Question 1

Franklin Roosevelt considered the most important legislation of his Hundred Days to be the

Accepted Answer

A) Emergency Banking Act and the Economy Act. 
B) Agricultural Adjustment Act and the National Industrial Recovery Act. 
C) Securities Exchange Act. 
D) Tennessee Valley Authority Act. 
E) Social Security Act. 
A) Emergency Banking Act and the Economy Act. 
B) Agricultural Adjustment Act and the National Industrial Recovery Act. 
C) Securities Exchange Act. 
D) Tennessee Valley Authority Act. 
E) Social Security Act.

Question 2

Examine the characteristics,attitudes,and goals of the bureaucrats who worked in New Deal agencies.

Accepted Answer

The New Deal men and women were enthusia

Question 3

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Huey Long

Accepted Answer

popular former governor of Louisiana and

Question 4

Most popular critics of the New Deal focused on

Accepted Answer

A) the lack of support for ordinary people. 
B) the discrimination of minorities. 
C) the plight of Native Americans. 
D) the socialist nature of the programs. 
E) the rise in income taxes for the wealthy. 
A) the lack of support for ordinary people. 
B) the discrimination of minorities. 
C) the plight of Native Americans. 
D) the socialist nature of the programs. 
E) the rise in income taxes for the wealthy.

Question 5

The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act of 1930

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A) lowered U.S.tariff rates to provide markets for European goods. 
B) raised tariff rates and contributed positively to economic recovery worldwide. 
C) encouraged European nations to lower their tariff rates to enable U.S.companies to sell their goods abroad. 
D) did not pass. 
E) raised U.S.tariff rates,causing European nations to raise their rates and thus weaken international trade. 
A) lowered U.S.tariff rates to provide markets for European goods. 
B) raised tariff rates and contributed positively to economic recovery worldwide. 
C) encouraged European nations to lower their tariff rates to enable U.S.companies to sell their goods abroad. 
D) did not pass. 
E) raised U.S.tariff rates,causing European nations to raise their rates and thus weaken international trade.

Question 6

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 7

Examine popular critics of the New Deal.What were their criticisms and their alternatives to FDR's programs?

Accepted Answer

Although there were some critics of the

Question 8

The women's movement during the Great Depression

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A) gained momentum. 
B) declined as a result of male hostility during the depression. 
C) took on new issues of sexual freedom. 
D) put forward issues of equality more frequently. 
E) saw more success. 
A) gained momentum. 
B) declined as a result of male hostility during the depression. 
C) took on new issues of sexual freedom. 
D) put forward issues of equality more frequently. 
E) saw more success.

Question 9

The organizer of the "Share the Wealth" societies was

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A) Francis Townshend. 
B) Upton Sinclair. 
C) Father Charles Coughlin. 
D) Huey Long. 
E) Eleanor Roosevelt. 
A) Francis Townshend. 
B) Upton Sinclair. 
C) Father Charles Coughlin. 
D) Huey Long. 
E) Eleanor Roosevelt.

Question 10

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Bonus Expeditionary Force

Accepted Answer

group of unemployed World War I veterans

Question 11

Which of the following does not describe Franklin D.Roosevelt?

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A) He owed his political ascent to the famous name from his older cousin Theodore. 
B) He was well educated. 
C) He was popular among his associates in the New York Democratic Party. 
D) He was charming,gregarious and enjoyed a good time. 
E) He was faithful to his wife Eleanor. 
A) He owed his political ascent to the famous name from his older cousin Theodore. 
B) He was well educated. 
C) He was popular among his associates in the New York Democratic Party. 
D) He was charming,gregarious and enjoyed a good time. 
E) He was faithful to his wife Eleanor.

Question 12

Eleanor Roosevelt was an outspoken supporter of African Americans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The phrase ____________________ refers to the policy of stock market speculators who borrowed all but 10 percent of the cost of their stock purchases.

