Question 1

Under the National Industrial Recovery Act, the code writing was to be done by Congress.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The New Deal was not hostile to black Americans, but it did not give the issue of race a high priority.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

In 1934, the American Liberty League was formed

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A)   to help win public support for the more controversial New Deal programs.
B)   by western business leaders who felt ignored by the New Deal.
C)   to unite southerners who opposed the New Deal's support of unions.
D)   by a coalition of radical and semi-radical organizations, including the Socialist Party.
E)   by wealthy conservatives who strongly opposed the New Deal.F) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 4

The Congress of Industrial Organizations was more receptive to women and blacks than the American Federation of Labor had been.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

During the 1930s, the sit-down strike

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A)   was first used in the steel industry.
B)   was a new and controversial labor tactic.
C)   was upheld by the courts and state governments.
D)   was eventually broken by the Michigan National Guard.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 6

The most influential advocate for African Americans in the Roosevelt administration was

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A)   Frances Perkins.
B)   Harold Ickes.
C)   Harry Hopkins.
D)   Eleanor Roosevelt.
E)   Mary McLeod Bethune.F) D) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 7

The original Social Security Act included a system of unemployment insurance.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

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.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

On the prompting of Eleanor Roosevelt, New Deal agencies tried to eliminate racial segregation in their programs.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Charles Coughlin quickly moved from supporting to opposing President Roosevelt.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

In general, the CIO was a more militant labor organization than the AFL.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

During the first year of the National Recovery Administration,

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A)   industry saw prices decline.
B)   industrial production rose.
C)   large producers consistently dominated the code-writing process.
D)   both of these occurred: industry saw prices decline, and industrial production rose.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 13

During the 1937 sit-down strike of General Motors, the federal government

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A)   actively sided with the strikers.
B)   actively sided with the company.
C)   assumed control of the plant.
D)   negotiated a settlement through federal arbitration.
E)   refused to intervene in the dispute.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 14

In 1933, two days after he took office, President Franklin Roosevelt

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A)   took the country off the gold standard.
B)   ended prohibition.
C)   sent the National Industrial Recovery Act to Congress.
D)   presented to Congress a relief plan for the unemployed.
E)   closed all banks for a short period.F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 15

The commissioner of Indian affairs in the 1930s was ________.

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Question 16

One of Franklin Roosevelt's first acts as president was to close all ________.

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Question 17

The Civilian Conservation Corps

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A)   was racially integrated.
B)   put the unemployed to work on rural and wilderness areas.
C)   included women.
D)   mostly employed the jobless rural poor.
E)   passed Congress despite Roosevelt's ambivalence about the project.F) None of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 18

Conservatives and corporate leaders organized the ________ League to arouse public opposition to the New Deal.

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Question 19

What have been the long-term legacies of the New Deal? What major historical assessments have been made of it?

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The New Deal, implemented by President F...

Question 20

Why was the New Deal in disarray by 1937-1938? Why were there no additional New Deal programs after 1938?

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The New Deal was in disarray by 1937-193...

Exam 24: The New Deal

During the 1937 sit-down strike of General Motors, the federal government

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The original Social Security Act included a system of unemployment insurance.

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Conservatives and corporate leaders organized the ________ League to arouse public opposition to the New Deal.

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During the first year of the National Recovery Administration,

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During the 1930s, the sit-down strike

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On the prompting of Eleanor Roosevelt, New Deal agencies tried to eliminate racial segregation in their programs.

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The New Deal was not hostile to black Americans, but it did not give the issue of race a high priority.

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The Civilian Conservation Corps

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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.

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The commissioner of Indian affairs in the 1930s was ________.

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Charles Coughlin quickly moved from supporting to opposing President Roosevelt.

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In 1933, two days after he took office, President Franklin Roosevelt

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One of Franklin Roosevelt's first acts as president was to close all ________.

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The most influential advocate for African Americans in the Roosevelt administration was

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Under the National Industrial Recovery Act, the code writing was to be done by Congress.

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The Congress of Industrial Organizations was more receptive to women and blacks than the American Federation of Labor had been.

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Why was the New Deal in disarray by 1937-1938? Why were there no additional New Deal programs after 1938?

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