Franklin Roosevelt's first act as president was to    	2	take the country off the gold standard.   	close the banks.   	end prohibition.   	propose his Court-packing scheme.   	unleash a flood of federal money for public works.   	
The Economy Act was designed to    	1	reduce pensions.   	eliminate public works projects.   	save the Social Security system.   	both a and b   	both b and c   	
The Securities and Exchange Commission was created to police    	3	the banking system.   	the borders.   	the stock market.   	foreign trade.   	none of the above   	
The Agricultural Adjustment Act sought to raise prices by    	3	reducing production.   	government payments.   	both a and b   	neither a nor b   	   	
The Agricultural Adjustment Act    	4	favored small farmers over large ones.   	was declared constitutional by the Supreme Court.   	said no to subsidies.   	led to the eviction of sharecroppers.   	was designed to get city people used to living on the land.   	
Which of the following did NOT apply mainly to rural America?    	5	the Resettlement Administration   	the Farm Security Administration   	the Rural Electrification Administration   	the Agricultural Adjustment Act   	All of the above did.   	
The National Recovery Act included all of the following EXCEPT    	5	a minimum wage provision.   	a maximum workweek.   	the abolition of child labor.   	a system of codes.   	enforcement of collective bargaining rights.   	
The National Recovery Administration    	1	was dominated by the larger producers when it came to the drafting of codes.  	was evenhanded when it came to dealing with class-based organizations.   	was upheld by the Supreme Court.   	led to a significant increase in the currency supply.   	was generally quite efficient.   	
The National Recovery Act    	5	contained a provision for migrant workers.   	was generally successful.   	was a carryover from the Hoover years.   	ignored the problems of the workers.   	none of the above   	
Which of the following did the Supreme Court declare unconstitutional?    	2	the Social Security Act   	the National Recovery Act   	the Wagner Act   	the Tennessee Valley Authority   	none of the above   	
The Tennessee Valley Authority    	2	was based on ideas that were inventions of the Roosevelt administration.   	provided electricity and virtually eliminated flooding in the region.   	was aided by the positive performance of private utilities companies.   	was a federal agency that challenged local customs and prejudices.   	both b and c   	
Federal relief programs during the early New Deal    	4	distinguished between relief and work relief.   	reflected President Roosevelt's misgivings about the "dole."   	were assumed to be the most important task of the New Deal.   	both a and b   	all of the first three   	
President Roosevelt's favorite relief project was    	3	the Civil Works Administration.   	the Works Progress Administration.   	the Civilian Conservation Corps.   	the Federal Emergency Relief Administration.   	   	
The Civilian Conservation Corps    	5	was designed to provide employment.   	was concentrated on reforestation.   	was confined to young men.   	both a and b   	all of the first three   	
Which statement about President Roosevelt's approach to business during his first term is MOST accurate?   	3	He was consistently hostile to business.   	He was consistently friendly to business.   	He moved from trying to be friendly to choosing to be hostile.   	He moved from choosing to be hostile to trying to be friendly.   	   	
The American Liberty League was    	1	organized by business interests.   	generally pro-New Deal.   	both a and b   	neither a nor b   	   	
Who among the following was generally, even consistently, pro-Franklin Roosevelt?   	4	Charles Coughlin   	Huey Long   	Francis Townsend   	Harry Hopkins   	None of the above was.   	
The Townsend Plan    	5	concerned old-age pensions.   	made much progress in Congress.   	helped pave the way for the Social Security system.   	was initiated by the Roosevelt administration.   	both a and c   	
The National Union for Social Justice was primarily an arm of    	1	Charles Coughlin.   	Huey Long.   	old progressives.   	the Catholic Church.   	Jewish interests.   	
Charles Coughlin    	1	was a Catholic priest.   	was an aide to Huey Long.   	concentrated primarily on relief programs.   	agreed with Roosevelt on monetary issues.   	moved from being critical of Roosevelt to supporting him.   	
The Roosevelt administration was most concerned about the national popularity of   	3	Charles Coughlin.   	Francis Townsend.   	Huey Long.   	the Communist Party.   	the American Liberty League.   	
Huey Long of Louisiana    	2	believed in what we would call a version of the "flat tax."   	had established a record of progressive reform before he came to Washington.  	ran for president against Franklin Roosevelt in 1936.   	had a following confined largely to the South.   	none of the above   	
Which of the following was NOT a part of the Second New Deal?    	4	the Social Security Act   	the Wagner Act   	the Holding Company Act   	the National Recovery Act   	All of the above were.   	
The Second New Deal was launched in response to    	3	growing political pressure.   	the continuation of the Great Depression.   	both a and b   	neither a nor b   	   	
During the Second New Deal, President Roosevelt    	1	was more willing to attack big business.   	moved away from a progressive income tax.   	introduced work relief.   	emphasized civil rights for black Americans.   	tried to thwart the efforts of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.   	
