Ch 24

The agricultural adjustment act of 1933

A. sought to raise crop prices by paying farmers not to plant

The social security act of 1935..

B. did not begin making full pavements to participants for years

The national labor relations act of 1935..

B. gave gov't the authority to force employers to accept labor unions

In 1934 Dr. Francis Townsend attracted widespread national support for a plan that..

C. helped pave the way for the social security system

Which of the following did NOT occur as a result of the Tennessee valley authority?

C. poverty in the region was significantly reduced

The new deal program that created utility cooperatives for rural Americans was the

C. rural electrification administration

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Designed to police the stock market

Wagner act

Designed to police the stock market

The works progress administration provided federal assistance to

E. all these answers are correct

In 1934 the American liberty league was formed

E. by wealthy conservatives who strongly opposed the new deal

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

E. closed all banks

In 1937, president franklin Roosevelt said call to expand the Supreme Court came from ...

E. his desire to change the ideological balance of the court

21st amendment

Ended prohibition

Share our wealth plan

Take money from the wealthiest Americans and give it to the rest of the population

Emergency banking act

Treasury department inspection of all banks before they could reopen federal assistance to some troubled banks and a reorganizations of banks struggling the most

Largely as the result of the new deal many Americans in the 1930s became convinced that the gov't should regulate various aspects of the economy

True

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

True

Roosevelts court packing plan became unnecessary once the Supreme Court began supporting new deal legislation

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 original social security act included a system of unemployment insurance

True