Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Harold Ickes

Accepted Answer

Harold LeClair Ickes (1874–1952) was an

Question 2

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? Could they ever be ended?

Accepted Answer

The popularity and enduring nature of th

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

The Social Security Act, enacted on Augu

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Ruth Benedict

Accepted Answer

Ruth Benedict (1887–1948) was an America

Question 5

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 6

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

Accepted Answer

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB

Question 7

Compare and contrast the first two years of the New Deal with the later New Deal after 1934.Account for the differences.

Accepted Answer

The first two years of the New Deal, fro

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

The Securities and Exchange Commission (

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) wa

Question 10

Roosevelt supported the repeal of prohibition because

Accepted Answer

A)  he thought it was unconstitutional. 
B)  he believed the problem of drunkenness could be solved by restricting alcohol content to 3.2 percent by weight. 
C)  he thought that it afforded the opportunity to raise needed federal revenue and provide jobs. 
D)  he needed support from the repeal movement to gain reelection. 
E)  drys - those who opposed alcohol - were an increasingly small segment of the population. 
A)  he thought it was unconstitutional. 
B)  he believed the problem of drunkenness could be solved by restricting alcohol content to 3.2 percent by weight. 
C)  he thought that it afforded the opportunity to raise needed federal revenue and provide jobs. 
D)  he needed support from the repeal movement to gain reelection. 
E)  drys - those who opposed alcohol - were an increasingly small segment of the population.

Question 11

How revolutionary was the New Deal? Evaluate the significant changes that it wrought,and determine how different the nation became because of it.

Accepted Answer

The New Deal was a highly revolutionary

Question 12

After Franklin Roosevelt's failed attempt to pack the Supreme Court

Accepted Answer

A)  Roosevelt was unable to make any changes in the Court. 
B)  the Democrats lost the next election in 1940. 
C)  Congress permanently set the number of justices at nine. 
D)  much New Deal legislation was ruled unconstitutional. 
E)  the Court began to rule that New Deal programs were constitutional. 
A)  Roosevelt was unable to make any changes in the Court. 
B)  the Democrats lost the next election in 1940. 
C)  Congress permanently set the number of justices at nine. 
D)  much New Deal legislation was ruled unconstitutional. 
E)  the Court began to rule that New Deal programs were constitutional.

Question 13

Franklin Roosevelt's reelection in 1936 was ensured by his strong support from

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A)  blacks. 
B)  the Liberty League. 
C)  labor unions. 
D)  the business community. 
E)  Catholics. 
A)  blacks. 
B)  the Liberty League. 
C)  labor unions. 
D)  the business community. 
E)  Catholics.

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

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?

Accepted Answer

The New Deal, implemented by Franklin Ro

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

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 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 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 17

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

Accepted Answer

A)  acquired farms in the San Joaquin Valley. 
B)  found steady work in the canning industry. 
C)  still struggled for food, shelter, and work in the San Joaquin Valley. 
D)  became caught up in radical labor movements. 
E)  formed mutually supportive evangelical religious communes. 
A)  acquired farms in the San Joaquin Valley. 
B)  found steady work in the canning industry. 
C)  still struggled for food, shelter, and work in the San Joaquin Valley. 
D)  became caught up in radical labor movements. 
E)  formed mutually supportive evangelical religious communes.

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-George W.Norris

Accepted Answer

George W. Norris was a prominent America

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

"The Forgotten Man" is a term that has b

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 33: The Great Depression and the New Deal,1933-1939

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Harold Ickes

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Ruth Benedict

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

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

Compare and contrast the first two years of the New Deal with the later New Deal after 1934.Account for the differences.

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

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

Roosevelt supported the repeal of prohibition because

How revolutionary was the New Deal? Evaluate the significant changes that it wrought,and determine how different the nation became because of it.

After Franklin Roosevelt's failed attempt to pack the Supreme Court

Franklin Roosevelt's reelection in 1936 was ensured by his strong support from

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

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -George W.Norris

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

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

New World Beginnings,33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

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 at Home and Abroad,1912-1916

The War to End War,1917-1918

American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

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

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

The Stalemated Seventies,1968-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

The American People Face a New Century

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