The following were all reasons for a weakened U.S. economy except:     
 * closing of banks    
 overproduction    
 weak farm sector    
 unequal distribution of wealth    
    

The following was the most powerful sign of a deepening depression in the  early 1930s:    
 * rising unemployment    
 closed offices    
 government welfare    
 soup kitchens    
    


The creation of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation reflected President  Hoover's philosophy that the federal government should    
 * restore business expansion.    
 address the public's low purchasing power.    
 create agencies to do what competition failed to do.    
 organize work relief through private companies.    
    

In an effort to save the banking structure of the United States, Franklin  Roosevelt declared    
 * a bank holiday.    
 social security.    
 the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.    
 the Wagner Act.    
    

The National Recovery Administration looked to stimulate production through     
 * government planning and code writing.    
 government ownership of private corporations.    
 federal government loans to corporations.    
 federal price controls.    
    


President Roosevelt's attempt to restructure the Supreme Court in 1937     
 passed overwhelmingly in Congress.    
 resulted in an overturning of all his New Deal programs.    
 * cost him political power with Congress and with his own party.    
 delighted conservatives but appalled his own liberal supporters.