Question 1

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Okies, Dust Bowl

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Question 2

Which of the following statements is not true about the New Deal?

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A)  The New Deal brought about full economic recovery, and by 1939 unemployment was no longer a serious problem. 
B)  The New Deal vastly increased the power and prestige of the presidency. 
C)  The New Deal assumed a fundamental governmental responsibility to promote economic prosperity and the well-being of all citizens. 
D)  As the New Deal evolved, it acted as a broker for all organized interest groups-including agriculture and labor, not just business. 
E)  In the course of the New Deal, a fundamental political realignment took place.

Question 3

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Tennessee Valley Authority

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Question 4

Which of the following pieces of legislation was an attempt at campaign reform in the late 1930s?

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A)  Pendleton Act 
B)  McCain Act 
C)  Hatch Act 
D)  Kennedy Act 
E)  Eggleston Act

Question 5

Discuss the New Deal's expansive view of the government's role in promoting economic and social welfare.

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Question 6

Which statement best expresses the mobility of African-Americans during the 1930s?

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A)  African-Americans poured into northern cities in a "great migration" in search of employment. 
B)  African-Americans poured into southern cities in record numbers in search of employment. 
C)  The depression slowed down the migration of African-Americans northward. 
D)  African-Americans reversed their previous migrations to northern cities, and returned to southern farms where there were greater opportunities for survival. 
E)  The depression made little difference because the majority of African-Americans had migrated to northern cities earlier in the century.

Question 7

What type of entertainment did the Frank Capra films Mr. Deeds Goes to Town and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington provide?

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A)  They were comedies that lampooned New Deal policies. 
B)  They were patriotic and idealistic portrayals of the triumph of "the people" over entrenched interests. 
C)  They were realistic docudramas about social problems. 
D)  They were gangster movies showing gritty images of urban America. 
E)  They were zany musicals that offered viewers a chance to forget the depression.

Question 8

What technological innovations increased the entertainment value of movies during the depression of the 1930s?

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Question 9

What were the causes of the depression? What economic problems did the stock market crash trigger? Why did the stock market crash hurt the average American when less than ten percent of Americans actually invested in it?

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Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Hundred Days

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Question 12

Which of the following was not an approach that Franklin Roosevelt used during the early years of his administration to fight the depression?

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A)  business-government cooperation and pump-priming federal spending. 
B)  subsidized crop reduction. 
C)  short-term emergency relief for the jobless, provided directly by the federal government if necessary. 
D)  nationalization of the railroads and steel industry. 
E)  public works projects to provide jobs and stimulate the economy.

Question 13

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Hoover Valley, Hoover blankets

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Question 14

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Indian Reorganization Act

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Question 15

Which of the following examples of New Deal legislation is correctly paired with what its purpose?

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A)  National Youth Administration: Launched a federal-state program of workers' pensions, unemployment insurance, and other welfare benefits. 
B)  Fair Labor Standards Act: Banned child labor and set a national minimum wage. 
C)  Federal Securities Exchange Act: Raised taxes on corporations and the wealthy. 
D)  National Housing Act: Halted sale of tribal lands and enabled tribes to regain unallocated lands. 
E)  Public Utilities Holding Company Act: Guaranteed unions' collective-bargaining rights and outlawed anti-union practices.

Question 16

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Harold Ickes

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Question 17

What were the experiences of African-Americans and Hispanics during the depression? What kind of discrimination did these groups face? What government policies affected Hispanics and Native Americans?

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Question 18

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
John L. Lewis, Walter Reuther

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Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Escape through radio and movies

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Question 20

What was the radio adaptation of War of the Worlds about?

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A)  World War I 
B)  Spanish Civil War 
C)  Class warfare 
D)  An alien landing 
E)  A war between Christian Europe and the Islamic Middle East

Exam 24: The Great Depression and the New Deal

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Okies, Dust Bowl

Which of the following statements is not true about the New Deal?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Tennessee Valley Authority

Which of the following pieces of legislation was an attempt at campaign reform in the late 1930s?

Discuss the New Deal's expansive view of the government's role in promoting economic and social welfare.

Which statement best expresses the mobility of African-Americans during the 1930s?

What type of entertainment did the Frank Capra films Mr. Deeds Goes to Town and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington provide?

What technological innovations increased the entertainment value of movies during the depression of the 1930s?

What were the causes of the depression? What economic problems did the stock market crash trigger? Why did the stock market crash hurt the average American when less than ten percent of Americans actually invested in it?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Hundred Days

Which of the following was not an approach that Franklin Roosevelt used during the early years of his administration to fight the depression?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Hoover Valley, Hoover blankets

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Indian Reorganization Act

Which of the following examples of New Deal legislation is correctly paired with what its purpose?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Harold Ickes

What were the experiences of African-Americans and Hispanics during the depression? What kind of discrimination did these groups face? What government policies affected Hispanics and Native Americans?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. John L. Lewis, Walter Reuther

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Escape through radio and movies

What was the radio adaptation of War of the Worlds about?