: The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

Which committee distributed food only to those who were at least 10 percent below the normal weight and height in West Virginia and Kentucky?

Discuss the impact of the Great Depression on the lives of ordinary Americans, and explain their reaction to the crisis.

Discuss the problems of rural America in 1933, how the Agricultural Adjustment Act was intended to deal with those problems, and the effectiveness of the AAA as the agricultural cornerstone of the First New Deal.

Great Britain and France responded to Germany's first aggressive moves between 1935 and 1938 by ____________________.

With regard to Latin America, the Roosevelt administration ___________________.

The depression-era homeless poured into shantytowns called, in an ironic tribute to a former president, "_______."

Discuss the ideas on which the First New Deal was based, and examine and assess the effectiveness of at least five programs or agencies created to implement those ideas.

African Americans supported Franklin Roosevelt for which of the following reasons?

In reference to the problems associated with world trade in the early 1930s, Secretary of State Cordell Hull believed which of the following to be the "king of evils?"

The primary objective of the Farmers' Holiday Association was to __________________.

Which statement is correct concerning the application of New Deal laws and programs to women?

Which newspaper in November 1932 told its readers that one-sixth of the American population risked starvation over the coming winter?

Discuss the impact of the New Deal era on the office of the presidency, the role of the federal government, and the power structure in the United States.

Which of the following was instrumental in helping to create a more homogenous mass culture during the 1930s?

Examine and evaluate President Franklin Roosevelt's response to events in Europe from 1933 to 1941.

What impact did Roosevelt's presidency have on African Americans' perceptions of government and their political affiliation?

Congressional hearings chaired by Senator Gerald Nye in the mid-1930s provided evidence of which of the following?

In a secret protocol attached to the Nazi-Soviet nonaggression pact, ___________________.

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