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To oversee activities in the stock market,in 1934 Congress established the


A) Securities and Exchange Commission.
B) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
C) Federal Reserve Board.
D) Glass-Steagall Act.
E) Federal Emergency Relief Association.

F) None of the above
G) C) and D)

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The recession of 1937 seemed to many observers at the time,including the president,to be the result of reductions in federal spending.

A) True
B) False

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During President Franklin Roosevelt's early days in office,


A) he believed the Depression was largely over.
B) he promised to take drastic, even warlike, action against economic conditions.
C) the American people concluded the economy was not as bad off as they once had believed.
D) he attempted to hold the Hoover administration accountable for the economic crisis.
E) he showed a relative lack of interest in taking on the economic crisis directly.

F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

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The Tennessee Valley Authority of 1933


A) saw private farmers and business leaders dominate its planning process.
B) was the most controversial program of the early New Deal.
C) was one of the costliest failures of the Roosevelt administration.
D) was headed by former electricity magnate Samuel Insull.
E) was an experiment in regional planning by the federal government.

F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

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By 1935,President Roosevelt was most alarmed by the growing popularity of Senator ________.

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The ________ Plan represented a pre-Social Security Act scheme to provide for federal pensions for senior citizens.

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The National Recovery Administration of 1933 did all of the following EXCEPT


A) establish a minimum wage for labor.
B) make child industrial labor illegal.
C) set a standard for the maximum hours one could work in a week.
D) increase competition between companies.
E) set price and wage floors for most major industries.

F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

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John L.Lewis of the United Mine Workers was one of the leaders of the fledgling ________,established in 1936.

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Largely as a result of the New Deal,the Democratic Party grew massively in size and power.

A) True
B) False

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The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933


A) sought to raise crop prices by paying farmers not to plant.
B) set minimum prices for retailers purchasing farm products.
C) provided farmers with free seed and fertilizer.
D) offered financial incentives to farmers who improved their production yields.
E) created government warehouses where farmers could store their crops and use them as collateral.

F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

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President Franklin Roosevelt's proposal to expand the Supreme Court


A) had little effect on future rulings by the Court.
B) did little political damage to his administration.
C) drew significant support from conservatives.
D) was eventually defeated in Congress.
E) gained Roosevelt the support of southern Democrats.

F) A) and C)
G) None of the above

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How was Franklin Roosevelt able to quickly restore the public's confidence in government and the economy in 1933?

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Describe the differences in the arguments of right-leaning New Deal critics with those critics from the political left.

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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.

A) True
B) False

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The election of 1936


A) saw Franklin Roosevelt opposed by the Republican, William Lemke.
B) was considered "too close to call" by opinion polls in the weeks prior to the vote.
C) produced a new and enduring coalition of voters for the Democratic Party.
D) saw third-party challengers play a major role in the outcome.
E) saw the Republican challenger pick up considerable gains in the formerly "Solid South."

F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

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New Deal policy toward American Indians,as led by John Collier,


A) continued past government policies.
B) favored Indian assimilation into the larger white culture.
C) was grounded in a commitment to cultural relativism.
D) encouraged Indians to own land as individuals, rather than collectively.
E) led to a considerable decrease in tribal lands.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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The Works ________ Administration under Harry Hopkins was notable in terms of both dollars spent and new ideas generated.

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The industrial codes set up under the National Recovery Administration set floors below which no company could lower prices or wages.

A) True
B) False

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How might the New Deal have been more successful?

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President Roosevelt had misgivings about establishing a federal "dole" for the jobless.

A) True
B) False

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