Question 1

What were the most enduring accomplishments of the New Deal? Which of its efforts had the least long-term impact?

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Question 2

By putting thousands of people immediately to work at good-paying jobs and providing access to low-cost electricity to a region lacking cheap electrical power, the _____ proved to be immensely popular among those Americans it served.

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A)  ​the Public Works Administration 
B)  ​Agricultural Adjustment Act 
C)  ​National Recovery Administration 
D)  ​Civilian Conservation Corps 
E)  ​Tennessee Valley Authority

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)

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Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Civilian Conservation Corps

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Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Pearl Buck

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Question 6

Most Dust Bowl migrants headed to

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A)  Oklahoma. 
B)  Arizona. 
C)  Nevada. 
D)  Oregon. 
E)  California.

Question 7

The American Social Security System, established by the New Deal, differed from most European social welfare systems primarily because it

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A)  was opposed by large sectors of the public. 
B)  did not permit the Social Security number to be used for identification and security purposes. 
C)  did not address the issue of single mothers in the home with dependent children. 
D)  linked unemployment and disability insurance to old age pensions. 
E)  did not initially cover all categories of workers.

Question 8

Franklin Roosevelt took America off the gold standard and adopted a managed currency policy designed to

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A)  stimulate inflation. 
B)  reduce the traded price of gold. 
C)  reduce the traded price of silver. 
D)  reduce the amount of money in circulation. 
E)  shake up the Federal Reserve Board.

Question 9

The phrase Hundred Days refers to the

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A)  worst months of the Great Depression. 
B)  time it took for Congress to begin acting on President Roosevelt's plans for combating the Great Depression. 
C)  flood of legislation passed by Congress in the first months of Franklin Roosevelt's presidency. 
D)  "lame-duck" period between Franklin Roosevelt's election and his inauguration. 
E)  time that all banks were closed by FDR.

Question 10

Before he was elected president in 1932, Franklin Roosevelt had already

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A)  served as governor of New York. 
B)  run for vice president of the United States. 
C)  been assistant secretary of the navy. 
D)  been the American ambassador to Britain. 
E)  been a United States senator.

Question 11

The most controversial aspect of the Tennessee Valley Authority was its effort to

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A)  provide cheap electrical power in competition with private industry. 
B)  control floods in the Tennessee and Cumblerland valleys. 
C)  prevent soil erosion throughout the region. 
D)  build housing for poor and middle-class citizens in the region. 
E)  provide moderately priced electrical power in collaboration with private industry.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Dust Bowl

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Question 13

The Wagner Act of 1935 proved to be a trailblazing law that

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A)  gave labor the legal right to organize and bargain collectively. 
B)  established the NRA. 
C)  established the Social Security system. 
D)  authorized the Public Works Administration (PW
A) . 
E)  established a national minimum wage law.

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Roosevelt (New Deal)coalition

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Question 15

President Roosevelt's chief "administrator of relief" and one of his closest advisors was

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A)  George Norris. 
B)  John L. Lewis. 
C)  Mary McLeod Bethune. 
D)  Harry Hopkins. 
E)  David Lilienthal.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Federal Housing Administration

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Question 17

The New Deal program of the following agency represented the most economically complex, managerially ambitious, and unsuccessfulNew Deal effort to achieve recovery and reform the entire American economy

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A)  Public Works Administration. 
B)  National Recovery Administration. 
C)  Tennessee Valley Authority. 
D)  National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act). 
E)  Social Security Administration.

Question 18

While Franklin Roosevelt waited to assume the presidency in early 1933, Herbert Hoover unsuccessfully tried to get the president-elect to commit to

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A)  maintaining a balanced federal budget. 
B)  renewal of the extremely high Hawley-Smoot Tariff. 
C)  an anti-inflationary policy that would have made much of the New Deal impossible. 
D)  appointing some Republicans to his cabinet. 
E)  a policy of not offering direct welfare to the unemployed.

Question 19

Franklin Roosevelt's ____ contributed the most to his development of compassion and strength of will.

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A)  education 
B)  domestic conflicts with Eleanor Roosevelt 
C)  family ties with Teddy Roosevelt 
D)  affliction with infantile paralysis 
E)  service in World War I

Question 20

One striking new feature of the 1932 presidential election results was that

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A)  the South had shifted to the Republican party. 
B)  Democrats made political gains in the normally rock-ribbed Republican western states like Kansas. 
C)  despite the calamity of the Great Depression, the popular and the electoral vote for president was surprisingly close. 
D)  a clear gender gap opened up in which more women favored the Democrats. 
E)  African Americans shifted from their Republican allegiance and became a vital element in the Democratic party.

Exam 11: The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933–1939

What were the most enduring accomplishments of the New Deal? Which of its efforts had the least long-term impact?

By putting thousands of people immediately to work at good-paying jobs and providing access to low-cost electricity to a region lacking cheap electrical power, the _____ proved to be immensely popular among those Americans it served.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Civilian Conservation Corps

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Pearl Buck

Most Dust Bowl migrants headed to

The American Social Security System, established by the New Deal, differed from most European social welfare systems primarily because it

Franklin Roosevelt took America off the gold standard and adopted a managed currency policy designed to

The phrase Hundred Days refers to the

Before he was elected president in 1932, Franklin Roosevelt had already

The most controversial aspect of the Tennessee Valley Authority was its effort to

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Dust Bowl

The Wagner Act of 1935 proved to be a trailblazing law that

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Roosevelt (New Deal)coalition

President Roosevelt's chief "administrator of relief" and one of his closest advisors was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Federal Housing Administration

The New Deal program of the following agency represented the most economically complex, managerially ambitious, and unsuccessfulNew Deal effort to achieve recovery and reform the entire American economy

While Franklin Roosevelt waited to assume the presidency in early 1933, Herbert Hoover unsuccessfully tried to get the president-elect to commit to

Franklin Roosevelt's ____ contributed the most to his development of compassion and strength of will.

One striking new feature of the 1932 presidential election results was that