DE USH Chapter 24 Test Form B
Beginning in 1933, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
C. protected the assets of bank depositors.
Frances Perkins, the first female cabinet member in American history, was secretary of
C. labor.
The principle New Deal government aid to women during the 1930s was in the form of
D. cash assistance.
The National Recovery Administration of 1933 did all of the following EXCEPT
D. increase competition between companies.
In 1937, regarding the organization of industrial labor
D. the great majority of strikes were settled in favor of the unions
The "Second New Deal" was launched partly in response to the A. president's sympathy toward the ideas of Senator Long. B. persistence of the Great Depression. C. Supreme Court's decision to strike down the National Industrial Recovery Act. D. political challenges of Senator Long and the Supreme Court's decision to strike down the National Industrial Recovery act. E. All these answers are correct.
E. All these answers are correct.
In 1933, two days after he took office, President Franklin Roosevelt
E. closed all banks for a short period.
During the 1937 sit-down strike of General Motors, the federal government
E. refused to intervene in the dispute.
The Agricultural Adjustment Act
E. was declared unconstitutional in large part by the Supreme Court.
The Works Progress Administration of 1935
E. was much larger than previous programs of its kind.
*True or False* The National Industrial Recovery Act sought to tighten antitrust provisions and make important concessions to labor.
FALSE
John Collier is associated with New Deal
A. Indian policies.
The Economy Act of 1933
A. proposed to balance the federal budget and cut government workers' salaries.
During its first year, the Civil Works Administration
A. put four million people to work.
In the 1930s, industrial unionism was
A. strengthened, partly, by New Deal legislation.
All of the following programs were part of the Second New Deal EXCEPT
A. the Federal Emergency Relief Administration.
The Social Security Act of 1935
B. did not begin making payments to participants for years.
The Civilian Conservation Corps
B. put the unemployed to work on rural and wilderness areas.
The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 established
B. the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
During the recession of 1937,
B. the economy was almost as bad as during the worst economic period of the Hoover administration
African Americans employed by New Deal relief programs
B. were among the first to be released when funds ran out.
*True or False* Charles Coughlin quickly moved from supporting to opposing President Roosevelt.
TRUE
*True or False* During his first term, President Roosevelt grew increasingly willing to openly attack corporate interests.
TRUE
*True or False* During his first term, President Roosevelt preferred work relief programs to those that simply provided cash assistance.
TRUE
*True or False* Early into his first term, President Roosevelt let it be known that balancing the federal budget was a high priority in his administration.
TRUE
*True or False* In general, the CIO was a more militant labor organization than the AFL.
TRUE
*True or False* President Roosevelt had misgivings about establishing a federal "dole" for the jobless
TRUE
*True or False* The Congress of Industrial Organizations was more receptive to women and blacks than the American Federation of Labor had been.
TRUE
*True or False* The Supreme Court declared both the National Industrial Recovery Act and the Agricultural Adjustment Act to be unconstitutional.
TRUE
*True or False* 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
