Question 1

In 1937,the ________ company unexpectedly recognized the major union of steel workers.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In 1937,the ________ company unexpectedly recognized the...

Question 2

In 1934,the American Liberty League was formed

Accepted Answer

A)  to help win public support for the more controversial New Deal programs. 
B)  by western business leaders who felt ignored by the New Deal. 
C)  to unite southerners who opposed the New Deal's support of unions. 
D)  by a coalition of radical and semi-radical organizations, including the Socialist Party. 
E)  by wealthy conservatives who strongly opposed the New Deal. 
A)  to help win public support for the more controversial New Deal programs. 
B)  by western business leaders who felt ignored by the New Deal. 
C)  to unite southerners who opposed the New Deal's support of unions. 
D)  by a coalition of radical and semi-radical organizations, including the Socialist Party. 
E)  by wealthy conservatives who strongly opposed the New Deal.

Question 3

The National Labor Relations Act,popularly known as the ________ Act,provided workers with greater assurance that their collective bargaining rights would be honored.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The National Labor Relations Act,popularly known as...

Question 4

Discuss the fundamental shift that took place in the 1930s regarding the role of the federal government to help people in economic hardship.How would you assess this shift? Has it been useful or not? How does it relate to you personally today?

Accepted Answer

In the 1930s, there was a fundamental sh

Question 5

The principle New Deal government aid to women during the 1930s was in the form of

Accepted Answer

A)  industrial work relief. 
B)  free health care. 
C)  free child care. 
D)  cash assistance. 
E)  secretarial work relief. 
A)  industrial work relief. 
B)  free health care. 
C)  free child care. 
D)  cash assistance. 
E)  secretarial work relief.

Question 6

The sit-down strike was an effective way to prevent companies from using strikebreakers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Conservatives and corporate leaders organized the ________ League to arouse public opposition to the New Deal.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Conservatives and corporate leaders organized the ________...

Question 8

The Rural Electrification Administration was more effective and affected more people than did the Resettlement Administration.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

All of the following occurred as a result of the Tennessee Valley Authority EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  flooding being almost entirely eliminated in the affected region. 
B)  a decline in the cost of power from private companies. 
C)  significant reduction in poverty in the region. 
D)  improvements to water transportation. 
E)  electricity being provided to thousands of new users. 
A)  flooding being almost entirely eliminated in the affected region. 
B)  a decline in the cost of power from private companies. 
C)  significant reduction in poverty in the region. 
D)  improvements to water transportation. 
E)  electricity being provided to thousands of new users.

Question 10

The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 established

Accepted Answer

A)  the Federal Reserve Board in Washington. 
B)  the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 
C)  the Securities and Exchange Commission. 
D)  both the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Securities and Exchange Commission. 
E)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  the Federal Reserve Board in Washington. 
B)  the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 
C)  the Securities and Exchange Commission. 
D)  both the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Securities and Exchange Commission. 
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 11

Compare the efforts of both Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt in fighting the Depression.How did their efforts fare in combating the economic crisis?

Accepted Answer

Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt bo

Question 12

The creation of the ________ represented an unprecedented New Deal experiment in regional planning.

Accepted Answer

Tennessee

Question 13

President Roosevelt's 1936 reelection was the greatest landslide victory to that point in the history of American presidential elections.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The Civilian Conservation Corps

Accepted Answer

A)  was racially integrated. 
B)  put the unemployed to work on rural and wilderness areas. 
C)  included women. 
D)  mostly employed the jobless rural poor. 
E)  passed Congress despite Roosevelt's ambivalence about the project. 
A)  was racially integrated. 
B)  put the unemployed to work on rural and wilderness areas. 
C)  included women. 
D)  mostly employed the jobless rural poor. 
E)  passed Congress despite Roosevelt's ambivalence about the project.

Question 15

The Home Owners Loan Corporation provided funds for refinancing home mortgages.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Roosevelt's Court-packing plan came to be considered unnecessary by Congress once the Supreme Court began supporting New Deal legislation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Why was the New Deal in disarray by 1937-1938? Why were there no additional New Deal programs after 1938?

Accepted Answer

The New Deal was in disarray by 1937-193

Question 18

Charles Coughlin quickly moved from supporting to opposing President Roosevelt.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The Agricultural Adjustment Administration was to be financed by a tax on ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Agricultural Adjustment Administration was to be...

Question 20

All of the following groups were part of the New Deal political coalition EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  big-business owners. 
B)  the working class. 
C)  urban blacks. 
D)  western and southern farmers. 
E)  liberals and progressives. 
A)  big-business owners. 
B)  the working class. 
C)  urban blacks. 
D)  western and southern farmers. 
E)  liberals and progressives.

Exam 24: The New Deal

In 1937,the ________ company unexpectedly recognized the major union of steel workers.

In 1934,the American Liberty League was formed

The National Labor Relations Act,popularly known as the ________ Act,provided workers with greater assurance that their collective bargaining rights would be honored.

Discuss the fundamental shift that took place in the 1930s regarding the role of the federal government to help people in economic hardship.How would you assess this shift? Has it been useful or not? How does it relate to you personally today?

The principle New Deal government aid to women during the 1930s was in the form of

The sit-down strike was an effective way to prevent companies from using strikebreakers.

Conservatives and corporate leaders organized the ________ League to arouse public opposition to the New Deal.

The Rural Electrification Administration was more effective and affected more people than did the Resettlement Administration.

All of the following occurred as a result of the Tennessee Valley Authority EXCEPT

The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 established

Compare the efforts of both Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt in fighting the Depression.How did their efforts fare in combating the economic crisis?

The creation of the ________ represented an unprecedented New Deal experiment in regional planning.

President Roosevelt's 1936 reelection was the greatest landslide victory to that point in the history of American presidential elections.

The Civilian Conservation Corps

The Home Owners Loan Corporation provided funds for refinancing home mortgages.

Roosevelt's Court-packing plan came to be considered unnecessary by Congress once the Supreme Court began supporting New Deal legislation.

Why was the New Deal in disarray by 1937-1938? Why were there no additional New Deal programs after 1938?

Charles Coughlin quickly moved from supporting to opposing President Roosevelt.

The Agricultural Adjustment Administration was to be financed by a tax on ________.

All of the following groups were part of the New Deal political coalition EXCEPT

The Collision of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderlands

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian Era

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

America’s Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Antebellum Culture and Reform

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction and the New South

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

The Age of the City

From Crisis to Empire

The Progressives

America and the Great War

The “New Era”

The Great Depression

The Global Crisis, 1921–1941

America in a World at War

The Cold War

The Affluent Society

Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

The Crisis of Authority

From the “Age of Limits” to the Age of Reagan

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