APUSH CH 24

One long-term consequence of the New Deal was that

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

During the 1930s, the sit-down strike

was a new and controversial labor tactic.

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.

In 1934, strong criticism of the New Deal came from

All these answers are correct.

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

Eleanor Roosevelt.

John Collier is associated with New Deal

Indian policies.

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.

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 interests openly.

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

big-business owners.

In 1934, the American Liberty League was formed

by wealthy conservatives who strongly opposed the New Deal.

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

cash assistance.

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

changing the banking and currency system.

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

closed all banks for a short period.

The 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.

The Fair Labor Standards Act 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 the 1930s, the industrial union movement

grew more militant and powerful.

In the 1930s, the Congress of Industrial Organization

grew out of a dispute within the American Federation of Labor.

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 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 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.

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

persistence of the Great Depression.

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.

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.

In the 1930s, industrial unionism was

strengthened, partly, by 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.

President Franklin Roosevelt's proposal to expand the Supreme Court

was eventually defeated in Congress.

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.

African Americans employed by New Deal relief programs

were among the first to be released when funds ran out.