Exam 25: The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

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The ____________________ Corporation would make loans to ailing banks and to corporations willing to build low-cost housing, bridges, and other public works.

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Most popular critics of the New Deal focused on

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Question 42

One of the central concepts of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal was the utilization of government power to promote liberty and equality. Some groups in the United States benefited more than others from New Deal policies. Discuss the impact of the New Deal on the lives of women, eastern and southern European ethnics, African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Native Americans.

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Question 43

The popularity of the Superman comics reflected

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The union formed to organize the millions of nonunion employees into effective workers was the

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Question 45

The New Deal supported the idea of the federal government as a substitute for private enterprise.

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Question 46

In 1933 President Roosevelt pulled the U.S. out of the ____________________ Conference in London because he feared that the other nations attending the conference would insist on keeping the gold content of the dollar so high that it would interfere with efforts to inflate prices.

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Known as the "radio priest," Father Coughlin was also

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____________________ nationalized several U.S. owned oil companies.

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Question 49

Most of the relief money of the Second New Deal went to fund the ______________________________.

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Question 50

The group of World War I veterans that marched on Washington in 1932 and demanded economic relief was the ____________________.

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Question 51

From 1929 to 1932, industrial production fell by

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Question 52

The Hawley-Smoot Tariff affected only manufactured products.

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Question 53

Popular novels celebrated all of the following except

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Question 54

Of the following groups, which benefited the least from New Deal policies?

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Question 55

All of the following are reasons why the Great Depression occurred except

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Which of the following was not a goal of the National Industrial Recovery Act?

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Question 57

Roosevelt often did not support the efforts of his Black Cabinet for fear of alienating southern political leaders.

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Question 58

Describe the demands of labor during the 1930s.

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The greatest construction project of the Bureau of Reclamation was the Grand Coulee Dam.

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Exam 25: The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

The ____________________ Corporation would make loans to ailing banks and to corporations willing to build low-cost housing, bridges, and other public works.

Most popular critics of the New Deal focused on

The popularity of the Superman comics reflected

The union formed to organize the millions of nonunion employees into effective workers was the

The New Deal supported the idea of the federal government as a substitute for private enterprise.

In 1933 President Roosevelt pulled the U.S. out of the ____________________ Conference in London because he feared that the other nations attending the conference would insist on keeping the gold content of the dollar so high that it would interfere with efforts to inflate prices.

Known as the "radio priest," Father Coughlin was also

____________________ nationalized several U.S. owned oil companies.

Most of the relief money of the Second New Deal went to fund the ______________________________.

The group of World War I veterans that marched on Washington in 1932 and demanded economic relief was the ____________________.

From 1929 to 1932, industrial production fell by

The Hawley-Smoot Tariff affected only manufactured products.

Popular novels celebrated all of the following except

Of the following groups, which benefited the least from New Deal policies?

All of the following are reasons why the Great Depression occurred except

Which of the following was not a goal of the National Industrial Recovery Act?

Roosevelt often did not support the efforts of his Black Cabinet for fear of alienating southern political leaders.

Describe the demands of labor during the 1930s.

The greatest construction project of the Bureau of Reclamation was the Grand Coulee Dam.

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