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

The worst year of the Depression was ____________________.

President Hoover's administration established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

President Roosevelt's policy for dealing with Latin American nations is known as the ____________________ Policy.

After the 1936 election, new constituencies that united to form the ________________, which would help to solidify the Democrats as the majority party in American politics for decades.

Eleanor Roosevelt was an outspoken supporter of African Americans.

The first comprehensive system of social welfare passed in American history was ____________________.

The women's movement during the Great Depression

Between 1918 and 1929

Waiting for Lefty, Broadway's most popular play of 1935, was a raw drama about unionization efforts among taxi drivers.

In 1935 some members of the AFL left and created a new organization the ______________________________.

Describe FDR's "First Hundred Days."

The National Recovery Administration had the power to force adherence to its codes.

In August 1928, ____________________ declared that American was "nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land."

Jewish and Catholic Americans voted for Franklin Roosevelt in large numbers.

The region that benefited most from the New Deal was

Bureau of Indian Affairs Commissioner John Collier ran into significant opposition in trying to protect Native American identity.

There were 2,000 labor strikes in 1934.

The Neal Deal program closest to socialism was which of the following?

Eleanor Roosevelt was

The Roosevelt administration tried to reinstate the National Recovery Administration after the Supreme Court declared its codes unconstitutional.