The Wagner Act dealt with    	5	banking.   	the stock market.   	conservation.   	Social Security   	none of the above   	
Industrial unionism was    	1	aided by the Wagner Act.   	supported by the American Federation of Labor.   	opposed by John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers.   	less receptive to blacks and women than the American Federation of Labor had been.  	secretly supported by business interests.   	
Which statement about New Deal era labor unions is the MOST accurate?    	1	The CIO tended be more militant than the AFL.   	The AFL tended to be more militant than the CIO.   	Neither union tended to be very militant.   	Both unions tended to be quite militant.   	   	
The sit-down strike of the 1930s was    	4	pioneered by the United Auto Workers.   	a new technique in the history of American labor.   	used until federal troops routed the strikers.   	both a and b   	both b and c   	
Which statement about organizing the steel industry during the 1930s is the MOST accurate?   	1	The smaller steel companies were less willing than the large companies to accommodate labor.  	The battle for unionization was more readily won than in the auto industry.  	There were many strikes in this industry, but no violence.   	Women were heavily involved in these strikes.   	Each statement is essentially accurate.   	
The Social Security Act of 1935    	5	included a system of unemployment insurance.   	was deemed constitutional.   	included a program of aid to dependent children.   	included agricultural workers.   	all of the above   	
The Works Progress Administration was    	1	a part of the Second New Deal.   	akin to Social Security in that it was designed to fulfill long-term goals.  	pushed on the Roosevelt administration by a progressive Congress.   	connected to the effort to rearm the country in anticipation of World War II.  	really a "dole" despite the word "work" in its title.   	
The Works Progress Administration oversaw a    	5	Federal Writers Project.   	Federal Theater Project.   	Federal Music Project.   	Federal Arts Project.   	all of the above   	
The welfare system as established by the New Deal stressed    	1	work relief to men and cash assistance to women.   	work relief to both men and women.   	cash assistance to both men and women.   	work relief to women and cash assistance to men.   	   	
The election of 1936 was    	3	a referendum on the New Deal.   	decisively won by the Democrats.   	both a and b   	neither a nor b   	   	
The New Deal political coalition included all of the following EXCEPT    	5	western and southern farmers.   	the urban working class.   	urban blacks.   	traditional progressives.   	small-business people.   	
President Roosevelt's "Court-packing plan"    	5	was supported by southern Democrats.   	aided Roosevelt politically.   	was designed to change the number of Supreme Court justices without necessarily altering the ideological balance on the Court.  	succeeded.   	none of the above   	
By 1937 President Roosevelt had decided    	3	to try to balance the federal budget.   	that inflation was a greater danger to the economy than was the Depression.  	both a and b   	neither a nor b   	   	
The recession of 1937 seemed at the time to be a direct result of    	1	President Roosevelt's decision to reduce federal spending.   	renewed war in Asia and Hitler's aggressiveness in Europe.   	monopolist practices within the United States.   	Supreme Court decisions.   	the "Court-packing plan" of President Roosevelt.   	
During his second term, President Roosevelt    	4	continued his opposition to the idea of trustbusting.   	continued past policies that were committed to trustbusting.   	moved from support for trustbusting to opposition to it.   	moved from opposition to trustbusting to support for it.   	   	
African-American voters    	3	tended to favor President Hoover in 1932.   	were solidly for President Roosevelt in 1936.   	both a and b   	neither a nor b   	   	
As president, Franklin Roosevelt worked hard, but failed, to satisfy black voters by   	4	making lynching a federal crime.   	banning the poll tax.   	both a and b   	neither a nor b   	   	
The New Deal in general    	3	refused to make race a significant part of its agenda.   	reinforced prevailing patterns of racial discrimination.   	both a and b   	neither a nor b   	   	
New Deal policy toward Native Americans    	2	in essence represented a continuation of past Republican policies.   	was grounded in an intellectual commitment to cultural relativism.   	ran against the reformist ideas of John Collier.   	favored assimilation of native peoples into the larger white culture.   	both b and d   	
John Collier is to be associated with New Deal    	1	Indian policies.   	programs for black Americans.   	notions of gender equity.   	working-class initiatives.   	none of the above   	
The first female cabinet member in American history was the secretary of    	4	commerce.   	agriculture.   	health and human services.   	labor.   	housing.   	
Which statement about New Deal policies toward women is the LEAST accurate?    	4	New Deal relief agencies offered relatively little employment to women.   	New Deal agencies sanctioned sexually discriminatory wage rates.   	Social Security did not include predominantly female occupations.   	The New Deal was actively hostile to women.   	Each statement is essentially inaccurate.   	
