Springer US History Chapter 21 Quiz
taxed food processors and gave money directly to farmers as a payment for not growing food
Agricultural Adjustment Act
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.
This recovery program was created to build dams and provide cheap electricity; which put the government in direct competition with private corporations
Tennessee Valley Authority
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 first thing that Roosevelt attended to as president was the:
banking crisis.
The Works Progress Administration:
included projects in the arts.
The Share Our Wealth movement was:
led by Louisiana senator Huey Long and gained a national following.
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff:
raised taxes on imported goods.
Federal housing policy:
reinforced residential segregation.
The New Deal concentrated power in the hands of:
the executive branch.
The New Deal failed to generate:
Sustained prosperity.
This act gave temporary jobs to 3 million men to fill sand bags and work in national parks.
Civilian Conservation Corps
This relief program was dismantled by FDR after criticisms mounted that his programs were creating a class of Americans dependent on Government jobs; it was intended to build highways, tunnels, and court houses.
Civl Works Administration
This organization embraced government intervention in labor conflicts and helped to create massive strikes by workers in all industries.
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Critics of the New Deal included all of the following EXCEPT:
Frances Perkins.
The key to FDR's Recovery plan; this act established industry wide codes for output, prices, and working conditions.
National Industrial Recovery Act
In his 1932 campaign for the presidency, Franklin Roosevelt promised Americans a policy change he called the:
New Deal
Immediate Action taken to halt the economies detioration and help the needy.
Relief
Established a system of unemployment insuarance, old age pensions, and aid to the disabled, elderly poor, and families with dependent children.
Social Security Act
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.
The Great Depression was caused by all of the following factors EXCEPT:
The Great Depression was caused by all of the following factors EXCEPT:
This act helped unions and workers have legal standing to organize, and made it illegal for employers to commit unfair labor practices.
Wagner Act
This program provided long term government jobs building schools and roads and other public works
Works Progess Administration
What ended the Great Depression? Responses
World War II spending.
In fireside chats and public addresses, President Roosevelt connected freedom with:
economic security.
The Second New Deal:
focused on economic security.