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The answer of The phrase ____________________ refers to the policy...

Question 14

The Roosevelt proposal of 1937 that aroused tremendous public resistance was the

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A) cancellation of the WPA. 
B) plan to increase the size of the Supreme Court. 
C) refusal to make lynching a federal crime. 
D) plan to nationalize federal industries. 
E) plan to enter the war in Europe. 
A) cancellation of the WPA. 
B) plan to increase the size of the Supreme Court. 
C) refusal to make lynching a federal crime. 
D) plan to nationalize federal industries. 
E) plan to enter the war in Europe.

Question 15

The twentieth-century president who best represented the "self-made" man was

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A) Woodrow Wilson. 
B) Herbert Hoover. 
C) Franklin D.Roosevelt. 
D) Warren Harding. 
E) Teddy Roosevelt. 
A) Woodrow Wilson. 
B) Herbert Hoover. 
C) Franklin D.Roosevelt. 
D) Warren Harding. 
E) Teddy Roosevelt.

Question 16

Buying on "margin" meant that

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A) stocks could be purchased by paying a percent of the price and borrowing the rest. 
B) consumer products could be purchased and paid for on the installment plan. 
C) European nations could borrow needed capital from U.S.banks so that their citizens could buy U.S.products. 
D) the government could use deficit spending to solve the problems of the depression. 
E) farmers could use government loans to finance enterprises. 
A) stocks could be purchased by paying a percent of the price and borrowing the rest. 
B) consumer products could be purchased and paid for on the installment plan. 
C) European nations could borrow needed capital from U.S.banks so that their citizens could buy U.S.products. 
D) the government could use deficit spending to solve the problems of the depression. 
E) farmers could use government loans to finance enterprises.

Question 17

Herbert Hoover served as Calvin Coolidge's

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A) secretary of commerce. 
B) vice president. 
C) secretary of state. 
D) secretary of the treasury. 
E) personal secretary. 
A) secretary of commerce. 
B) vice president. 
C) secretary of state. 
D) secretary of the treasury. 
E) personal secretary.

Question 18

As first lady,Eleanor Roosevelt was shy,inarticulate,passive,and awkward.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

One of the major demands of women reformers during the New Deal years was for

Accepted Answer

A) equal rights. 
B) equal pay. 
C) "protective legislation." 
D) greater sexual freedom. 
E) the right to vote. 
A) equal rights. 
B) equal pay. 
C) "protective legislation." 
D) greater sexual freedom. 
E) the right to vote.

Question 20

The ____________________ Act of 1934 allowed Roosevelt to lower U.S.tariffs in exchange for similar reductions by other nations.

Accepted Answer

Reciprocal

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

Franklin Roosevelt considered the most important legislation of his Hundred Days to be the

Examine the characteristics,attitudes,and goals of the bureaucrats who worked in New Deal agencies.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Huey Long

Most popular critics of the New Deal focused on

The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act of 1930

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

Examine popular critics of the New Deal.What were their criticisms and their alternatives to FDR's programs?

The women's movement during the Great Depression

The organizer of the "Share the Wealth" societies was

IDENTIFICATIONS -Bonus Expeditionary Force

Which of the following does not describe Franklin D.Roosevelt?

Eleanor Roosevelt was an outspoken supporter of African Americans.

The phrase ____________________ refers to the policy of stock market speculators who borrowed all but 10 percent of the cost of their stock purchases.

The Roosevelt proposal of 1937 that aroused tremendous public resistance was the

The twentieth-century president who best represented the "self-made" man was

Buying on "margin" meant that

Herbert Hoover served as Calvin Coolidge's

As first lady,Eleanor Roosevelt was shy,inarticulate,passive,and awkward.

One of the major demands of women reformers during the New Deal years was for

The ____________________ Act of 1934 allowed Roosevelt to lower U.S.tariffs in exchange for similar reductions by other nations.

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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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