Chapter 24 Questions

Which of the following most directly supports the authors analysis? (Oscar Ameringer, testimony to House Committee on Labor)

Farm income fell from $11.4 billion in 1929 to $6.3 billion in 1932

The excerpt suggests that Eleanor Roosevelt knew that her position could most harm her husband's standing with which of the following groups? (Eleanor Roosevelt, This I Remember)

Southern Democrats

Which of the following would most likely support a belief that the government was "against the common people"? (Oscar Ameringer, testimony to House Committee on Labor)

Treatment of Bonus Marches

Which of the following was designed to provide long term "job security" for workers? (David M. Kenndey, Freedom From Fear 1999)

federal programs to collect funds for retirement, unemployment and injuries on job

Who among the following individuals or groups would most directly oppose the philosophy of the New Deal as explained in this excerpt? (David M. Kenndey, Freedom From Fear 1999)

advocates of unregulated markets and balanced budgets

Which of the following was most directly related to the phrase in the testimony "the necessity for relief for our suffering fellow citizens"? (Oscar Ameringer, testimony to House Committee on Labor)

Twenty-five percent of the workforce was unemployed

Eleanor Roosevelt expressed the most independence from President Franklin Roosevelt and his advisors in her (Eleanor Roosevelt, This I Remember)

opposition to racial discrimination

Which of the following most directly addressed "security for capitalists"? (David M. Kenndey, Freedom From Fear 1999)

regulations to curtail fraud in investment banking and stock