Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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

Describe the demands of labor during the 1930s.

Accepted Answer

During the 1930s, the demands of labor w

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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 6

The ____________________ Corporation would make loans to ailing banks and to corporations willing to build low-cost housing,bridges,and other public works.

Accepted Answer

Reconstruc

Question 7

Describe FDR's "First Hundred Days."

Accepted Answer

FDR's "First Hundred Days" refers to the

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

Farm Secur

Question 9

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 10

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

Accepted Answer

Indian Reo

Question 11

Huey Long

Accepted Answer

Huey Long, also known as Huey Pierce Lon

Question 12

Bonus Expeditionary Force

Accepted Answer

The Bonus Expeditionary Force, more comm

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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

The New Deal had a varied impact on diff

Question 15

Tennessee Valley Authority

Accepted Answer

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is

Question 16

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 17

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 18

Franklin Roosevelt consistently backed legislation to make lynching a federal crime.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

There were 2,000 labor strikes in 1934.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

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

The 1936 presidential election is especially significant because

Describe the demands of labor during the 1930s.

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

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

The ____________________ Corporation would make loans to ailing banks and to corporations willing to build low-cost housing,bridges,and other public works.

Describe FDR's "First Hundred Days."

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

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

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

Huey Long

Bonus Expeditionary Force

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

Tennessee Valley Authority

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

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

Franklin Roosevelt consistently backed legislation to make lynching a federal crime.

There were 2,000 labor strikes in 1934.

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

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

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

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Progressivism, 1900-1917

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

America During the Second World War 1939-1945

The Age of Containment 1946-1953

America at Midcentury 1953-1963

America During a Divisive War 1963-1974

Uncertain Times 1974-1992

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Exam 9: The Great Depression and the New Deal 1929-1939

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

The 1936 presidential election is especially significant because​

Describe the demands of labor during the 1930s.

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

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

The ____________________ Corporation would make loans to ailing banks and to corporations willing to build low-cost housing,bridges,and other public works.

Describe FDR's "First Hundred Days."

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

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

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

Huey Long

Bonus Expeditionary Force

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

Tennessee Valley Authority

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

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

Franklin Roosevelt consistently backed legislation to make lynching a federal crime.

There were 2,000 labor strikes in 1934.

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

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, 1900-1917

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

America During the Second World War 1939-1945

The Age of Containment 1946-1953

America at Midcentury 1953-1963

America During a Divisive War 1963-1974

Uncertain Times 1974-1992

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

A Time of Hope and Fear 1993-2014

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The 1936 presidential election is especially significant because