Question 1

Discuss President Herbert Hoover's response to the economic crisis.What were his biggest mistakes? Did his policies have anything in common with the New Deal that would follow?

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President Herbert Hoover's response to t...

Question 2

The event that made Hoover seem heartless,probably costing him votes in the 1932 presidential election,a contest he was likely to lose anyway,was

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A)   the miscarriage of justice in the Scottsboro Boys trial.
B)   his order to remove poor WWI veterans who protested in Washington for early payment of bonuses.
C)   his decision to forego direct assistance to suffering citizens.
D)   his refusal to meet with Franklin Roosevelt to debate the issues.
E)   his pressure on Congress to pass the Hawley-Smoot Tariff.

Question 3

Woody Guthrie's song "This Land is Your Land" is about the suffering of America's farmers during the Depression.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Who were the most vocal individual critics of the New Deal from the political left? What were their suggestions as to how to help people better than FDR was doing?

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The most vocal individual critics of the...

Question 5

The Emergency Banking Relief Act of 1933

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A)   made $500 million available for bank loans and direct relief.
B)   established a national bank holiday, closing the banks for four days to prevent a panic.
C)   created a new national bank and federal depository.
D)   encouraged banks to make loans to distressed businesses to safeguard the economy from further crisis.
E)   established federal control over banks and rescued those in trouble with government loans.

Question 6

The Second New Deal focused on

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A)   reestablishing business as the cornerstone of the American economy.
B)   reducing taxes for all Americans to increase consumer spending.
C)   helping the working and middle classes with jobs programs and new systems for addressing workers' grievances.
D)   building and refurbishing America's aging infrastructure.
E)   All of these choices.

Question 7

Passed in 1935,the Wagner Act

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A)   is also known as the Social Security Act.
B)   required that employers permit workers to strike when they felt company policies were unfair.
C)   imposed steep income taxes on the wealthy that at times reached nearly 80 percent.
D)   provided work relief programs for high school and college students.
E)   strengthened the position of unions and established a government agency to oversee industrial compliance.

Question 8

The Tennessee Valley Authority had as its main goal

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A)   the prevention of further land erosion in the valley.
B)   establishing flood control.
C)   moving rural families into better homes.
D)   convincing farmers to form cooperatives similar to the Grange.
E)   creating electrical power for rural residents and improving river navigation.

Question 9

During the winter of 1932-1933,the Depression

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A)   showed some signs that the crisis might be over.
B)   deepened, with neither the lame duck president nor the president-elect able to act effectively.
C)   led to the deaths of over 2,000 homeless people in cities (from exposure)  across the nation.
D)   led to closure of 60 percent of the nation's banks.
E)   caused food riots in the cities of the Northeast.

Question 10

Roosevelt's "Brain Trust" was drawn exclusively from a group of trusted white Anglo-Saxon Protestant friends of the president.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 11

Which of the following is the most accurate statement about rural Americans during the Great Depression?

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A)   Since consumers could not live without food, agriculture was not terribly affected by the Great Depression.
B)   The Great Depression ended an era of unprecedented profitability in agriculture.
C)   The Great Depression simply exacerbated a decade-long problem of overproduction and lowered revenues.
D)   Farm life created relative social and economic security.
E)   The Great Depression created opportunities for small farmers and punished big landowners. C

Question 12

Discuss the ways in which the New Deal transformed national culture.What has been the legacy of the New Deal in American life?

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The New Deal, a series of programs and r...

Question 13

Which of these New Deal agencies established fair trade rules and urged companies and workers to agree on prices and wages - all under a blue eagle logo and the "We do our part"?

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A)   Emergency Farm Market Agency
B)   Agricultural Adjustment Administration
C)   National Recovery Administration
D)   Federal Emergency Relief Agency
E)   Works Progress Administration

Question 14

As approved,the Social Security Act (1935) would

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A)   be a safety net against poverty for people who couldn't support themselves -the elderly, the unemployed and single mothers.
B)   set up a national health insurance program to provide medical assistance to those in need.
C)   set up a system for public contributions to relief funds.
D)   provide housing for the elderly who were homeless.
E)   All of these choices.

Question 15

The disruptive effects of the Dust Bowl on residents included

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A)   almost ten years of drought that killed the majority of the livestock.
B)   deep debt with which farmers were saddled long after the Depression.
C)   rampant and massive crop failures.
D)   the exodus from the farms that put thousands of poor migrants on the road to California.
E)   All of these choices.

Question 16

Intellectuals in America tended to place the blame for the Depression on

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A)   the World War I peace treaty.
B)   America's involvement in World War I.
C)   reliance on foreign markets for the health of the American economy.
D)   unbridled competition among wealthy individuals that sacrificed the good of society for selfish gains.
E)   too much emphasis on industrialization over agriculture and education.

Question 17

By the time the stock market crash had reached the bottom in 1932,stocks had

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A)   stabilized at about 25 percent of their value.
B)   lost almost 90 percent of their original value.
C)   caused the total collapse of Wall Street.
D)   become totally worthless.
E)   lost two-thirds of their original value.

Question 18

In 1935,the Supreme Court invalidated the NIRA on the grounds that it gave unconstitutionally broad powers to local and state governments.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Like some New Deal Democratic supporters of Roosevelt,Federal Emergency Relief Administration administrator Harry Hopkins believed that public works projects were superior to direct payments to the public,because payments wounded the pride of the recipients.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The Glass-Steagall Act created the

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A)   Securities and Exchange Commission.
B)   Federal Reserve System.
C)   Open Market Committee.
D)   Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDI
C)  .
E)   The Tennessee Valley Authority. D

Exam 22: The Great Depression and the New Deal

Discuss President Herbert Hoover's response to the economic crisis.What were his biggest mistakes? Did his policies have anything in common with the New Deal that would follow?

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The event that made Hoover seem heartless,probably costing him votes in the 1932 presidential election,a contest he was likely to lose anyway,was

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Woody Guthrie's song "This Land is Your Land" is about the suffering of America's farmers during the Depression.

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Who were the most vocal individual critics of the New Deal from the political left? What were their suggestions as to how to help people better than FDR was doing?

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The Emergency Banking Relief Act of 1933

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The Second New Deal focused on

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Roosevelt's "Brain Trust" was drawn exclusively from a group of trusted white Anglo-Saxon Protestant friends of the president.

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Discuss the ways in which the New Deal transformed national culture.What has been the legacy of the New Deal in American life?

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As approved,the Social Security Act (1935) would

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In 1935,the Supreme Court invalidated the NIRA on the grounds that it gave unconstitutionally broad powers to local and state governments.

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Like some New Deal Democratic supporters of Roosevelt,Federal Emergency Relief Administration administrator Harry Hopkins believed that public works projects were superior to direct payments to the public,because payments wounded the pride of the recipients.

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