Question 1

The Townsend Plan targeted aid toward which segment of the American population during the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

A)  African Americans
B)  Senior citizens
C)  Native Americans
D)  Mexican Americans
E)  Women B

Question 2

"Radio priest" and Roosevelt critic Charles E.Coughlin created the __________ in 1935.

Accepted Answer

A)  Share-the-Wealth Society
B)  Townsend Plan
C)  National Union for Social Justice
D)  National Labor Relations Board
E)  Economy Act

Question 3

Which of the following statements regarding married women during the Great Depression is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)  Married women often held the high-paying jobs of the period.
B)  At the beginning of the Depression, married women were the first to be targeted by employers in layoffs.
C)  As the Depression intensified, working married women came to be the primary targets of layoffs.
D)  Married women luckily always had employed husbands to take care of them.
E)  If laid off, married women could relax and take care of their families.

Question 4

FDR called the Social Security Act the most significant achievement of the New Deal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Although the New Deal programs helped ease the devastation wrought by the Depression, some widespread human suffering continued.Discuss this suffering and the hardships Americans still faced.

Accepted Answer

Despite the efforts of the New Deal prog...

Question 6

Which of the following statements regarding Europe's role in the Great Depression is accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Great Depression was a strictly American event.
B)  Many European nations had not recovered from World War I and had high debts.
C)  The United States had to borrow money from Germany after World War I.
D)  Germany was in a strong financial position after World War I.
E)  America owed many European nations money in the aftermath of World War I.

Question 7

Which of the following statements characterizes Eleanor Roosevelt as First Lady?

Accepted Answer

A)  She promoted social reform and was an outspoken activist.
B)  She considered hosting events in the White House her most important role.
C)  She shied away from public speaking but sat in on important meetings.
D)  She divorced Roosevelt and renounced the role of First Lady.
E)  She wanted to have as little influence as possible and focused on supporting her husband.

Question 8

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was created to do what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Buy houses that had been foreclosed on
B)  Loan money to struggling banks, life-insurance companies, and railroads
C)  Aid the hungry and organize subsidized lunch programs for schools
D)  Provide shelter to the homeless and decrease the need for shantytowns
E)  Provide jobs to the unemployed and control wages

Question 9

What did the so-called Wagner Act do?

Accepted Answer

A)  It regulated the stock market.
B)  It protected American homeowners.
C)  It worked to end unions in America.
D)  It guaranteed American workers the right to organize.
E)  It protected the civil rights of African Americans.

Question 10

By the end of 1936, the Supreme Court had proven itself an enemy of Roosevelt's New Deal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Because of the actions of the Federal Reserve, the American money supply __________ in the period from 1929 to 1932.

Accepted Answer

A)  doubled
B)  tripled
C)  quadrupled
D)  stayed the same
E)  shrank

Question 12

Which of the following actions was part of President Roosevelt's three-pronged strategy during his first hundred days in office?

Accepted Answer

A)  Waiting to offer relief to the unemployed until most of his reforms had gone into effect
B)  Forbidding unions from playing a part in economic recovery
C)  Paying farmers "subsidies" to raise commodity prices
D)  Aiding European governments abroad
E)  Reforming the global economy to prevent another Great Depression

Question 13

What did Franklin Delano Roosevelt do throughout the presidential campaign of 1932?

Accepted Answer

A)  He defended Herbert Hoover and other Republicans regarding their role in the Depression.
B)  He stated he was unwilling to create any short-term deficits, even in the name of reviving the economy.
C)  He promised to stick with traditions within government rather than experimentation.
D)  He refused to convey hope to the American public due to the gravity of the times.
E)  He repeatedly promised a bold new deal for the American people.

Question 14

Describe the various measures that President Roosevelt undertook in his first term to help relieve the human misery in America.

Accepted Answer

During his first term, President Rooseve...

Question 15

Which of the following was true of the National Recovery Act (NRA) ?

Accepted Answer

A)  Its primary purpose was to aggressively enforce anti-trust laws.
B)  It forbid the government from playing a role in setting prices for products.
C)  It limited workers' collective bargaining rights, causing unions to decrease in prominence.
D)  It allowed major industries to draft "codes of fair competition" and create fair labor standards.
E)  It required that individuals in poverty be given cash or a "dole."

Question 16

This labor leader headed the United Mine Workers and supported President Roosevelt's Second New Deal.

Accepted Answer

A)  Huey Long
B)  Francis Townsend
C)  Frances Perkins
D)  John L.Lewis
E)  Harry Hopkins

Question 17

Franklin Roosevelt and the New Dealers went beyond the progressivism of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson by

Accepted Answer

A)  insisting that the government provide at least a minimal level of support for all Americans.
B)  focusing primarily on aggressive regulation of industry to ensure that people had equal opportunities.
C)  successfully restoring prosperity and ending record levels of unemployment after the Great Depression.
D)  limiting social welfare programs as well as cutting back on the powers granted to the federal government.
E)  becoming socialists and seeking to undo the capitalist economic structure of the United States. A

Question 18

The purpose of the Works Progress Administration (WPA)  was to

Accepted Answer

A)  help America's urban youth.
B)  aid America's senior citizens.
C)  employ out-of-work Americans.
D)  help farmers keep their farms.
E)  protect unions and union members.

Question 19

Why did more than 1,000 economists warn against the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930, which Hoover went on to sign anyway?

Accepted Answer

A)  It would raise prices on most products and raw materials by impeding imports.
B)  It was too low of a tariff and thereby would not have an effect on the economy.
C)  It would allow international trade to flourish but destroy the American economy.
D)  It would repair the German economy, leading to animosity from other European nations.
E)  It would drastically raise the GDP and make it easier for European nations to afford American goods. A

Question 20

FDR made black civil rights a major priority, ordering that New Deal programs not practice racial discrimination.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 23: New Deal America, 1929-1939

The Townsend Plan targeted aid toward which segment of the American population during the Great Depression?

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"Radio priest" and Roosevelt critic Charles E.Coughlin created the __________ in 1935.

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Which of the following statements regarding married women during the Great Depression is correct?

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FDR called the Social Security Act the most significant achievement of the New Deal.

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Although the New Deal programs helped ease the devastation wrought by the Depression, some widespread human suffering continued.Discuss this suffering and the hardships Americans still faced.

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Which of the following statements regarding Europe's role in the Great Depression is accurate?

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Which of the following statements characterizes Eleanor Roosevelt as First Lady?

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The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was created to do what?

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What did the so-called Wagner Act do?

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By the end of 1936, the Supreme Court had proven itself an enemy of Roosevelt's New Deal.

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Because of the actions of the Federal Reserve, the American money supply __________ in the period from 1929 to 1932.

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Which of the following actions was part of President Roosevelt's three-pronged strategy during his first hundred days in office?

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What did Franklin Delano Roosevelt do throughout the presidential campaign of 1932?

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Describe the various measures that President Roosevelt undertook in his first term to help relieve the human misery in America.

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Which of the following was true of the National Recovery Act (NRA) ?

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This labor leader headed the United Mine Workers and supported President Roosevelt's Second New Deal.

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Franklin Roosevelt and the New Dealers went beyond the progressivism of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson by

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The purpose of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was to

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Why did more than 1,000 economists warn against the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930, which Hoover went on to sign anyway?

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FDR made black civil rights a major priority, ordering that New Deal programs not practice racial discrimination.

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