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.
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During the 1930s, the smaller steel companies were more willing to accommodate unions than were the large steel companies.
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On the prompting of Eleanor Roosevelt, New Deal agencies tried to eliminate racial segregation in their programs.
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Roosevelt's "Court-packing plan" called for replacing conservative justices with liberal ones.
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The Agricultural Adjustment Act did not bring about a rise in farm prices in the years immediately following its passage in 1933.
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The National Industrial Recovery Act sought to tighten antitrust provisions and make important concessions to labor.
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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.
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The New Deal substantially altered the distribution of power within American capitalism.
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Theories of cultural relativism fed into New Deal plans to assimilate the American Indian into the larger white society.
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Under the National Industrial Recovery Act, the code writing was to be done by Congress.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
