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Which of the following was a consequence of the activity shown in the image above.
Massive internal migration across America
"Illumined by the stern-lantern of history, the New Deal can be seen to have left in place a set of institutional arrangement that constituted a more coherent pattern than is dreamt of in many philosophies. That pattern can be summarized in a single word: security—security for vulnerable individuals, to be sure, as Roosevelt famously urged in his campaign for the Social Security Act of 1935, but security for capitalists and consumers, for workers and builders as well. Job-security, life-cycle security, financial security, market security—however it might be defined, achieving security was the leitmotif of virtually everything the New Deal attempted." —David M. Kennedy, historian, Freedom From Fear, 1999Which of the following was designed to provide long term "job security" for workers?
National Labor Relations Act
"Illumined by the stern-lantern of history, the New Deal can be seen to have left in place a set of institutional arrangement that constituted a more coherent pattern than is dreamt of in many philosophies. That pattern can be summarized in a single word: security—security for vulnerable individuals, to be sure, as Roosevelt famously urged in his campaign for the Social Security Act of 1935, but security for capitalists and consumers, for workers and builders as well. Job-security, life-cycle security, financial security, market security—however it might be defined, achieving security was the leitmotif of virtually everything the New Deal attempted." —David M. Kennedy, historian, Freedom From Fear, 1999Which of the following most directly addressed "security for capitalists?" (capitalist is a businessperson)
National Recovery Administration
The cartoonist portrays President Roosevelt supporting all of the following policies EXCEPT
New Deal policies that could be used to support rugged individualism
Which of the following groups was most responsive in trying to create long term solutions for conditions shown in the image?
Proponents of increased regulation of the stock market
Critics of the New Deal insisted that all of the following were true EXCEPT:
Roosevelt was opposed to organized labor (unions)
This graph would be most useful to historians analyzing
The effectiveness of the New Deal
Franklin Roosevelt's philosophy of the presidency was shared by
Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson.
"The farmers are being pauperized by the poverty of industrial populations and the industrial populations are being pauperized by the poverty of the farmers. Neither has the money to buy the product of the other, hence we have overproduction and under consumption at the same time and in the same country."I have not come here to stir you in a recital of the necessity for relief for our suffering fellow citizens. However, unless something is done for them and done soon, you will have a revolution on hand...."There is a feeling among the masses that something is radically wrong .... they say that this government is a conspiracy against the common people to enrich the already rich."—Oscar Ameringer, editor of the Oklahoma Daily Leader, testimony to the House Committee on Labor, February, 1932Which of the following would most likely support a belief that the government was "against the common people"?
Treatment of the Bonus Marchers
"The farmers are being pauperized by the poverty of industrial populations and the industrial populations are being pauperized by the poverty of the farmers. Neither has the money to buy the product of the other, hence we have overproduction and under consumption at the same time and in the same country."I have not come here to stir you in a recital of the necessity for relief for our suffering fellow citizens. However, unless something is done for them and done soon, you will have a revolution on hand...."There is a feeling among the masses that something is radically wrong .... they say that this government is a conspiracy against the common people to enrich the already rich."—Oscar Ameringer, editor of the Oklahoma Daily Leader, testimony to the House Committee on Labor, February, 1932Which of the following was most directly related to the phrase in the testimony "the necessity for relief for our suffering fellow citizens"?
Twenty-five percent of the workforce was unemployed
Which of the following is arranged in correct chronological order?
Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover
The New Deal offered special relief to the nation's youth through the
Works Progress Administraion and Public Works Administration
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? They used to tell me I was building a dream And so I followed the mob. When there was earth to plow or guns to bear, I was always there, right on the job. They used to tell me I was building a dream With peace and glory ahead — Why should I be standing in line, just waiting for bread? Once I built a railroad, I made it run, Made it race against time. Once I built a railroad, now it's done — Brother, can you spare a dime? . . . — E. Y. Harburg and J. Gorney, 1932 Which program was created to deal with the problem identified in this song?
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
The 1932 demonstration known as the "Bonus March" involved
World War I veterans demanding financial aid from the federal government
Franklin Roosevelt won the 1932 election because of
all of the above
Many business leaders opposed the New Deal because
all of these
The period 1920-29 was characterized by
all of these
Father Charles Coughlin, Dr. Charles Townsend, and Senator Huey Long were leaders of
anti-Roosevelt groups.
Franklin Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt were alike in their
belief in activist government to effect reform
How did President Hoover respond to the Bonus Army?
by destroying their Hooverville camps with the U.S. military
During his "First Hundred Days" Franklin D Roosevelt
closed all the banks
Some opponents of President Franklin Roosevelt criticized the New Deal because it
cost too much.
