Question 1

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Wagner Act

Accepted Answer

known officially as the National Labor R

Question 2

One of President Roosevelt's first acts in office was to close all of the nation's banks.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Farm Secur

Question 4

Each of the following was part of the First New Deal (1935-1937)except the

Accepted Answer

A) Public Works Administration. 
B) Civilian Conservation Corps. 
C) Works Progress Administration. 
D) Tennessee Valley Authority. 
E) National Industrial Recovery Act. 
A) Public Works Administration. 
B) Civilian Conservation Corps. 
C) Works Progress Administration. 
D) Tennessee Valley Authority. 
E) National Industrial Recovery Act.

Question 5

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 6

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Eleanor Roosevelt

Accepted Answer

wife of Franklin D.Roosevelt.P

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of In August 1928,____________________ declared that American was...

Question 9

Radical critics of the New Deal were silenced after 1934.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Hoovervilles

Accepted Answer

Depression-era shack towns whe

Question 11

Roosevelt's opponent in the 1936 presidential election was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Roosevelt's opponent in the 1936 presidential election...

Question 12

The worst year of the Depression was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The worst year of the Depression was...

Question 13

The commanding military officer who attacked the bonus marchers in Washington was

Accepted Answer

A) Dwight D.Eisenhower. 
B) John G.Pershing. 
C) Douglas Mac Arthur. 
D) William Westmoreland. 
E) William Grant. 
A) Dwight D.Eisenhower. 
B) John G.Pershing. 
C) Douglas Mac Arthur. 
D) William Westmoreland. 
E) William Grant.

Question 14

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.

Accepted Answer

Essay should address several key points:

Question 15

Share the Wealth Club members came exclusively from the middle class.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

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 17

Describe FDR's "First Hundred Days."

Accepted Answer

One of the most dramatic periods in pres

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Compare and contrast the First and Second New Deals.

Accepted Answer

Essay should address several key points:

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A) CCC 
B) TVA 
C) AAA 
D) NRA 
E) WPA 
A) CCC 
B) TVA 
C) AAA 
D) NRA 
E) WPA

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

IDENTIFICATIONS -Wagner Act

One of President Roosevelt's first acts in office was to close all of the nation's banks.

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

Each of the following was part of the First New Deal (1935-1937)except the

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

IDENTIFICATIONS -Eleanor Roosevelt

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

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

Radical critics of the New Deal were silenced after 1934.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Hoovervilles

Roosevelt's opponent in the 1936 presidential election was ____________________.

The worst year of the Depression was ____________________.

The commanding military officer who attacked the bonus marchers in Washington was

Share the Wealth Club members came exclusively from the middle class.

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

Describe FDR's "First Hundred Days."

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

Compare and contrast the First and Second New Deals.

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

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, conquest, catastrophe

The Challenge to Spain and the Settlement of North America

England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, liberty, and Expansion

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

Reform, resistance, revolution

The Revolutionary Republic

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture

Whigs and Democrats

Antebellum Reform

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, peoples, cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

America During the Second World War

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2012

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