CHP 24

How did the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) influence the labor movement?

It guaranteed collective-bargaining rights; It permitted closed shops; It outlawed the practice of blacklisting union leaders; All of these.

What happened to Roosevelt's court-packing plan?

It proved unnecessary because Roosevelt was able to replace four members of the Supreme Court who died or retired.

By the mid-1920s, which of the following was true concerning the use of electricity?

It was becoming more common because 60 percent of new homes were wired for electricity.

Which group faced appalling labor conditions in California's agricultural regions?

Mexican-Americans

Which of the following agencies was created during the Hoover administration to help failing financial institutions and continued to be active through the New Deal years?

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

What vision of the future did the Futurama exhibit at the New York World's Fair of 1939 feature?

A complex multilane highway network of the future

Which New Deal initiative paid farmers subsidies to take acreage out of production?

Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933

What was the radio adaptation of War of the Worlds about?

An alien landing

Which New Deal legislation banned child labor, established a minimum wage, and set maximum hours for the work week?

Fair Labor Standards Act

Which of the following is an accurate statement about unemployment during the New Deal?

As late as 1939 more than 17 percent of the labor force remained jobless.

What environmental disaster struck the nation during the Depression?

Dust Bowl

Which writer captured the political idealism of the Spanish Civil War in a novel?

Ernest Hemingway

Which of the following examples of New Deal legislation is correctly paired with what its purpose?

Fair Labor Standards Act: Banned child labor and set a national minimum wage.

A growing antibusiness attitude during the first Hundred Days of the New Deal could be detected in which of the following programs?

Federal Securities Act

Which of the following companies bitterly resisted unionization in the 1930s?

Ford Motor Company

What did John Steinbeck describe in The Grapes of Wrath?

He described the desperate struggles of an uprooted dust-bowl family.

Which of the following did Franklin Roosevelt use during the early years of his administration to fight the depression?

He encouraged industrial recovery through business-government cooperation and pump-priming federal spending; He supported agricultural recovery through subsidized crop reduction; He offered short-term emergency relief for the jobless, provided directly by the federal government if necessary; All of these.

Which of the following was not one of Roosevelt's immediate responses to the banking crisis?

He nationalized the banks

Which of the following steps did Herbert Hoover not take to revive the economy after the stock-market crash?

He persuaded Congress to pass the National Industrial Recovery Act, which embodied ideas of industrial self-regulation and business-government cooperation.

Which statement best describes Franklin Roosevelt's position concerning the Depression in the 1932 presidential campaign?

He promised to end the depression but offered only vague plans describing how he was going to do it.

What did Eleanor Roosevelt see as her primary role as First Lady?

She wanted to serve as an observer for her husband and promote social reform.

Which piece of New Deal legislation established the principle of federal responsibility for social welfare and created the basic framework for the welfare system?

Social Security Act

What group(s) was the Farm Security Administration designed to benefit?

Tenant farmers and sharecroppers

What does the monetarist theory assert was the cause of the stock-market crash?

The Federal Reserve System

Which of the following statements is not true about the New Deal?

The New Deal brought about full economic recovery, and by 1939 unemployment was no longer a serious problem.

What type of entertainment did the Frank Capra films Mr. Deeds Goes to Town and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington provide?

They were patriotic and idealistic portrayals of the triumph of "the people" over entrenched interests.

Which of the following was not true concerning the election of 1936?

Third-party candidates siphoned off an alarming number of Democratic votes.

Who were the 1932 "bonus marchers"?

World War I veterans who marched on Washington to lobby for immediate cash payments of their veterans' bonuses.

Huey Long proposed

a 100% tax on all incomes over $1 million and appropriation of all fortunes over $5 million.

Molly Dewson, head of the Democratic Party's women's division, advocated

appointing more women to federal policy-level positions.

Benny Goodman was noteworthy because he

created an integrated jazz orchestra that performed at Carnegie Hall.

The Civilian Conservation Corps

employed jobless young men in rural projects such as reforestation, park maintenance, and erosion control.

The Committee for Industrial Organization was established

to organize all workers in a particular industry, regardless of race, gender, or degree of skill.