Question 1

The people who organized and directed the New Deal programs were mostly

Accepted Answer

A) well-educated, male, technocrats. 
B) members of ethnic and religious minority groups. 
C) working-class urbanites with little or no advanced education. 
D) university professors eager to put their theories into action. 
E) immigrants who brought radical ideas from abroad. 
A) well-educated, male, technocrats. 
B) members of ethnic and religious minority groups. 
C) working-class urbanites with little or no advanced education. 
D) university professors eager to put their theories into action. 
E) immigrants who brought radical ideas from abroad.

Question 2

The 1936 presidential election is especially significant because​

Accepted Answer

A) Democrats became known as the party of the "forgotten American."​ 
B) Black voters abandoned their long-time allegiance to the Republican Party.​ 
C) large numbers of pro-New Deal voters came out to ensure Roosevelt's re-election.​ 
D) Roosevelt won his third term in office.​ 
E) All of these choices. 
A) Democrats became known as the party of the "forgotten American."​ 
B) Black voters abandoned their long-time allegiance to the Republican Party.​ 
C) large numbers of pro-New Deal voters came out to ensure Roosevelt's re-election.​ 
D) Roosevelt won his third term in office.​ 
E) All of these choices.

Question 3

Most employers observed the NRA's wage and hour guidelines.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The deepening inequality of income in the 1920s contributed to the Great Depression because

Accepted Answer

A) the rich spent a smaller proportion of their incomes on consumption than wage earners did. 
B) the working class spent far less than the wealthy on consumer goods. 
C) reduced tax rates meant the government had a smaller budget with which to invest in economic recovery. 
D) the wealthy paid extremely high taxes, which hindered spending.​ 
E) None of these choices. 
A) the rich spent a smaller proportion of their incomes on consumption than wage earners did. 
B) the working class spent far less than the wealthy on consumer goods. 
C) reduced tax rates meant the government had a smaller budget with which to invest in economic recovery. 
D) the wealthy paid extremely high taxes, which hindered spending.​ 
E) None of these choices.

Question 5

The Social Security system excluded many of the female-dominated occupations from coverage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Examine the impact of the New Deal on America's dispossessed: American Indians, Mexican Americans and African Americans.

Accepted Answer

The New Deal had a significant impact on

Question 7

In the court-packing plan, FDR asked Congress to authorize an increase in the number of Supreme Court justices.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The ____________________ was designed to improve the economic lot of tenant farmers, sharecroppers, and farm workers.

Accepted Answer

Farm Secur

Question 9

Roosevelt's Supreme Court proposal would have allowed him to appoint _____________ additional justices to the court.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Roosevelt's Supreme Court proposal would have allowed...

Question 10

The black opera singer who sang on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 in a symbolic concert against racism was

Accepted Answer

A) Marian Anderson. 
B) Kathleen Battle. 
C) Beverly Sills. 
D) Jessye Norman. 
E) Ella Fitzgerald. 
A) Marian Anderson. 
B) Kathleen Battle. 
C) Beverly Sills. 
D) Jessye Norman. 
E) Ella Fitzgerald.

Question 11

The AAA focused specifically of the plight of sharecroppers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

President Roosevelt's regular informal radio speeches to the American public were known as ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of President Roosevelt's regular informal radio speeches to...

Question 13

____________________ was the first female cabinet member in U.S. history.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ was the first female cabinet member...

Question 14

The reform movement spearheaded by Roosevelt, known as liberalism, can best be described as

Accepted Answer

A) unlimited government spending and restrictive social policies. 
B) interventionist in economic matters and libertarian on questions of personal behavior. 
C) promoting free enterprise in economic matters but social regulation of personal behavior. 
D) limited government spending and no stance on personal liberties. 
E) expanding government ownership of businesses and government regulation of personal behavior. 
A) unlimited government spending and restrictive social policies. 
B) interventionist in economic matters and libertarian on questions of personal behavior. 
C) promoting free enterprise in economic matters but social regulation of personal behavior. 
D) limited government spending and no stance on personal liberties. 
E) expanding government ownership of businesses and government regulation of personal behavior.

Question 15

Under Roosevelt's New Deal homeowners were offered loans to refinance home mortgages.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

For the farmers of the Great Plains, the New Deal programs offered little, as their major problem was ecological.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The New Deal policy toward Indians could be described best as promoting assimilation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The largest and most violent strike of the 1930s occurred among ____ workers.

Accepted Answer

A) farm 
B) electrical 
C) auto 
D) textile 
E) coal 
A) farm 
B) electrical 
C) auto 
D) textile 
E) coal

Question 19

The United Auto Workers launched a sit-down strike against ____________________ in 1936.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The United Auto Workers launched a sit-down...

Question 20

The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the AAA.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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

The people who organized and directed the New Deal programs were mostly

The 1936 presidential election is especially significant because​

Most employers observed the NRA's wage and hour guidelines.

The deepening inequality of income in the 1920s contributed to the Great Depression because

The Social Security system excluded many of the female-dominated occupations from coverage.

Examine the impact of the New Deal on America's dispossessed: American Indians, Mexican Americans and African Americans.

In the court-packing plan, FDR asked Congress to authorize an increase in the number of Supreme Court justices.

The ____________________ was designed to improve the economic lot of tenant farmers, sharecroppers, and farm workers.

Roosevelt's Supreme Court proposal would have allowed him to appoint _____________ additional justices to the court.

The black opera singer who sang on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 in a symbolic concert against racism was

The AAA focused specifically of the plight of sharecroppers.

President Roosevelt's regular informal radio speeches to the American public were known as ____________________.

____________________ was the first female cabinet member in U.S. history.

The reform movement spearheaded by Roosevelt, known as liberalism, can best be described as

Under Roosevelt's New Deal homeowners were offered loans to refinance home mortgages.

For the farmers of the Great Plains, the New Deal programs offered little, as their major problem was ecological.

The New Deal policy toward Indians could be described best as promoting assimilation.

The largest and most violent strike of the 1930s occurred among ____ workers.

The United Auto Workers launched a sit-down strike against ____________________ in 1936.

The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the AAA.

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