Workers at the General Motors plant in Flint, Michigan, used the following  tactic to win their rights:    
 * sit down strike    
 walkout strike    
 violent revolution    
 destruction of plant machinery    
    

The following allowed investors to buy stock easily in the 1920s:     
 * buying on margin    
 keeping the nation on the gold standard    
 buying stock through the mail    
 providing employee stock options    
    

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    
    

Joblessness produced which one of the following conditions for families?     
 * The traditional authority of the male breadwinner eroded.    
 Women and men equally shared housework.    
 Child labor increased dramatically.    
 Women lost their jobs and became full-time homemakers.    
    

Women who were employed during the Depression often found themselves victims  of on-the-job    
 * sexual harassment.    
 violent attacks.    
 transfers to different locations.    
 abuse by angry husbands.    
    

Hoover's most important institutional response to the Depression was the     
 * Reconstruction Finance Corporation.    
 National Labor Relations Act.    
 Federal Relief Act.    
 War Finance Corporation.    
    

President Hoover's plan for recovery focused on restoring the confidence of     
 the consumer.    
 * business.    
 local governments.    
 the stock market.    
    

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.    
    

All of the following were New Deal reform measures implemented in the first  100 days except:    
 * the National Labor Relations Act    
 the Civilian Conservation Corps    
 the Federal Emergency Relief Administration    
 the Agricultural Adjustment Administration    
    

Which one of the following programs is NOT correctly matched to its purpose?     
 CCC / employed jobless young men in conservation projects    
 FERA / direct relief to states to fund work projects    
 AAA / active federal role in agricultural planning and price setting    
 * NRA / provide jobs through federal construction projects    
    

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.    
    

One of the anti-Roosevelt groups, the American Liberty League,     
 funded Father Charles Coughlin's Wall Street attacks.    
 * was made up of Republicans and conservative Democrats.    
 demanded more socialistic programs from the New Deal.    
 proposed the Old Age Revolving Pension Plan.    
    

Of all Roosevelt's critics, this one probably was the most politically  strong and a potential third party presidential candidate:    
 Al Smith    
 Francis E. Townsend    
 Upton Sinclair    
 * Huey Long    
    

How did the NRA promote labor?     
 It legalized unions.    
 * It mandated collective bargaining.    
 It set a minimum wage.    
 It made strikes an approved labor practice.    
    

Father Charles E. Coughlin regularly attacked the following group on his  radio program:    
 * Wall Street and international bankers    
 labor unions    
 Protestants    
 immigrants    
    

Why did FDR's advisors promote turning left and concentrating on social  reform during the second 100 days of the New Deal?    
 * pressure from Sinclair, Townsend, and Long    
 pressure from Coughlin, the Liberty League, and Republicans    
 pressure from traditional Democrats    
 pressure from labor unions    
    

The major significance of the Social Security Act of 1935 was that     
 * it established the principle federal responsibility for citizens.    
 it provided unemployment benefits to everyone.    
 it provided retirement funds to all citizens.    
 it allowed for future formation of unions.    
    

In contrast to the American Federation of Labor, the Committee for  Industrial Organization organized workers by    
 craft.    
 income.    
 location.    
 * industry.    
    

Which one of the following has the LEAST association with the other three?     
 Rexford Tugwell    
 Resettlement Administration    
 model greenbelt communities    
 * Section 7A or NIRA    
    

The CIO differed from the AFL in that     
 * the union organized African Americans, women, and unskilled labor.    
 the union organized only skilled labor.    
 the union organized only craft labor.    
 the union organized only women in the garment industry.    
    

Why was the sit-down strike an effective tool for labor to utilize?     
 * This method prevented strike breakers from taking over at plants.    
 This method frustrated management who did not want to use force and damage  machinery.   
 It allowed workers to continue working in a sitting position.    
 The method encouraged "scab" workers to join unions.    
    

