APUSH CH 24

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.

By 1936, the black vote had become evenly split between Republicans and Democrats.

false

During the 1930s, the smaller steel companies were more willing to accommodate unions than were the large steel companies.

false

On the prompting of Eleanor Roosevelt, New Deal agencies tried to eliminate racial segregation in their programs.

false

Roosevelt's "Court-packing plan" called for replacing conservative justices with liberal ones.

false

The Agricultural Adjustment Act did not bring about a rise in farm prices in the years immediately following its passage in 1933.

false

The National Industrial Recovery Act sought to tighten antitrust provisions and make important concessions to labor.

false

The New Deal had moved far enough to the left by 1935 that the poorest of workers, including domestic servants and agricultural laborers, were covered by the Social Security Act.

false

The New Deal substantially altered the distribution of power within American capitalism.

false

Theories of cultural relativism fed into New Deal plans to assimilate the American Indian into the larger white society.

false

Under the National Industrial Recovery Act, the code writing was to be done by Congress.

false

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.

One long-term consequence of the New Deal was that

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

A series of 1935 Roosevelt proposals for higher tax rates on the wealthy was likely designed to undercut Senator Huey Long's Share-Our-Wealth Plan.

true

Charles Coughlin quickly moved from supporting to opposing President Roosevelt.

true

Despite the challenge of the CIO, the AFL remained committed to the craft union idea.

true

During his first term, President Roosevelt grew increasingly willing to openly attack corporate interests.

true

During his first term, President Roosevelt preferred work relief programs to those that simply provided cash assistance.

true

During the New Deal, the federal government maintained a much greater and more visible bureaucratic presence in the West than in any other region of the country.

true

Early into his first term, President Roosevelt let it be known that balancing the federal budget was a high priority of his administration.

true

In general, the CIO was a more militant labor organization than the AFL.

true

Largely as a result of the New Deal, the Democratic Party grew massively in size and power.

true

Much of Franklin Roosevelt's early success as president was a result of his personality.

true

New Deal Social Security was primarily designed to provide assistance to those who had earned it, but it also provided considerable direct assistance based on need.

true

President Roosevelt had misgivings about establishing a federal "dole" for the jobless.

true

President Roosevelt was dissatisfied with the National Labor Relations Act, but he did sign it.

true

President Roosevelt's 1936 reelection was the greatest landslide victory to that point in the history of American presidential elections.

true

Roosevelt's Court-packing plan came to be considered unnecessary by Congress once the Supreme Court began supporting New Deal legislation

true

The Congress of Industrial Organizations was more receptive to women and blacks than the American Federation of Labor had been.

true

The Home Owners Loan Corporation provided funds for refinancing home mortgages.

true

The New Deal generally supported the notion that in hard economic times, women should leave the workplace in order to open up jobs for men.

true

The New Deal was not hostile to black Americans, but it did not give the issue of race a high priority.

true

The Rural Electrification Administration was more effective and affected more people than did the Resettlement Administration.

true

The Social Security Act was part of what has been called the Second New Deal.

true

The Supreme Court declared both the National Industrial Recovery Act and the Agricultural Adjustment Act to be unconstitutional.

true

The industrial codes set up under the National Recovery Administration set floors below which no company could lower prices or wages.

true

The original Social Security Act included a system of unemployment insurance.

true

The principal government aid to women was not work relief, but cash assistance.

true

The provisions of the National Industrial Recovery Act included a promise to workers that they could participate in collective bargaining, but there were no enforcement mechanisms in the legislation.

true

The recession of 1937 seemed to many observers at the time, including the president, to be the result of reductions in federal spending.

true

The sit-down strike was an effective way to prevent companies from using strikebreakers.

true

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.

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.