Which statement concerning the New Deal and the American West is the MOST accurate?   	2	Most westerners did not want either New Deal aid or an intrusive federal government in their lives.  	The West benefited disproportionately from New Deal programs.   	New Deal programs concerning the West (as distinguished from those affecting the South) challenged existing racial and ethnic prejudices.  	Federal programs, extensive as they were, had only a minimal impact on life in the American West.  	   	
The most dramatic overall effect of the New Deal was its impact on    	3	minorities.   	women.   	government.   	agriculture.   	the poor.   	
When World War II began in Europe, many of the basic problems of the Great Depression remained unsolved in the United States.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
During his first 100 days in office, President Roosevelt let it be known that balancing the federal budget was a high priority of his administration.   	2	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
The Agricultural Adjustment Act did not bring about a rise in farm prices in the years immediately following its passage in 1933.   	2	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration favored large farmers over small ones.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
The Supreme Court declared both the National Industrial Recovery Act and the Agricultural Adjustment Act unconstitutional.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
The Rural Electrification Administration was more effective and affected more people than did the Resettlement Administration.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
The National Industrial Recovery Act sought to tighten antitrust provisions and make important concessions to labor.   	2	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
The industrial codes set up under the National Recovery Administration set floors below which no company could lower prices or wages.   	1	TRUE   	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.  	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
Under the National Industrial Recovery Act, the code writing was to be done by the Congress.   	2	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
At the time that the Supreme Court declared the National Industrial Recovery Act unconstitutional, the National Recovery Administration was a solid success.  	2	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
During its first four years, the Roosevelt administration considered relief to be its most important task.   	2	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
President Roosevelt had misgivings about establishing a federal "dole."    	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
By the end of President Roosevelt's first term, much of the corporate world had come to realize that the New Deal was not its enemy.   	2	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
The Social Security Act was part of what has been called the Second New Deal.    	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
The Townsend Plan was making great headway in Congress when the Roosevelt administration decided to move forward with Social Security legislation of its own.  	2	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
Charles Coughlin moved from being a supporter of President Roosevelt to being an opponent.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
Senator Huey Long's Share-Our-Wealth Plan concentrated on using the tax system to redistribute wealth.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
During his first term, President Roosevelt grew increasingly willing to attack corporate interests openly.   	2	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
President Roosevelt responded to the challenge of Huey Long by proposing a series of tax cuts.   	2	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
President Roosevelt was not fully pleased with the National Labor Relations Act, but he did sign it.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
The Congress of Industrial Organizations was more receptive to women and blacks than the American Federation of Labor had been.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
Despite the challenge of the CIO, the AFL remained committed to the craft union idea.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
In general, the CIO was a more militant labor organization than the AFL.    	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
The sit-down strike was so successful that it was used right up to and into World War II with increasing effectiveness.   	2	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
During the 1930s the smaller steel companies were more willing to accommodate unions than were the large steel companies.   	2	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
The original Social Security Act included a system of unemployment insurance.    	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
The New Deal had moved far enough to the left by 1935 that the poorest of workers, including domestic servants and agricultural laborers, were covered by the Social Security Act.  	2	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
New Deal programs tried to make a distinction between those who had earned social protection and those who needed it.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
The principal government aid to women was not work relief, but cash assistance.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
President Roosevelt's 1936 reelection was the greatest landslide victory to that point in the history of American presidential elections.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
Roosevelt's "Court-packing plan" called for placing liberals on the Supreme Court without adding to the size of the Court.   	2	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
Roosevelt's "Court-packing plan" angered conservatives at the time, but it did not do lasting damage to the Roosevelt administration.   	2	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
Roosevelt campaigned against Democratic senators in the midterm elections of 1938.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
The recession of 1937 seemed to be the result of reductions in federal spending by the Roosevelt administration.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
By 1936 black voters were still inclined to vote for a Republican for president, but by a much narrower margin.   	2	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
The New Deal was not hostile to black Americans, but it did not give the issue of race a high priority.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
On order of Eleanor Roosevelt, New Deal agencies routinely tried to eliminate any hint of segregation on the basis of race.   	2	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
Theories of cultural relativism fed into New Deal plans to assimilate the American Indian into the larger white society.   	2	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
The New Deal generally supported the notion that in hard economic times women should leave the workplace in order to open up jobs for men.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
During the New Deal the American West benefited disproportionately from federal public works projects.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
During the New Deal the federal government maintained a much greater and more visible bureaucratic presence in the West than in any other region of the country.  	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
Though it tried mightily, the New Deal was essentially unable to shift voter focus from the cultural issues of the 1920s to the economic issues of the 1930s.  	2	TRUE   	FALSE