True/False New Deal and Reform
False
a minimum wage of $3.25 an hour was established as a result of the Fair Labor Standards Act
false
the word boondoggle referred to crooked politicians in New Deal agencies
False
During his second term, president roosevelt had no opportunity to appoint justices to the supreme court
True
During the New Deal, Women made strides in several fields
True
One method of protest used by the CIO was the sit-down strike
False
President Roosevelt was reelected by a narrow margin in 1936
True
politically, the New Deal is generally considered a great success
false
the civilian consercation corps provided work for men between the ages of seventeen and twenty-eight
True
unemployed writers artists, musicians, and actors were helped by the WPA
True
John Collier was appointed as commissioner of India Affairs
True
Mexican Americans did not benefit greatly from New Deal Measures
True
Senator Huey Long was a powerful opponent of the New Deal
True
The Liberty League was an organization of wealthy men who opposed the New Deal
True
The National Industrial Recovery Act set up price controls for industrial goods
True
The National Industrial Recovery Act was eventually declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court
True
The National Labor Relations Act put the federal government on the side of the unions in collective bargaining
True
The Second New Deal focused on reform rather than relief and recovery
False
The Securities and Exchange Commission supported the practice of insider trading on the stock market
False
The Social Security Act established a system of social insurance available only to the poor
True
The Tennessee Valley Authority revitalized the Tennessee River Valley
True
The black cabinet was a group of black government workers whom Roosevelt consulted
False
The indian Reorganization Act of 1934 relocated thousands of Indians to reservations in the Northwest
false
The works Progress Administration was headed by John L. Lewis
True
Under the agricultural adjustment Act, farmers were paid to destroy crops and to kill livestock
False
Upton sinclair felt that the New Deal was too aggressice in dealing with the country's problems