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the agricultural adjustment act of 1933

A. sought to raise crop prices by paying farmers not to plant.

in 1934, strong criticism of the new deal came from

all these answers are correct

the works progress administration provided federal assitance to

artists, sculptors, writers and musicians

during the second new deal, president franklin roosevelt

became more willing to attack corporate interests openly

All of the following groups were a part of the New Deal Coalition EXCEPT:

big-business owners

the principle new deal government aid to women during the 1930's was in the form of

cash assistance

in 1933, two days after he took office, president franklin roosevelt

closed all banks for a short period

Social Security Act of 1935

did not begin making payments to participants for years

In the American West, New Deal programs

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

Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

established a national minimum wage

the national labor relations act of 1935

gave the government the authority to force employers to accept labor unions

in the 1930's the industrial union movement

grew more militant and powerful

in 1935, senator huey long

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

during president franklin roosevelt's early days in office

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

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 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

what statement regarding the national granger movement is FALSE

it was greatly strengthened by the end of the economic depression in the late 1870s

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

labor

during the first year of the national recovery administration

large producers consistently dominated the code-writing process

the election of 1936

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

Beginning in 1933, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

protected the assets of bank depositors

During its first year, the Civil Works Administration

put 4 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

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

refused to intervene in the dispute

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

All of the following occurred as a result of the tennessee valley authority EXCEPT

significant reduction in poverty in the region

in the 1930's industrial unionism was

strengthened, partly, by new deal legislation

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.

the glass-steadily 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

in 1937, regarding the organizing of industrial labor

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

One long-term consequence of the New Deal was

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

the tennessee valley authority of 1933

was an experiment in regional planning by the federal government.

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

african americans employed by new deal relief programs

were among the first to be released when funds ran out

By 1860, as a result of the social expectations expressed in the "cult of domesticity,"

women became increasingly isolated from the public world

the interstate commerce act of 1887

All these answers are correct.

the most influential advocate for african americans in the roosevelt administration was

eleanor roosevelt

Published in January 1776, Common Sense was written by

thomas paine