HST 122 Chapter 21 Review Quiz
This person broadcasted sermons and traveled the country as a revivalist preacher from the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. a. Father Charles E. Coughlin b. Rev. Billy Graham c. Aimee Semple McPherson d. Father John A. Ryan
Aimee Semple McPherson
Which of the following was one of the "voices of protest" heard in the United States during the mid-1930s? a. Upton Sinclair's bid for the governorship of Minnesota as head of the End Poverty in America Movement b. Frank Murphy's "Share Our Wealth" movement c. Martha Graham's American Document d. Dr. Francis Townsend's Townsend Clubs that sought monthly payments of $200 to elderly Americans
Dr. Francis Townsend's Townsend Clubs that sought monthly payments of $200 to elderly Americans
This New Deal program sought to improve the conditions of poor landowning farmers and sharecroppers. a. National Industrial Recovery Act b. Farm Security Administration c. Federal Security Agency d. Civil Works Administration
Farm Security Administration
Which of the following is true of Franklin D. Roosevelt? a. He served as undersecretary of the army during World War 1 b. He ran for vice president on the Republican Party ticket in 1920. c. He contracted polio and lost the use of his legs in 1921. d. He served as governor of Massachusetts in the 1920s.
He contracted polio and lost the use of his legs in 1921.
What were the policy implications of the Filipino Repatriation Act of 1935? a. It offered free transportation to those born in the Philippines and were willing to return there. b. It provided for the forcible removal of Filipinos from the United States for the duration of fifteen years c. It gave Filipinos in the United States the right to immigrate to Canada d. It censored Filipinos who criticized the U.S. government
It offered free transportation to those born in the Philippines and were willing to return there.
As part of the New Deal, which multifaceted agency was established in 1934 and hired some 3 million Americans, in virtually every walk of life, each year until it ended in 1943? a. Works Progress Administration (WPA) b. Rural Electrification Agency (REA) c. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) d. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Which of the following was created by the Social Security Act of 1935, launching the modern American welfare state? a. a system of unemployment insurance b. a system of mandatory imprisonment c. a system of immigrant aid to European and Canadian men d. minimum wage and child labor laws
a system of unemployment insurance
The Civil Works Administration (CWA) employed more than 4 million people in a. civil rights work, seeking to overcome racism. b. offering etiquette lessons to youngsters from impoverished urban and rural settings c. post offices, hospitals, and government offices d. construction of tunnels, highways, courthouses, and airports.
construction of tunnels, highways, courthouses, and airports.
The Supreme Court rarely interfered with the policies of the New Deal. a. true b. false
false
While the status of Mexican-Americans improved markedly under the New Deal, that of American Indians grew substantially worse. a. true b. false
false
What did the Twenty-first amendment to the constitution state? a. Women could vote in every state b. all natural-born Americans were considered citizens c. it repealed the prohibition against alcohol d. it granted the District of Columbia electors in the Electoral College
it repealed the prohibition against alcohol
The initial flurry of legislation during Roosevelt's first three months in office is called a. the "Hundred Days" b. the "Push for Unity" c. the "Second New Deal" d. the "Reconstruction Finance Corporation"
the "Hundred Days"
In the mid-1930s, Unions of industrial workers, led by John L. Lewis, founded a new labor organization, called a. the American Federation of Labor b. the Industrial Workers of the World c. the Congress of Industrial Organizations d. the Knights of Labor
the Congress of Industrial Organizations
In the 1930s, unusually dry weather blew winds over much of the Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, and Colorado soils, creating a. the Dust Bowl. b. the largest cyclone on American record. c. the desert of the southwest d. the Grey Dust
the Dust Bowl.
The effort undertaken on the part of the federal government to supply cheap electrical power for homes and factories in a seven-state region, preventing flooding, and putting the federal government in the business of selling electricity by building a series of dams was called a. the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) b. the Public Works Administration (PWA) c. the National Industrial Recovery Administration (NIRA) d. the Glass-Steagall Act (GSA)
the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
What 1935 law outlawed "unfair labor practices," and was known at the time as "Labor's Magna Carta"? a. the Wagner Act b. the Union Act c. the Fair Labor Standards Act d. the Works Progress Act
the Wagner Act
The 1930s were a decade of dramatic social upheaval. a. true b. false
true
The 1936 election saw the crystallizing of the "New Deal coalition." a. true b. false
true