U.S. History Chapter 23
The National Industrial Recovery Act provided for
$3.3 billion in spending on public works projects.
The first large-scale experiment with federal work relief was the
Civil Works Administration
As head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, John Collier hoped to eliminate tribes and fully assimilate Native Americans into the national culture.
False
Buying stocks on margin helped restrain speculation on the stock market
False
Most economics and historians agree that the stock market crash of 1929 caused the Great Depression.
False
The "First Hundred Days" refers to the period between Roosevelt's election and his inauguration.
False
The "Hundred Days" refers to the long waiting period betweeen Roosevelt's election and his inauguration
False
The New Deal's programs ended the Great Depression
False
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation assisted farmers, homeowners, and labor unions
False
The Scottsboro case in 1931 involved efforts to organize workers in the Southwest.
False
Which action did president Herbert Hoover take in response to the Great Depression?
He urged business leaders to maintain employment and wages.
The Share the wealth program was proposed by
Huey P. Long
By the end of the 1939, the Supreme court had ruled against New Deal programs in seven out of nine major cases
True
FDR's talented pool of advisers was called the "brain trust"
True
Franklin Delano Roosevelt surrounded himself with able, intelligent advisors.
True
On part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was the Federal Writers' Project
True
Perhaps the most enduring voting change brought by FDR was the shift of the black vote to the Democratic party
True
Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath depicts "dust bowl" migrants seeking work in California.
True
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration of 1933 tried to help farmers by getting them to reduce production
True
The Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution brought an end to Prohibition
True
The Wagner Act, passed in 1935, gave workers the right to organize and bargain in unions.
True
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) included funding for artistic and cultural programs.
True
The election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt to his second term was notable because the black vote shifted to the Democratic party.
True
The New Deal's cornerstone" and "supreme achievement" according to FDR
a. was social security
Many farmers responded to the crisis of the Dust Bowl by
abandoning their farms and migrating to California.
Eleanor Roosevelt built a reputation as
an outspoken activist for women, blacks, and youth.
As a result of the dust storms on the plains, a. the AAA encouraged farmers to plow up their crops. b. many farmers could not pay their mortgages and lost their farms c. many people left their farms and moved to Texas d. the Supreme court ruled unconstitutional many agricultural programs
b. many farmers could not pay their mortgages and lost their farms
The Civilian Conservation Corps
created jobs for unemployed men aged eighteen to twenty-five.
The Court-packing scheme of 1937 was all of the following except
d. a successful attempt to gain popularity among progressives
In response to the Great Depression, President Herbert Hoover
d. all of these
The National Industry Recovery Act provided for
d. all of these
The Tennessee Valley Authority
d. all of these
In United States v. Butler, the Supreme Court overturned the Agricultural Adjustment Administration because
d. the tax on food processors was unconstitutional
Walter Reuther was a leader in
organizing automobile workers.
In political and economic matters. FDR was
pragmatic
The Tennessee Valley Authority
was a rare example of a state-funded New Deal program.