Chapter 21
Why did FDR try to change the balance of power on the Supreme Court?
He feared the Supreme Court might invalidate the Wagner and Social Security acts.
The First New Deal:
was a series of policy experiments.
Roosevelt's "Court-packing" plan:
was criticized by many
Under New Deal reform, African-Americans:
were mostly excluded from Social Security benefits.
The Wagner Act:
allowed the National Labor Relations Board to supervise union elections.
The first thing that Roosevelt attended to as president was the:
banking crisis
The Congress of Industrial Organizations:
created unions of industrial workers.
The Social Security Act of 1935:
included pensions and unemployment relief.
The Works Progress Administration:
included projects in the arts.
The Great Depression was caused by all of the following factors EXCEPT:
increased government regulation of banking and the stock market.
The Share Our Wealth movement was:
led by Louisiana senator Huey Long and gained a national following.
The Civilian Conservation Corps:
put young men to work in national parks.
The Agricultural Adjustment Act:
raised farm prices by establishing quotas and paying farmers not to plant more.
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff:
raised taxes on imported goods.
President Hoover responded to the onset of the Depression by:
reassuring Americans that "the tide had turned"
Federal Housing policy
reinforced residential segregation
The Great Depression shaped the lives of Americans in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
the Americans suicide rate declined
The New Deal concentrated power in the hands of:
the executive branch.
The New Deal failed to generate:
Sustained prosperity.
Critics of the New Deal included all of the following except
Frances Perkins
In his 1932 campaign for the presidency, Franklin Roosevelt promised Americans a policy change he called the:
New Deal
Which statement about the New Deal is true?
Social Security was a Second New Deal program.
Which was NOT a New Deal program?
The Congress of Industrial Organizations.
Which act or organization barred commercial banks from becoming involved in the buying and selling of stocks?
The Glass-Steagall Act.
Which New Deal program put the federal government for the first time in the business of selling electricity in competition with private companies?
The Tennessee Valley Authority.
What ended the Great Depression?
World War II spending.
A main cause of the Great Depression was:
declining American purchasing power
In fireside chats and public addresses, President Roosevelt connected freedom with:
economic security
The National Industrial Recovery Act:
established codes that set standards for production, prices, and wages in several industries.
The Second New Deal:
focused on economic security.
