Chapter 24 mult choice
Which statement describes Franklin D. Roosevelt's political experience before he won the presidential election of 1932?
He had served as governor of New York.
Which statement describes the purpose of Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps?
It gave young men government jobs conserving natural resources.
Which statement describes the purpose of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?
It guaranteed bank customers that the federal government would reimburse them for deposits if their bank failed
Which statement describes the purpose of the Tennessee Valley Authority program that began in 1933?
It helped supply jobs and power to impoverished rural communities.
Which statement describes the overall impact of the New Deal?
It kept the United States from turning toward authoritarian solutions to the nation's economic crisis.
Which statement describes the National Housing Act of 1937?
It made 160,000 residences available to poor people at affordable rents.
Which statement describes the outcome of the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act on Native Americans?
It restored Native Americans' right to own land communally and have greater control over their affairs.
Which statement describes the unifying basis of the New Deal coalition?
Members expressed faith that government would change things for the better.
Which statement describes why the election of 1932 was particularly historic?
Roosevelt won 57 percent of the popular vote, and Democrats swept both houses of Congress.
Which statement describes the outcome of President Roosevelt's fiscal decisions in 1937?
The country suffered a recession
President Roosevelt's plan to remove judicial obstacles to New Deal reforms in his second term of office
was popularly known as court packing
Dr. Francis Townsend proposed which program as a way to assist the elderly?
A monthly pension paid to the elderly
Republican Alf Landon ran for president in 1936 on which platform?
Balancing the federal budget
President Roosevelt's plan for enlarging the Supreme Court
Became unnecessary when four conservative judges retired
Which criteria were used to determine who would receive Social Security benefits?
Benefits were based on workers' contributions and years of work.
Where did migrant workers seeking to escape the chronic drought of the Dust Bowl typically look for work in the 1930s?
California
Which guiding idea formed the basis for New Deal policies?
Capitalism held the solution to the nation's economic crisis.
The Wagner Act helped which union to mobilize organizing drives in major industries?
Committee for Industrial Organization
Father Charles Coughlin, an opponent of the New Deal, placed the blame for the nation's economic crisis on
Communists, bankers, capitalists
Franklin Roosevelt ran for president under which party?
Democrat
Which woman became the New Deal's unofficial ambassador?
Eleanor Roosevelt
Which agency did President Roosevelt establish in 1933 to provide direct relief to more than four million households?
Federal Emergency Relief Association (FERA)
With which statement would economist John Maynard Keynes most agree?
Government intervention is needed to pump enough money into the economy to revive production and increase consumption.
Why did Upton Sinclair challenge Roosevelt and the New Deal?
He believed that the New Deal was the handmaiden of business elites.
How did President Roosevelt attempt to restore America's confidence in government and the private banking system?
He broadcast his reassuring fireside chats on the radio.
Why did Roosevelt fail to push for more ambitious reforms for black Americans?
He could not afford to lose the support of southern Democrats for his New Deal agenda
How did President Roosevelt attempt to change the economy in 1937?
He decreased federal spending.
Who championed the "Share Our Wealth" plan of income redistribution
Huey Long
President Roosevelt's signature program was known as
New Deal
The Democrat victory in the 1934 election signaled what about the future of the United States economy?
New Deal programs would have more support and the economy would be centered on welfare programs.
Which event in 1938 proved that opposition to the New Deal had increased?
Republicans made gains in Congress.
The New Deal made significant improvements to the quality of life in rural America by
Providing electricity to rural communities through the Rural Electrification Administration
The three-part goal of Roosevelt's New Deal was
Relief, Recovery, Reform
1937, disgruntled workers at the General Motors plant in Flint, Michigan, acted on their grievances by
Staging a sit-down strike
Which event dealt the final blow to the NRA in May 1935?
The Supreme Court ruled that the agency was unconstitutional
Why was the National Recovery Administration (NRA) able to regulate business effectively?
The codes written by industry leaders tended to serve the interests of corporations only
Why didn't southern tenant farmers benefit from the programs developed by the Agricultural Adjustment Act, the Commodity Credit Corporation, and the Farm Credit Act?
The programs benefitted large farmers rather than tenant farmers who rented land.
When President Roosevelt said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself," he was referring to
The terror caused by the depression
By 1936, how did many American radicals, including Communists and socialists, respond to the New Deal?
They began to support the New Deal's relief programs and its encouragement of labor unions
How did New Deal programs affect the average national unemployment rate during the 1930s?
They reduced the average unemployment rate, but it remained high, at about 17 percent.
Which statement describes the experiences of Mexican Americans during the 1930s?
Thousands were deported, many with their American-born children.
The Social Security Act stated that the program would be funded
With tax contributions from workers and their employers
Which organization was created to give unemployed Americans federally funded jobs in public works?
Works Progress Administration
The goal of the New Deal's Farm Security Administration, created in 1937, was to
help tenant farmers become independent ladnowners
Which statement describes the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938?
it set standards for wages and hours
The Emergency Banking Act of 1933 strengthened American banks by
releasing federal funds to bolster their assets.
Opponents of the New Deal included business leaders and
some labor leaders