Prohibition was harmful to the American public in the long run because it
created gangsters like Al Capone
During the Great Depression, one way New Deal programs tried to stimulate economic recovery was by
creating public works jobs
Which event led to the other three?
development of Dust Bowl conditions on the Great Plains
President Herbert Hoover's response to the Great Depression was often criticized because it
failed to provide relief for the neediest persons
The New Deal changed American political thinking because it was based on the idea that the
federal government should attempt to solve social and economic problems
President Coolidge's attitude toward business was
friendly
The march of the "Bonus Army" and referring to shantytowns as "Hoovervilles" in the early 1930s illustrate
growing discontent with the president's efforts to deal with the Great Depression
The revival of the Ku-Klux Klan in the 1920s led to
harassment of foreigners, Catholics, Jews and Blacks
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) were both New Deal programs developed to address the problem of
high unemployment
In describing the New Deal Era, most historians would agree that the Federal government
increased its control over the American economy
All of the following contributed to the Great Depression except:
lack of credit to help consumers buy new products
"The people in this country whose incomes are less than two thousand dollars a year buy more than two-thirds of the goods sold." - President Roosevelt Based on this cartoon, economic recovery would require
more money in the hands of lower-income families
President Roosevelt responded to the situation illustrated in the cartoon by
proposing to increase the number of justices on the Supreme Court
Herbert Hoover's victory in 1928 is best explained by the
prosperous economic state of the nation
The radio and film industries blossomed in the 1930's, because
provided an escape from dismal reality.
During the Great Depression, in general, movies
provided an escape from the reality of economic conditions
The New Deal reflected the idea that the United States government should
regulate and reform the economy.
The chief goal of the New Deal was to counteract the Depression by
starting programs that would accomplish relief, reform and recovery
All of the following were long-term consequences of the Great Depression on the American people EXCEPT that they
supported laissez-faire economic policies
Which of the following statements relating to the Administration of Franklin D Roosevelt Administration is NOT true?
the New Deal resulted in the passage of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff, and other protective tariff measures.
The immigration quota system was based on the number of immigrants as a percent of
the number of persons of a nationality living in the United States
All of the following were goals of the Social Security Act (1935) except:
to provide jobs for older citizens
What was the overall U.S. unemployment rate during the worst periods of the depression?
25%
Most Dust Bowl migrants headed to
California
"Illumined by the stern-lantern of history, the New Deal can be seen to have left in place a set of institutional arrangement that constituted a more coherent pattern than is dreamt of in many philosophies. That pattern can be summarized in a single word: security—security for vulnerable individuals, to be sure, as Roosevelt famously urged in his campaign for the Social Security Act of 1935, but security for capitalists and consumers, for workers and builders as well. Job-security, life-cycle security, financial security, market security—however it might be defined, achieving security was the leitmotif of virtually everything the New Deal attempted." —David M. Kennedy, historian, Freedom From Fear, 1999Who among the following individuals or groups would most directly oppose the philosophy of the New Deal as explained in this excerpt?
Conservative critics
"The farmers are being pauperized by the poverty of industrial populations and the industrial populations are being pauperized by the poverty of the farmers. Neither has the money to buy the product of the other, hence we have overproduction and under consumption at the same time and in the same country."I have not come here to stir you in a recital of the necessity for relief for our suffering fellow citizens. However, unless something is done for them and done soon, you will have a revolution on hand...."There is a feeling among the masses that something is radically wrong .... they say that this government is a conspiracy against the common people to enrich the already rich." —Oscar Ameringer, editor of the Oklahoma Daily Leader, testimony to the House Committee on Labor, February, 1932Which of the following most directly supports the author's analysis?
Farm income fell from $11.4 billion in 1929 to $6.3 billion in 1932
Which of the following insured individual deposits in a bank to the amount of $2,500?
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? They used to tell me I was building a dream And so I followed the mob. When there was earth to plow or guns to bear, I was always there, right on the job. They used to tell me I was building a dream With peace and glory ahead — Why should I be standing in line, just waiting for bread? Once I built a railroad, I made it run, Made it race against time. Once I built a railroad, now it's done — Brother, can you spare a dime? . . . — E. Y. Harburg and J. Gorney, 1932 Which statement most accurately expresses the main idea of this song?
Hard times threaten economic opportunity.
All of the following are true of Hoover's response to the Great Depression EXCEPT:
His strategy for ending the Depression worked
The "Share our Wealth" movement was the name given to
Huey Long's program for taxing the rich and distributing receipts to the poor
"Every family to be furnished by the government a homestead allowance, free of debt, of not less than one-third the average family wealth of the country, which means, at the lowest, that every family shall have the reasonable comforts of life up to a value of from $5000 to $6000." This plan was suggested by?
Huey Long.