True/False New Deal and Reform

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False

a minimum wage of $3.25 an hour was established as a result of the Fair Labor Standards Act

false

the word boondoggle referred to crooked politicians in New Deal agencies

False

During his second term, president roosevelt had no opportunity to appoint justices to the supreme court

True

During the New Deal, Women made strides in several fields

True

One method of protest used by the CIO was the sit-down strike

False

President Roosevelt was reelected by a narrow margin in 1936

True

politically, the New Deal is generally considered a great success

false

the civilian consercation corps provided work for men between the ages of seventeen and twenty-eight

True

unemployed writers artists, musicians, and actors were helped by the WPA

True

John Collier was appointed as commissioner of India Affairs

True

Mexican Americans did not benefit greatly from New Deal Measures

True

Senator Huey Long was a powerful opponent of the New Deal

True

The Liberty League was an organization of wealthy men who opposed the New Deal

True

The National Industrial Recovery Act set up price controls for industrial goods

True

The National Industrial Recovery Act was eventually declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court

True

The National Labor Relations Act put the federal government on the side of the unions in collective bargaining

True

The Second New Deal focused on reform rather than relief and recovery

False

The Securities and Exchange Commission supported the practice of insider trading on the stock market

False

The Social Security Act established a system of social insurance available only to the poor

True

The Tennessee Valley Authority revitalized the Tennessee River Valley

True

The black cabinet was a group of black government workers whom Roosevelt consulted

False

The indian Reorganization Act of 1934 relocated thousands of Indians to reservations in the Northwest

false

The works Progress Administration was headed by John L. Lewis

True

Under the agricultural adjustment Act, farmers were paid to destroy crops and to kill livestock

False

Upton sinclair felt that the New Deal was too aggressice in dealing with the country's problems


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