Question 1

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

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"The Forgotten Man" is a term that has b

Question 2

As a result of the 1937 Roosevelt recession

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A)  Roosevelt cut income taxes as part of a supply-side economics experiment. 
B)  Social Security taxes were reduced. 
C)  Republicans gained control of the Senate in 1938. 
D)  Roosevelt adopted Keynesian (planned deficit spending) economics. 
E)  much of the early New Deal was repealed. 
A)  Roosevelt cut income taxes as part of a supply-side economics experiment. 
B)  Social Security taxes were reduced. 
C)  Republicans gained control of the Senate in 1938. 
D)  Roosevelt adopted Keynesian (planned deficit spending) economics. 
E)  much of the early New Deal was repealed.

Question 3

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

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Franklin D. Roosevelt's victory in the 1

Question 4

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

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (

Question 5

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 6

President Roosevelt's Court-packing scheme in 1937 reflected his desire to ensure that the Supreme Court

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A)  became more conservative. 
B)  became more independent of Congress. 
C)  upheld the constitutionality of legally challenged New Deal programs. 
D)  less burdened with appellate cases. 
E)  more respectful of the Constitution's original intent. 
A)  became more conservative. 
B)  became more independent of Congress. 
C)  upheld the constitutionality of legally challenged New Deal programs. 
D)  less burdened with appellate cases. 
E)  more respectful of the Constitution's original intent.

Question 7

Probably the most radically economic New Deal program that provoked widespread charges of creeping socialism by Republican and conservative critics of President Roosevelt's administration was the

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A)  Indian Reorganization Act. 
B)  Social Security Act. 
C)  Agricultural Adjustment Act. 
D)  Federal Housing Administration. 
E)  Tennessee Valley Authority. 
A)  Indian Reorganization Act. 
B)  Social Security Act. 
C)  Agricultural Adjustment Act. 
D)  Federal Housing Administration. 
E)  Tennessee Valley Authority.

Question 8

Is it accurate to say that Franklin Roosevelt should actually be regarded as a savior of the capitalist system and a hero to American business? Why or why not?

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It is not accurate to say that Franklin

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Francis Townsend

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Francis Townsend was an American physici

Question 10

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 11

When Franklin Roosevelt assumed the presidency in March 1933

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A)  Congress refused to grant him any legislative authority. 
B)  he knew exactly what he wanted to do. 
C)  he received unprecedented congressional support. 
D)  he rejected a pragmatic approach to governing the country. 
E)  he at first proceeded cautiously. 
A)  Congress refused to grant him any legislative authority. 
B)  he knew exactly what he wanted to do. 
C)  he received unprecedented congressional support. 
D)  he rejected a pragmatic approach to governing the country. 
E)  he at first proceeded cautiously.

Question 12

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 13

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

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The assertion that "Roosevelt wants you

Question 14

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

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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 15

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 16

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 17

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 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Robert F. Wagner

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Robert F. Wagner was a prominent America

Question 19

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 20

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

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

As a result of the 1937 Roosevelt recession

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: -Securities and Exchange Commission

The early New Deal experiments borrowed rather freely and randomly from

President Roosevelt's Court-packing scheme in 1937 reflected his desire to ensure that the Supreme Court

Probably the most radically economic New Deal program that provoked widespread charges of creeping socialism by Republican and conservative critics of President Roosevelt's administration was the

Is it accurate to say that Franklin Roosevelt should actually be regarded as a savior of the capitalist system and a hero to American business? Why or why not?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Francis Townsend

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

When Franklin Roosevelt assumed the presidency in March 1933

The National Recovery Administration (NRA) failed largely because

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

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

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: -"Every Man a King"

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Robert F. Wagner

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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Exam 11: The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933–1939

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

As a result of the 1937 Roosevelt recession

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: -Securities and Exchange Commission

The early New Deal experiments borrowed rather freely and randomly from

President Roosevelt's Court-packing scheme in 1937 reflected his desire to ensure that the Supreme Court

Probably the most radically economic New Deal program that provoked widespread charges of creeping socialism by Republican and conservative critics of President Roosevelt's administration was the

Is it accurate to say that Franklin Roosevelt should actually be regarded as a savior of the capitalist system and a hero to American business? Why or why not?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Francis Townsend

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

When Franklin Roosevelt assumed the presidency in March 1933

The National Recovery Administration (NRA) failed largely because

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

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

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: -"Every Man a King"

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Robert F. Wagner

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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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Robert F. Wagner