Chapter 24

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During the first year of the National Recovery Administration,

All of the answers are correct

One long-term consequence of the New Deal was that

the national government assumed responsibility for the basic welfare of the people

The Agricultural Adjustment Act

was declared unconstitutional in large part by the Supreme Court

President Franklin Roosevelt's proposal to expand the Supreme Court

was eventually defeated in Congress

The Tennessee Valley Authority of 1933

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

The "Second New Deal" was launched partly in response to the

All of these answers are correct

In 1933, two days after he took office, President Franklin Roosevelt

Closed all banks for a short period

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

cash assistance

African Americans employed by New Deal relief programs

were among the first to be released when funds ran out

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

Big-business owners

in the 1930s, the industrial union movement

grew more militant and powerful

During the 1937 sit-down strike of General Motors, the federal government

refused to intervene in the dispute

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

significant reduction in poverty in the region

The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933

sought to raise crop prices by paying farmers not to plant

The most influential advocate for advocate for African Americans in the Roosevelt administration was

Eleanor Roosevel

During President Franklin Roosevelt's early days in office

He promised to take drastic, even warlike, action against economic conditions

John Collier is associated with New Deal

Indian Policies

Frances Perkins, the first female cabinet member in American history, was secretary of

Labot

The New Deal program that created utility cooperatives for rural Americans was the

Rural Electrification Administration

To oversee activities in the stock market, in 1934 Congress established the

Securities and Exchange Commission

in 1934, strong criticism of the New Deal came from

all these answers are correct

The Works Progress Administration provided federal assistance to

artists, sculptors, writers, and musicians

During the Second New Deal, President Franklin Roosevelt

became more willing to attack corporate interest openly

in 1934, the American Liberty League was formed

by wealthy conservatives who strongly opposed the New Deal

Much of Father Charles Coughlin's outspoken criticism of the Roosevelt administration revolved around the issue of

changing the banking and currency system

The social security act of 1935

did not begin making payments to participants for years

In the American West, New Deal programs

disproportionally benefited the region, with more funding than any other part of the country.

The Fair Labor Standards Acts of 1938

established a national minimum wage

One of the major effects the New Deal had on the United States was that it

fostered stronger and more varied interest groups

the National Labor Relations Act of 1935

gave government the authority to force employers to accept labor unions

in 1935, Senator Huey Long

had proposed a national wealth-sharing plan that involved heavily taxing the wealthiest Americans

In 1934, Dr. Francis Townsend attracted widespread national support for a plan that

helped pave the way for the Social Security system

in 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt's call to expand the Supreme Court came from

his desire to change the ideological balance of the Court

All of the following statements regarding the New Deal and women are true EXCEPT that

in general, women were major critics of the New Deal

The National Recovery Administration of 1933 did all of the following EXCEPT

increase competition between companies

The election of 1936

produced a new and enduring coalition of voters for the Democratic Party

The Economy Act of 1933

proposed to balance the federal budget and cut government workers' salaries

Beginning in 1933, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

protected the assets of bank depositors

During its first year, the Civil Works Administration

put four million people to work

The Civilian Conservation Corps

put the unemployed to work on rural and wilderness areas

Under the New Deal, African Americans

received more sympathy than under most previous administrations

In the 1930s, industrial unionism was

strengthened, partially, by the New Deal legislation

in 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt decided

that he should try to balance the federal budget

The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 established

the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

All of the following programs were part of the Second New Deal EXCEPT

the Federal Emergency Relief Administration

by the end of 1938

the New Deal had largely come to an end

During the recession of 1937,

the economy was almost as bad as during the worst economic period of the Hoover administration

In 1937, regarding the organizing of industrial labor,

the great majority of strikes were settled in favor of the unions

New Deal policy toward American Indians, as led by John Collier,

was grounded in a commitment to cultural relativism

the Works Progress Administration of 1935

was much larger than previous programs of its kind

During the 1930s, the sit-down strike

was the new and controversial labor tactic


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