All of the following are members of the New Deal voting coalition except:     
 * Chamber of Commerce members    
 big city political machines    
 industrial workers    
 Depression-hit farmers    
    

The economic development of the West can be attributed to     
 * federal subsidies and rational planning.    
 laissez faire economic practices.    
 western initiative and rugged individualism.    
 an abundance of natural resources.    
    

Which one of the following Bureau of Reclamation projects is NOT correctly  matched with the area or river affected?    
 Boulder Dam / Colorado River    
 Grand Coulee Dam / Columbia River    
 Central Valley Project / Sacramento River    
 * All-American Canal / Imperial Valley    
    

California repatriated Mexicans and Mexican Americans because     
 * of pressure from unemployed whites who wanted the work held by Mexicans.    
 Mexico experienced labor shortages.    
 Mexican Americans found better opportunities in other states.    
 American Indians demanded these scarce jobs.    
    

Western voters delivered the vote to FDR in elections because he supported     
 * government-sponsored power projects.    
 keeping public power in the hands of private utility companies.    
 the repatriation of Mexicans.    
 local Mexican American Democratic politicians.    
    

Besides providing the cheapest electricity in the United States, the Grand  Coulee Dam also    
 * brought new manufacturing to the region.    
 destroyed the initiative of local farmers.    
 brought African American farmers to the region.    
 produced wealth for Mexican American workers.    
    

What did "Federal One" support?     
 * the arts    
 bank reform    
 soil conservation    
 farm subsidies    
    

All of the following worked for the Federal Writers Project except:     
 * Ernest Hemingway    
 Richard Wright    
 Zora Neale Hurston    
 John Cheever    
    

The most popular form of entertainment in the 1930s was/were     
 radio.    
 * movies.    
 spectator sports.    
 theater.    
    

African-American writers supported the Communist Party because it took a  firm stand on    
 * lynching.    
 integration.    
 black nationalism.    
 welfare.    
    

In its beginnings, radio news     
 was not particularly popular.    
 covered all events-even controversial ones.    
 was not relied on by the average American.    
 * failed to cover politically controversial events.    
    

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.    
    

All of the following were ways that Eleanor Roosevelt saw her job as First  Lady except:    
 * a social, ceremonial position    
 a base for independent action    
 a guardian of human values within the administration    
 a buffer between depression victims and the government bureaucracy    
    

Eleanor Roosevelt worked for all of the following except:     
 anti-lynching legislation    
 child labor reform    
 compulsory health insurance    
 * income tax reform    
    

One of the consequences of FDR's court packing attempt was     
 * the Supreme Court started to uphold the constitutionality of New Deal  legislation.   
 he won over his Republican opposition.    
 southern Democrats gave their full support to FDR.    
 African American labor leaders rejected the president's action.    
    

While the New Deal programs were discriminatory, Roosevelt issued an  executive order banning discrimination in the    
 * Works Progress Administration.    
 Tennessee Valley Authority.    
 Civilian Conservation Corps.    
 National Recovery Administration.    
    

Which one of the following is NOT a 1933 New Deal program?     
 CCC    
 * CIO    
 FERA    
 TVA    
    

FDR beats Alfred Landon in an election landslide in     
 1928.    
 1932.    
 * 1936.    
 1940.    
    

The continued perils of union organizing are shown in the Memorial Day  massacre in Chicago in    
 1930.    
 1933.    
 1935.    
 * 1937.    
    

In 1938, this group withdraws from the American Federation of Labor:     
 African Americans    
 NLRA    
 * CIO    
 UAW    
    

When did the Dust Bowl occur?     
 1929-1933    
 1933-1937    
 1935-1940    
 * 1930-1934    
    

Which of the following was part of the Second New Deal?     
 Public Works Administration    
 Tennessee Valley Authority    
 Civilian Conservation    
 * Fair Labor Standards Act    
    

Which one of the following states was LEAST affected by the Dust Bowl?     
 Colorado    
 Oklahoma    
 Texas    
 * Nebraska