Question 1

President Roosevelt barely won the 1936 election.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The midterm elections of 1934 resulted in stronger Democratic control over both houses of Congress.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The repatriation policy

Accepted Answer

A) was established during the Second New Deal. 
B) drove hundreds of thousands of Mexican immigrants out of the United States. 
C) was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. 
D) encouraged immigrants to demonstrate their patriotism by applying for citizenship. 
E) brought Mexican workers to the U.S.in large numbers. 
A) was established during the Second New Deal. 
B) drove hundreds of thousands of Mexican immigrants out of the United States. 
C) was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. 
D) encouraged immigrants to demonstrate their patriotism by applying for citizenship. 
E) brought Mexican workers to the U.S.in large numbers.

Question 4

The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934

Accepted Answer

A) outlawed Indian religious practices and handicrafts. 
B) was supported by the Navajos and seventy-six other tribes. 
C) restored tribal ownership of land and provided federal economic-development funds. 
D) allowed Protestant missionaries to control reservation schools. 
E) encouraged Indians to leave the reservations to work in cities. 
A) outlawed Indian religious practices and handicrafts. 
B) was supported by the Navajos and seventy-six other tribes. 
C) restored tribal ownership of land and provided federal economic-development funds. 
D) allowed Protestant missionaries to control reservation schools. 
E) encouraged Indians to leave the reservations to work in cities.

Question 5

Most worker demands in the early 1930s were very radical.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A) Knights of Labor. 
B) American Federation of Labor. 
C) "wobblies." 
D) National Labor Union. 
E) Congress of Industrial Organization. 
A) Knights of Labor. 
B) American Federation of Labor. 
C) "wobblies." 
D) National Labor Union. 
E) Congress of Industrial Organization.

Question 7

The Wheeler-Howard Act is also known as the ____________________.

Accepted Answer

Indian Reo

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of President Roosevelt's policy for dealing with Latin...

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation ended up spending considerably less than Congress had mandated.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The Hawley-Smoot Tariff affected only manufactured products.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The United Auto Workers forced General Motors to make concessions to workers by staging a(n)____________________ strike.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The United Auto Workers forced General Motors...

Question 14

Probably the most formative experience in the life of Franklin Roosevelt was his

Accepted Answer

A) early privileged childhood. 
B) marriage to Eleanor. 
C) years at Harvard. 
D) paralysis from polio. 
E) early poverty. 
A) early privileged childhood. 
B) marriage to Eleanor. 
C) years at Harvard. 
D) paralysis from polio. 
E) early poverty.

Question 15

What the economy needed in 1931 was an expanded money supply,lower interest rates,and easier credit.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Contrast the responses of President Herbert Hoover to the Depression with those of his successor,Franklin D.Roosevelt.

Accepted Answer

Essay should address several key points:

Question 17

Under the New Deal,African Americans

Accepted Answer

A) were completely ignored. 
B) were appointed to high-level positions including cabinet posts. 
C) received the same pay and job opportunities as whites. 
D) continued to face discrimination and disfranchisement. 
E) returned to their southern farms. 
A) were completely ignored. 
B) were appointed to high-level positions including cabinet posts. 
C) received the same pay and job opportunities as whites. 
D) continued to face discrimination and disfranchisement. 
E) returned to their southern farms.

Question 18

The appointment of ____________________ as the Bureau of Indian Affairs commissioner resulted in Indians trained in land conservation methods.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The appointment of ____________________ as the Bureau...

Question 19

Popular novels celebrated all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) honesty. 
B) wealth. 
C) decency. 
D) small town values. 
E) patriotism. 
A) honesty. 
B) wealth. 
C) decency. 
D) small town values. 
E) patriotism.

Question 20

Congress responded to the Supreme Court decision declaring the AAA unconstitutional by

Accepted Answer

A) repassing the Agricultural Adjustment Act. 
B) blaming the Court for the continued farm crisis. 
C) impeaching the Chief Justice. 
D) passing the Aid to Agriculture Act. 
E) passing the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act. 
A) repassing the Agricultural Adjustment Act. 
B) blaming the Court for the continued farm crisis. 
C) impeaching the Chief Justice. 
D) passing the Aid to Agriculture Act. 
E) passing the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act.

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

President Roosevelt barely won the 1936 election.

The midterm elections of 1934 resulted in stronger Democratic control over both houses of Congress.

The repatriation policy

The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934

Most worker demands in the early 1930s were very radical.

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

The Wheeler-Howard Act is also known as the ____________________.

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

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

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

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation ended up spending considerably less than Congress had mandated.

The Hawley-Smoot Tariff affected only manufactured products.

The United Auto Workers forced General Motors to make concessions to workers by staging a(n)____________________ strike.

Probably the most formative experience in the life of Franklin Roosevelt was his

What the economy needed in 1931 was an expanded money supply,lower interest rates,and easier credit.

Contrast the responses of President Herbert Hoover to the Depression with those of his successor,Franklin D.Roosevelt.

Under the New Deal,African Americans

The appointment of ____________________ as the Bureau of Indian Affairs commissioner resulted in Indians trained in land conservation methods.

Popular novels celebrated all of the following except

Congress responded to the Supreme Court decision declaring the AAA unconstitutional by

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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